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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh they can totally be, first job out of uni in 2012 had diesel f350 super duties as field service vehicles, they made sense for some jobs where it was super remote and rough driving (1000+ km a tank), they've since gone to 2 panel vans and a truck which is way more handy. They're super high off the ground so you need to be careful and most importantly, use your mirrors, these were all tow capable so they had the larger mirrors with the second parabolic mirror, you can effectively minimise blind spots to your sides and behind (I think all car mirrors should be that way, I added them to my sedan's mirrors) but they still turn slow and are heavy. A chunk of my coworkers outright refused to use them, instead opting for rentals, and others were definitely white knuckling it the entire time they used them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't you want something light and small for off roading?

That should help you clear obstacles by goong over or around easier.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It depends on the circumstances, ground clearance is a bitch. Seriously a light car say a Jeep Cherokee sport can have a lot of ground clearance via lift kit but it fucks with the balance. Meanwhile an f350 can just kinda do it by default.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

What vaultdweller said, ground clearance matters a lot if you're not going fast, you can plow through a lot of snow in a truck that I've got stuck in a compact with.