Willie via EV wrote:
On 6/16/20 3:12 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
Is it too late to change your design a bit ? If you can get one of the
dimensions 48" or more, then it is more useful in construction, for
hauling plywood, drywall, and other sheet items.
Perhaps they've made provision for loading 4'x8' sheets
tilted/diagonally? Or, hanging over the edge.
This touches on a pet peeve of mine as well. I've had trucks or vans for
my whole adult life, and have frequently hauled heavy or dirty stuff and
4'x8' sheets of material in them. That's what "trucks" are for! It was
pretty much a "given" that you had to be able to get a 4'x8' sheet in them.
But over the years, the "trucks" have become cars with bodies that only
look like trucks. The size and weight of the vehicle keeps getting
bigger, but its usefulness as a truck gets worse and worse.
None of the minivans have a 48" wide floor, nor a 48" high ceiling. None
of the small pickups can carry a 4'x8' sheet without both the length
*and* width hanging out. Try to haul a sheet of drywall propped up on a
wheel well and it will break on the first pothole. Yet the vehicles are
huge, and weigh 5000 lbs.
Gary, maybe you can design it with a flat floor *above* the wheels? With
small tires, the floor would still be much lower than the floor of any
current pickup truck. You don't need the fashionable monster wheels that
are so popular today.
Lee Hart
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