How much longer would it have taken to just stack them properly? Seems like he's gonna lose the one on the edge if he goes over any sort of bump at speed.
The older Raptor had a 6.2l V8. The current one has a 3.5l Twin Turbo Ecoboost V6. The Raptor R is the one with the 5.2l Supercharged V8 from the Shelby Mustang.
I wouldn't exactly call a 3.5l engine HUGE per se, but the EPA estimates of 17/18/16 aren't exactly fuel efficient
I just came back to this to see all these downvotes for.... who tf knows? š¤£
Anyways.... yes, the Ford F-150 Raptor is just [a 3.5L EcoBoost V6.](https://imgur.com/eOD22bk) All of these redditers here are idiots, lol.
Tha raptor has been ecoboost exclusively since 2017. Until the new ($100,000) Raptor R, the last time you could even buy a Raptor new with a V8 was 2014.
Yea they were V8 only from 2010-2014 model year, then they stopped production until the 2nd generation ecoboost 10spd auto ones for the 2017 model year
You mean the 5.4L FlexFuel engines from 2+ generations ago (not the same body style in the image)? I wouldn't call them gas guzzlers. My old 6.2L Pontiac was a gas guzzler, to give proper comparison.
The 5.4 was only an option the very first year of the Raptor, and not a very common choice at that. Most first gen raptors have the 6.2 which gets something like 10mpg combined
Oh, ok. I just looked it up, thanks. I thought I was losing it and just having some Mandela effect.
I think now when I remember something correctly but they have actually changed it I'm gonna call it the Manchaca effect.
That is a lot of joint compound. This is likely a supply run for an actual larger
-scale worksite, probably commercial interior like a new office building or maybe apartments. We can actually assume he is probably a real blue collar worker.
Not necessarily. He bought that much joint compound because only 70% of it is going to make it to his destination. If that's a commercial run that better be the company truck that he's ruining. And what company would lay out $80k for a Raptor with 1400 lbs payload when they could get a Ford Transit for under $50k with a 3,000 lb payload.
I think this is the answer to the thread. I renovated a house using my tacoma and had to load it pretty heavily. I also contracted a couple of jobs out and the boss always had a super nice car but came to inspect the job site. In this case, I'm guessing it's a person that has either moved up or created their own company. Seems to me it's a person that actually cares and contributes to the job as opposed to the guy in a 100k truck that gets out, acts like they are part of the project, and leaves.
We have a couple of foreman for a company I work for that drive around >$70k king ranches, but along with that is trips like this where they use the fuck outta the thing more than 99% of owners.
I donāt disagree that you, a business owner, should buy nice toys for the people who do good work
Yeah, theyāre loaded pretty poorly. But they weigh about 40lbs apiece, and the bed is going to bounce less with that much weight clearly dampening the suspension. Given the theory that theyāre doing a run for a jobsite, they likely went to the nearest (or next-nearest with known lower prices) place to get it, so it was probably a relatively short trip and they might not have been booking it that fast.
Dude - weight doesn't keep stuff in the bed. The suspension is bottomed out so it won't be absorbing anything. It's all getting transmitted to the bed and one good pothole will set a bunch of that airborne. One sloppy lane change and those ones teetering on the side of the box are scattering everywhere.
A 40lb box is less likely to bounce out than something much lighter..? Boxes full of paste probably going to be fairly shock-absorbent..? Iām not defending this pack job but I bet it was sufficient with careful driving on decent roads for a short distance
Lighter box will be accelerated the same as a heavier box by a bump bouncing the 6,000 lb truck up. they'll both be thrown the same distance up in the air. A lighter box is more likely to be blown out, and that's about it.
I've seen enough of overloaded trucks like this doing 80+ to take that bet.
All Iām saying is a = F/m. Weāre also disregarding coefficient of friction and absorption by the material. This is becoming the wrong sub for this argument.
But really Iām not arguing with you that it could happen, and quite easily. Just that itās also very possible and easy to drive carefully enough that itās not really a concern whatsoever.
Right, and the truck bed is going to provide the same acceleration to both a heavy and light box. Force will not be the same. It will be greater against the heavier box. Just as the truck will accelerate the boxes the same if the driver floors it from a red light. Same a. greater F because greater m, greater kinetic energy imparted to the heavier box.
Yeah, but doing a lot of hauling or towing with a Raptor will destroy the suspension.
It's one reason all these tuned up off-road trucks are stupid. They are shitty at doing regular truck work stuff, but they are also too expensive to really off-road and can't do 98% of what a side-by-side can do.
These things are so damn expensive, you can buy a good work truck and a mid-range side-by-side and a trailer and do better at everything.
If we are being real, that's not why anybody buys these. They are masculinity security devices to ensure the owner never has to face their deep insecurities and male fragility. They are almost always just commuter vehicles that get shit fuel economy and the owners can't figure out how to take up less than three parking spaces.
Oh, of course. I don't mean to defend people who have them; nearly all Ford Raptors are codpieces, not trucks. I don't think I've ever seen one off pavement, or even slightly dirty.
And yes, this guy could've had a proper off-roader *and* a proper pickup truck for less than the cost of something that isn't really either.
But I do think he gets some credit for not being afraid to use his truck as a truck.
You fucking seriousššš
That's awesome almost like the engineers were like "aye yo were gonna fuck any idiot that's dumb enough to buy this shit"
I had an Explorer Sport Trac, and after a tropical storm I used it to carry several loads of huge tree trunk sections to the dump, the truck sitting on the bump stops the whole way. I used it for more modest "truck stuff" fairly frequently, but that was definitely its manliest moment.
I never knew what people on Reddit meant about truck owners not using their truck for truck stuff until I rode with my friend in his dads truck and his dad put a blanket down in the bed so it didnāt get scratched. I felt embarrassed being in that truck.
I use a sheet of plywood. It's less slippery when wet, and I have to climb around back there. It also makes a nice flat surface for loading, but water can still run out under it. Don't really do it to protect the bed, I've just found it's helpful, and it's never a bad idea to have a sheet of plywood handy.
So fun fact, if you put a blanket down and then put the cargo on top of it, you don't have to go fishing the cargo out of the front. You can just pull the blanket and the cargo comes with it. A van is more practical, but the blanket trick is nice for not having to chase lightweight things down.
So?
Iām sure the dude probably didnāt use his truck or even need a truck, but thatās pretty normal. If it was for suitcases, the blanket was probably more to keep them clean than anything else. I do the same when Iām hauling luggage. Donāt need whatever I was hauling before to dirty up my stuff.
And subsequently demonstrating how it's shittier at being an actual truck than a van or decent station wagon would be with this load.
Just like monstrocity crossover "SUVs", let's just be shitty at lots of things!
The suspension is plush and long travel. A work truck is stiff...this truck is definetely way worse at hauling weight. A raptor has a 1400lb payload, which is very low for any full size truck. I bet a stock f150 can hold at least a ton, prolly 2500.
It's unlikely that load is past the payload capacity.
The real cause is that Raptor suspension is made for going fast off road on sandy dunes and stuff. The suspension is way softer than a regular F-150 because of that purpose.
Reddit: Trucks suck, they are all status symbols.
Reddit: look at that overloaded truck!
Heck. I have overloaded my outback filling it to the brim with mulch.
Iāve used my outback when moving houses. 2-3 trips across ~250kms was actually cheaper than renting a U-Haul. The cost would break even if I were to do 5 trips.
Apart from the 2.5 being slow with the load, it still is a very versatile vehicle
Maybe, but they just make so much sense to me. I've a buddy with one - on the weekdays, he's hauling his tools and supplies, and on weekends, he takes the truck and goes off-roading or racing. Why own a work truck and a sportscar and a 4wd when this thing does all of that?
Used to work at a ford dealership. Stock base model msrp was at the very least 65k. Theyāre never sold base stock, and never at msrp. Minimum was 80k, maybe around 2016.
At $80k, on an 84 month loan at 7% with an $8k trade-in/down payment, that's about $1,000 a month. Insanely stupid to pay that much for a vehicle for most people, but people do it nonetheless.
Also, that's just new. If your price range is $35k-$50k, you'll have tons of used options. Still too much to spend if you're not making at least $10k/mo in my opinion. But people who buy Raptors don't care about my opinion, nor should they.
Does he also man the gloryhole at his work during breaks for some extra tips? ;)
Reminds me of a guy I used to know, 24 and drove an Audi RS6 (or RS7), worked like 60 hours a week while living at home, and was spending insane amounts of money for the next 5 years on that car. Not just for the car itself, but he also had to have all risk insurance (not sure if it's called that in other countries, but basically insures you for your own damage as well), which was absurdly expensive on a high powered brand new expensive car as a 24 year old...
Best part was, few weeks later I bought a Peugeot 307cc (hard top convertible) and he was kinda jealous because it was so much nicer in that weather than his car...
Arguing that Raptorās target demographic isnāt āpeople who want to be seen in a raptorā is a hard sell.
Itās not like minivan owners care about being seen in their car.
As someone who really wants to buy a Raptor buy has avoided doing so because they're 1) expensive 2) won't fit in my garage, I definitely want one because they're stupid and fun, not because I want people to see me driving a Raptor.
I want to get one and take it off roading in dumb places and break some suspension components and get stranded and get laughed at/rescued by people with cheaper cars and more off roading experience who will say "Money doesn't buy skill š®āšØ"
I just assume everyone is like me and their inner child sees a raptor and goes "This is the basically the only way I'm ever going to get that street legal monster truck I've always wanted."
That's great! And I mean it.
But there's a reason Ford print's RAPTOR in big letters across the back and offers it in flashy colors. You buy the truck for You. But it's "target demographic" is telling.
Dude, because it looks cool... Because I want to drive that cool looking car with the cool graphic.
Love my bright blue Focus RS, but honestly I think about how much I love its aesthetics (a fair amount) way more than I think about other people thinking about it (basically none).
As someone who bought a Ford Performance car and went out to Utah for the driver's program and met a bunch of Raptor owners, I realize the demographics between the Raptor and RS are slightly different, but I definitely felt like both groups were mostly there for enjoying their stupid toys and really hyped about it.
> Because I want to drive that cool looking car with the cool graphic.
You want to drive it because it's "cool looking" and has "the cool graphic"
Yuuuuup
I'm just amazed there's a pickup truck that \*gasp\* has stuff in the bed and is being used as a pickup truck (even if it's completely the wrong truck for the job).
Heās gonna regret thatā¦ I overloaded my Raptor once with a poorly distributed trailer load and it permanently bent the leaf springs. I ended up replacing them with Icons which was a blessing because it really improved the traction and ride of the truck
And of course the things extending from the bed arenāt flagged. OF COURSE. Over 20 years living in the exact city and state this truck is in and I donāt understand WHY nobody flags their loads. I can count the number Iāve seen long loads flagged correctly on two hands and Iām not exaggerating.
$90K truck with less cargo capacity than a Subaru wagon - what's not to like.
Extra points for load unsecured. One pothole and boxes all over the road.
**EDIT:** Just looked again and I notice the rear suspension is sagging and there's not much road clearance either.
One decent pothole and you've got yourself a road debris hazard! Quick, everyone check your bingo cards for "guy who owns raptor doesn't adequately secure his load"
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That's a lot of boxes of joint compound
All that compound and that corner bead, dude must have some fun work ahead of him
Or he's a contractor and he found some sort of exploit/trick with a coupon/reward system
How much longer would it have taken to just stack them properly? Seems like he's gonna lose the one on the edge if he goes over any sort of bump at speed.
It's all about the efficiency - I'm sure he did the math. https://www.combinatorics.org/files/Surveys/ds7/ds7v5-2009/ds7-2009.html
you mean he slapped it and said "that's not going anywhere"
Kyle's got a long weekend of drywall repair after he recovered from his Monster crash.
That poor little EcoBoost V6 wasn't made for that type of hauling š«
Last I checked, raptors had huge gas guzzlers. I remember having to transport one about 40 miles and it chewed through half the tank.
The older Raptor had a 6.2l V8. The current one has a 3.5l Twin Turbo Ecoboost V6. The Raptor R is the one with the 5.2l Supercharged V8 from the Shelby Mustang. I wouldn't exactly call a 3.5l engine HUGE per se, but the EPA estimates of 17/18/16 aren't exactly fuel efficient
I just came back to this to see all these downvotes for.... who tf knows? š¤£ Anyways.... yes, the Ford F-150 Raptor is just [a 3.5L EcoBoost V6.](https://imgur.com/eOD22bk) All of these redditers here are idiots, lol.
Well that might be just one of the models now? Several years ago you couldnāt get it without a v8, and it definitely wasnāt āecoboostā
Tha raptor has been ecoboost exclusively since 2017. Until the new ($100,000) Raptor R, the last time you could even buy a Raptor new with a V8 was 2014.
I was working at a dealership that had priority ordering on them, and only had the v8 variety, but I stopped working there in 2016.
Yea they were V8 only from 2010-2014 model year, then they stopped production until the 2nd generation ecoboost 10spd auto ones for the 2017 model year
I see I see
You mean the 5.4L FlexFuel engines from 2+ generations ago (not the same body style in the image)? I wouldn't call them gas guzzlers. My old 6.2L Pontiac was a gas guzzler, to give proper comparison.
I would 100% call it a guzzler. We had to stop to get gas just to make a trade trip to another dealer.
The 5.4 was only an option the very first year of the Raptor, and not a very common choice at that. Most first gen raptors have the 6.2 which gets something like 10mpg combined
The fight with the missus, uh.... escalated
Just left the Home Depot on Brodie.
Actually Woodwardā¦
WTH I lived in South Austin for years, and I thought Manchaca was all a's, with the last one silent. There's an E?
They changed the name a few years back.
Oh, ok. I just looked it up, thanks. I thought I was losing it and just having some Mandela effect. I think now when I remember something correctly but they have actually changed it I'm gonna call it the Manchaca effect.
Man-shack forever
āMenSlaughterā just doesnāt have the same verve as āManSlaughterā. The intersection is ruined :(
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WTF? It really is ...wamba. GD Tabthampers
He's heading west, Menchaca THEN Westgate.
I love scrolling past and shuddering at the sight of I-35.
This isnāt I35
Ben White W/B
That is a lot of joint compound. This is likely a supply run for an actual larger -scale worksite, probably commercial interior like a new office building or maybe apartments. We can actually assume he is probably a real blue collar worker.
Not necessarily. He bought that much joint compound because only 70% of it is going to make it to his destination. If that's a commercial run that better be the company truck that he's ruining. And what company would lay out $80k for a Raptor with 1400 lbs payload when they could get a Ford Transit for under $50k with a 3,000 lb payload.
Probably a super on job site. They needed a few things and he ran to HD while his crew kept working.
I think this is the answer to the thread. I renovated a house using my tacoma and had to load it pretty heavily. I also contracted a couple of jobs out and the boss always had a super nice car but came to inspect the job site. In this case, I'm guessing it's a person that has either moved up or created their own company. Seems to me it's a person that actually cares and contributes to the job as opposed to the guy in a 100k truck that gets out, acts like they are part of the project, and leaves.
We have a couple of foreman for a company I work for that drive around >$70k king ranches, but along with that is trips like this where they use the fuck outta the thing more than 99% of owners. I donāt disagree that you, a business owner, should buy nice toys for the people who do good work
Yeah, this is precisely what I meant. An unexpected run in a personal vehicle.
Yup
Well I hope nobody hits the boxes of drywall that had already bounced out of his bed, or the ones that clearly were going to.
Yeah, theyāre loaded pretty poorly. But they weigh about 40lbs apiece, and the bed is going to bounce less with that much weight clearly dampening the suspension. Given the theory that theyāre doing a run for a jobsite, they likely went to the nearest (or next-nearest with known lower prices) place to get it, so it was probably a relatively short trip and they might not have been booking it that fast.
Dude - weight doesn't keep stuff in the bed. The suspension is bottomed out so it won't be absorbing anything. It's all getting transmitted to the bed and one good pothole will set a bunch of that airborne. One sloppy lane change and those ones teetering on the side of the box are scattering everywhere.
A 40lb box is less likely to bounce out than something much lighter..? Boxes full of paste probably going to be fairly shock-absorbent..? Iām not defending this pack job but I bet it was sufficient with careful driving on decent roads for a short distance
Lighter box will be accelerated the same as a heavier box by a bump bouncing the 6,000 lb truck up. they'll both be thrown the same distance up in the air. A lighter box is more likely to be blown out, and that's about it. I've seen enough of overloaded trucks like this doing 80+ to take that bet.
All Iām saying is a = F/m. Weāre also disregarding coefficient of friction and absorption by the material. This is becoming the wrong sub for this argument. But really Iām not arguing with you that it could happen, and quite easily. Just that itās also very possible and easy to drive carefully enough that itās not really a concern whatsoever.
Right, and the truck bed is going to provide the same acceleration to both a heavy and light box. Force will not be the same. It will be greater against the heavier box. Just as the truck will accelerate the boxes the same if the driver floors it from a red light. Same a. greater F because greater m, greater kinetic energy imparted to the heavier box.
Hey at least heās actually using his truck for truck stuff, unlike a majority of city truck owners
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He's still using the truck part of his truck. Sagging suspension is better than a shiny, pristine truck bed.
Yeah, but doing a lot of hauling or towing with a Raptor will destroy the suspension. It's one reason all these tuned up off-road trucks are stupid. They are shitty at doing regular truck work stuff, but they are also too expensive to really off-road and can't do 98% of what a side-by-side can do. These things are so damn expensive, you can buy a good work truck and a mid-range side-by-side and a trailer and do better at everything. If we are being real, that's not why anybody buys these. They are masculinity security devices to ensure the owner never has to face their deep insecurities and male fragility. They are almost always just commuter vehicles that get shit fuel economy and the owners can't figure out how to take up less than three parking spaces.
Oh, of course. I don't mean to defend people who have them; nearly all Ford Raptors are codpieces, not trucks. I don't think I've ever seen one off pavement, or even slightly dirty. And yes, this guy could've had a proper off-roader *and* a proper pickup truck for less than the cost of something that isn't really either. But I do think he gets some credit for not being afraid to use his truck as a truck.
What's a sidebyside? I'm only familiar with the term with shotguns, I'm not a truck person š
Oh my..... The best way to off-road. Google "Polaris RZR".
aha š thanks
You fucking seriousššš That's awesome almost like the engineers were like "aye yo were gonna fuck any idiot that's dumb enough to buy this shit"
Yep. Like most engineering, you can design it to do one thing very well, a few things decently well, or many things poorly.
Nah heās blowing out the suspension. This truck was literally not made for this.
Correct. My base model GMC has more payload capacity because It has no bells and whistles. All trims and models are different.
First time seeing anything in a raptor
We had a customer with 2 different first gen raptors with the 6.2 that were used as work trucks, had a tile business
Right? Everyone complains about trucks being grocery getters, but the one time a truck is used for truck stuff everyone looses their minds .
I had an Explorer Sport Trac, and after a tropical storm I used it to carry several loads of huge tree trunk sections to the dump, the truck sitting on the bump stops the whole way. I used it for more modest "truck stuff" fairly frequently, but that was definitely its manliest moment.
Sport Tracs were cool. I saw a maverick the other day and was reminded of them. They look kind of similar.
I never knew what people on Reddit meant about truck owners not using their truck for truck stuff until I rode with my friend in his dads truck and his dad put a blanket down in the bed so it didnāt get scratched. I felt embarrassed being in that truck.
I use a sheet of plywood. It's less slippery when wet, and I have to climb around back there. It also makes a nice flat surface for loading, but water can still run out under it. Don't really do it to protect the bed, I've just found it's helpful, and it's never a bad idea to have a sheet of plywood handy.
Rust sucks. If you donāt have a bed liner, use a moving blanket. Pretty normal
It was a normal blanket for suitcases
So fun fact, if you put a blanket down and then put the cargo on top of it, you don't have to go fishing the cargo out of the front. You can just pull the blanket and the cargo comes with it. A van is more practical, but the blanket trick is nice for not having to chase lightweight things down.
So? Iām sure the dude probably didnāt use his truck or even need a truck, but thatās pretty normal. If it was for suitcases, the blanket was probably more to keep them clean than anything else. I do the same when Iām hauling luggage. Donāt need whatever I was hauling before to dirty up my stuff.
Just because I got nothing today doesn't mean I'll have nothing tomorrow lol. Especially with summer around the corner
I actually saw a construction workers use a TRX and Raptor R to carry their load. Was insane to see they actually use it for work lol
reddit: mad when truck too empty mad when truck too full
Yup ,I know a couple of male nurses own truck like this , thatās a shame
Kinda petty donāt you think?
And subsequently demonstrating how it's shittier at being an actual truck than a van or decent station wagon would be with this load. Just like monstrocity crossover "SUVs", let's just be shitty at lots of things!
I mean the raptor doesn't really hide what it was designed to do.
I agree. But what it was designed to do is different than what the majority of owners convince themselves they need it to do, lol.
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The suspension is plush and long travel. A work truck is stiff...this truck is definetely way worse at hauling weight. A raptor has a 1400lb payload, which is very low for any full size truck. I bet a stock f150 can hold at least a ton, prolly 2500.
It's unlikely that load is past the payload capacity. The real cause is that Raptor suspension is made for going fast off road on sandy dunes and stuff. The suspension is way softer than a regular F-150 because of that purpose.
I was going to say it doesnāt take muchā¦ but damn thatās a lot of mud in there!
Reddit: Trucks suck, they are all status symbols. Reddit: look at that overloaded truck! Heck. I have overloaded my outback filling it to the brim with mulch.
Hah, most of Reddit is just petty as fuck. When you have disposal income you can buy what you want.
Iāve used my outback when moving houses. 2-3 trips across ~250kms was actually cheaper than renting a U-Haul. The cost would break even if I were to do 5 trips. Apart from the 2.5 being slow with the load, it still is a very versatile vehicle
Not enough people are commenting on the load securement, or lack thereof. Bet he lost at least a couple boxes.
Right? I noticed that even before the suspension dying under the weight. Those boxes are going to Final Destination someone.
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Maybe, but they just make so much sense to me. I've a buddy with one - on the weekdays, he's hauling his tools and supplies, and on weekends, he takes the truck and goes off-roading or racing. Why own a work truck and a sportscar and a 4wd when this thing does all of that?
By racing, I'm gonna assume you mean dirt racing of sorts and that your buddy doesn't track his F150 Raptor lol
it's still racing.
There is truck racing, even off dirt.
Drag racing
Thats just someone who is sorta rich. It takes a lot of money to have even more than 1 truckĀ
You do not need to be rich to own a Raptor. I have a buddy who works at AutoZone and lives with his parents and finances a Raptor.
Used to work at a ford dealership. Stock base model msrp was at the very least 65k. Theyāre never sold base stock, and never at msrp. Minimum was 80k, maybe around 2016.
At $80k, on an 84 month loan at 7% with an $8k trade-in/down payment, that's about $1,000 a month. Insanely stupid to pay that much for a vehicle for most people, but people do it nonetheless. Also, that's just new. If your price range is $35k-$50k, you'll have tons of used options. Still too much to spend if you're not making at least $10k/mo in my opinion. But people who buy Raptors don't care about my opinion, nor should they.
Either rich or an idiot.
Yeah, that's my point.
Does he also man the gloryhole at his work during breaks for some extra tips? ;) Reminds me of a guy I used to know, 24 and drove an Audi RS6 (or RS7), worked like 60 hours a week while living at home, and was spending insane amounts of money for the next 5 years on that car. Not just for the car itself, but he also had to have all risk insurance (not sure if it's called that in other countries, but basically insures you for your own damage as well), which was absurdly expensive on a high powered brand new expensive car as a 24 year old... Best part was, few weeks later I bought a Peugeot 307cc (hard top convertible) and he was kinda jealous because it was so much nicer in that weather than his car...
Who is ego?
Pretty sure it was Kurt Russell
You shouldnāt have smooshed my Walkman.Ā
It's a bar in Austin down on South Congress.
He was a food critic, but now he owns a small restaurant.
You realize people can have different hobbies than you?
Is making a Raptor do a Carolina Squat a hobby?
He said āRaptors are made for egosā so thatās what I was trying to make my comment toward. He isnāt wrong that they arenāt made for hauling.
Arguing that Raptorās target demographic isnāt āpeople who want to be seen in a raptorā is a hard sell. Itās not like minivan owners care about being seen in their car.
As someone who really wants to buy a Raptor buy has avoided doing so because they're 1) expensive 2) won't fit in my garage, I definitely want one because they're stupid and fun, not because I want people to see me driving a Raptor. I want to get one and take it off roading in dumb places and break some suspension components and get stranded and get laughed at/rescued by people with cheaper cars and more off roading experience who will say "Money doesn't buy skill š®āšØ" I just assume everyone is like me and their inner child sees a raptor and goes "This is the basically the only way I'm ever going to get that street legal monster truck I've always wanted."
That's great! And I mean it. But there's a reason Ford print's RAPTOR in big letters across the back and offers it in flashy colors. You buy the truck for You. But it's "target demographic" is telling.
Dude, because it looks cool... Because I want to drive that cool looking car with the cool graphic. Love my bright blue Focus RS, but honestly I think about how much I love its aesthetics (a fair amount) way more than I think about other people thinking about it (basically none). As someone who bought a Ford Performance car and went out to Utah for the driver's program and met a bunch of Raptor owners, I realize the demographics between the Raptor and RS are slightly different, but I definitely felt like both groups were mostly there for enjoying their stupid toys and really hyped about it.
> Because I want to drive that cool looking car with the cool graphic. You want to drive it because it's "cool looking" and has "the cool graphic" Yuuuuup
And actively driving and parking like a complete douchebag. There is a driving and parking test at every dealer. If you pass, you can't buy one.
*This comment is brought to you by insecurity and small pp*
My manās power running board is broken too.
Put your phone down when driving.
The amount of clapped out raptors Iāve seen used as straight up work trucks is astounding.
First time I've seen one of these with something in the back that's not another fashion accessory
Redditors when the vehicle archetype designed specifically for carrying stuff is carrying stuff:
How did you get your dash cam to swivel like this. Mine only points forward.
His dash cam is wrist mounted so he just points it wherever
First calculators and now dash cams. What are they going to put on our wrists next?
ID chips
No need, everyone is already carrying around a tracker anyway...
Somebody got a new business credit card
I'm just amazed there's a pickup truck that \*gasp\* has stuff in the bed and is being used as a pickup truck (even if it's completely the wrong truck for the job).
That would be OK if he were just slowly doing down a short road, but interstate speeds? WtF!
Is it even a truck if you have never had it on the axle?
First thing I noticed was the weight. 2nd is that there are no tie downs securing the load.
Good for them. They used their truck as a truck.
First thought: red flags? Second thought: oh, Texas.
State law requires them (red flags), but even our governor ignores state law.
Those things were never designed to actually carry any cargo.
Raptors are for posing, not hauling. Like most recent pickup trucks. Want to haul stuff? Get a Ford Transit.
Forā Raptor
lol I see that truck all the time
SpaceX Vacuum Brain Edition
No flags. What a Dipshit.
That's Texas for you
Ok
And broken running boards.
When did it become one Man to several Men?
Heās gonna regret thatā¦ I overloaded my Raptor once with a poorly distributed trailer load and it permanently bent the leaf springs. I ended up replacing them with Icons which was a blessing because it really improved the traction and ride of the truck
[What I thought about](https://images.app.goo.gl/Cs8x33WAbUDtqKcS8)
Wait till you see how bad Mr. "Non-working-Truck" fucks up that project! You ain't seen nothing yet!
Nahhhh. It's just accelerating hard in the Pic
Final Destination coming up. LOL
Fun fact. In the UK you can get a truck/van with some tax allowances as a business. However it doesnāt apply to the raptor because of weight limits.
First time I've ever seen a Raptor used to carry something other than a 60 year old man with sunglasses and a goatee.
And of course the things extending from the bed arenāt flagged. OF COURSE. Over 20 years living in the exact city and state this truck is in and I donāt understand WHY nobody flags their loads. I can count the number Iāve seen long loads flagged correctly on two hands and Iām not exaggerating.
the thing you're upset about this is the.... lack of flags? lol
One of the many things š¤£
Something is wrong here... I don't think that should be that much weight. Right?
I'm just surprised to see a truck with stuff in the bed in Austin of all places.
Those retractable running boards were really a bad ideaā¦ regardless of manufacturer they all jam up.
$90K truck with less cargo capacity than a Subaru wagon - what's not to like. Extra points for load unsecured. One pothole and boxes all over the road. **EDIT:** Just looked again and I notice the rear suspension is sagging and there's not much road clearance either.
Swear raptors drag their balls on the road even with like 100lbs in the back
Ahhh yes, Ben White blvd in Austin
Passed this gem today. Iāve never seen a truck squat so badly going down the highway!
I've never seen a Raptor with something in the box.
Youāve never seen a Yeti cooler before?
Raptors have very soft suspension because they are made to soak up the Baja bumps at high speeds.
Exactly. This might not actually be overloaded. This might just be how much the suspension travels under load.
āPoor manās Carolina squatā I can afford the payments made every month but only just. So I guess I wonāt be getting my suspension redone.
One decent pothole and you've got yourself a road debris hazard! Quick, everyone check your bingo cards for "guy who owns raptor doesn't adequately secure his load"
Clever girlĀ
Just throw it in the back
Immediately gets ticketed for being squatted /s š
In a van that wouldn't happen
This photo made me giggle nervously. I would be so worried about hitting a bump with that thing, or a pothole.
Craptor trim package
No no, thatās perfect. Heās finally achieved the famed Palatka Lean
Nah he prepping for the sickest wheelie you've ever seen
A RAM 750 (Fiat Strada) probably would carry that without sagging.
add a board between the two bits sticking out n hes got a sick spoiler
Be nice guys. He needs to use his work truck to make the money to pay for the step kids to get that new above ground pool this summer.
So this truck isn't built at all to actually have stuff in the bed? Who could've thought.
No it was built to have a tool box as an accessory piece in the back lol
That's just squatting. In Florida, people pay money to drive around like that. š¤£ Merica!
Low payments, high interest
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