• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Quite the contrary, the Lightning makes an excellent work truck for those who actually need work trucks. I know a couple people who use them that way. One of them owns a boat dealership and uses it for towing large and heavy boats every day. The other owns a construction business.

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      11 hours ago

      the Lightning makes an excellent work truck for those who actually need work trucks

      yeah…no

      the non-electric F-150 has multiple bed lengths (5.5’, 6.5’, and 8’)

      the Lightning only offered the 5.5’ “short bed” length

      if you actually need a work truck, the Lightning is deficient in the #1 thing that makes a work truck a work truck.

      for another comparison - the “short bed” option on the F-250 is 6.75’ long, in addition to the 8’ “long bed”.

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        11 hours ago

        if you actually need a work truck, the Lightning is deficient in the #1 thing that makes a work truck a work truck.

        yeah…no

        The “#1 thing” depends on the application. It can be power, towing capacity, payload capacity, just a bed in general, the massive amount of electrical power available to power tools, passenger capacity, cost of ownership, etc. etc.

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      21 hours ago

      Cough.bullshit.cough.

      Yes, an F150 lighning can haul a boat, no, not very far, and half that distance in cold weather.

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        21 hours ago

        Who said it was going very far? He tows them back and forth from the Marina to other water bodies in the local area or to customers’ homes.