If You Own a Truck With Hostile Wheels, Does That Make You a Redneck?

If there is one thing Americans do way too often and it’s really annoying, it’s that we tend to stereotype. Many of us are all too quick judging somebody by their clothes, their hairstyle and what they happen to be driving.

It’s a vicious cycle as the people who own trucks all too quickly assume that the guy with the man bun driving the BMW is a fashionista, the guy with the man bun driving the BMW assumes the dude with long hair driving a VW Bus is a hippie and the dude with long hair driving the VW Bus thinks the anyone driving a truck is a redneck.

Let’s stop this. Let’s use what little critical thinking skills we have to sort through this to determine if you drive a truck with Hostile wheels, it makes you a redneck.

Mudflap Girl

We have all seen her, you have seen her, your mom has seen her, even your pastor has seen her; we are talking about the mudflap girl. The mudflap girl, for those of you who are living under a rock, is the infamous nude female silhouette you see plastered on truck mudflaps all across our great nation.

If a truck owner has just one piece of bling on their truck, it is undoubtedly the mudflap girl. But does having the mudflap girl swinging from the mudflaps of your truck made you a redneck?

Well, if you have it on an 18-wheeler, not likely, but having one on your Ford F-150, that does qualify you as a redneck.

Wood Paneling

At one point in time, wood paneling on a truck was a major part of the construction. But as time has progressed, wood has become more of an aesthetic, used either in the interior or exterior of a truck.

Wood can be incorporated in a truck and be the embodiment of good taste and class. But when done wrong, watch out. To answer the question if wood in or on your truck makes you a redneck, the answer is: It depends on how well you use it.

Off-Road Kit

If you have a truck with raised suspension, huge wheels and hi-beam lights on every panel; are you a redneck? Not necessarily, it might just mean you like to drive your truck on off-road trails at night. If you do, these gadgets are a necessity.

But if you are jazzing your truck up with a ridiculous off-road kit and wheels so big you need a ladder to open your door and your truck has never even been on a dirt road, you score very high on the redneck meter.

Air Freshener

When you look at a truck and are trying to determine if it is owned by a redneck, the air freshener is a telltale sign. If the air freshener in a truck is a pine tree or piece of fruit, you are safe. But if you have a confederate flag air freshener, it is highly likely that you are a redneck.

If you have a confederate flag air refresher and a gun rack, well, that just seals the deal.