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A local man has gone ahead and bought himself a huge pickup truck because he thinks they are fucken cool as shit.
That’s despite others in the community who have told The Advocate that Duncan Leverock’s new GMC Sierra is “too big for Australian roads” and “uses too much petrol”.
At nearly seven meters long, two and half meters wide and close to four tonnes, Mr Leverock’s new truck is actually classified as a light rigid heavy vehicle.
“It’s two meters tall, too,” said Mr Leverock.
Our reporter joined Duncan at his farm on Rivendell Road towards Haddon Corner.
“I dunno, I could’ve probably just got another 300-series wagon or a new 70-series ute but, uh, I just wanted one of these so I thought, ‘Fuck it, why not?’ so I stretched a bit and bought it. Sure, it cost pretty much twice as much as a new 300-series wagon but fuck it’s cool, hey?”
“Oh, it’s a diesel, too. So it’s not too bad on the juice. It’s got a 6.6L Duramax under the bonnet. With a gooseneck, I can tow like 14 tonnes. You can put two and a half tonnes in the tray. With a normal trailer, I can haul pretty much ten. Nine if you want to be all softy Albanese about things.”
When asked why he didn’t choose a more appropriate vehicle that’s more sympathetic to our national road infrastructure and the ongoing battle we have against climate change, Duncan said he just got what he wanted.
“Nah, yeah we sold a fuckload wheat this year and I can write this thing off as farm machinery so why not?” he said.
“So yeah, not really thinking about people in the city when I’m making choices about what car I want to drive. It’s a cunt of a place, when I go there, I fly and just get cabs if I need to get around. The height of luxury, being driven around in a nice Camry when you’re chock full of piss and Winfields,”
“Plus, they’re fucken cool, hey? You want one, don’t you, you dirty bastard?!”
More to come.
