• skyspydude1@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    There are certainly practical reasons for them, like if you do a lot of ATVing, you can negate the need for hauling it in a trailer and just drive it up into the bed. It can definitely be nice to have a truck bed for certain things, but many people buy trucks for stuff they do once a month (if that), and not something they do every day, like commuting.

    • Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com
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      6 months ago

      As a homeowner there are shit ton of times that it is really nice to have a truck. There are a lot of things that I would prefer to throw in the back of a truck rather than the back of a van, SUV, or car. Dangerous chemicals, gas cans, gas equipment, anything that might be bug infested, anything that is significantly cheaper by the truck load (mulch, dirt, stone, ect.), anything loaded by heavy machinery, anything that won’t fit in a van (furniture, appliances, ect), things that stink, things that are muddy, ect, ect, ect.
      And if I had the money to have a spare vehicle, I would probably get another truck. But right now a minivan hauls a lot more people and I can do most of what I need with it and a small utility trailer. But don’t think that the utility trailer isn’t a huge pain in the ass all by itself.
      When I was much younger, it was fairly typical that when a family needed a 3rd vehicle for their kids, they would buy a cheap beater of a truck for the kids. The trucks were slow, could take abuse, limited the number of other idiots you could pack inside, and had all the utility of being a truck when you needed it.
      The problem is that those kids got used to having a truck. It became a personal image thing. Trucks got faster, the ride improved, they got not just more comfortable but fucking luxurious inside. They went from utility vehicles to overpriced status symbols.
      Even worse is that the same shit is happening with minivans. I went to buy another minivan this year and they are not only all luxury lined on wheels, but there was a shortage and they wanted more than MSRP for the stupid thing. They had plenty of every other vehicle on the lot, but they can’t make minivans fast enough to meet demand.

      • Aux@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        Why would you drive dangerous shit or truckload of mulch yourself? Don’t you people have delivery services over there?

        • Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com
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          6 months ago

          So, your solution is to just be rich? That is so helpful, thanks, I hadn’t thought of that. Hell, now that I am just going to be rich, why even save money by doing it myself? I’ll just pay my new yard guys that I can suddenly afford, to do it for me.

          • Aux@lemmy.world
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            6 months ago

            Wut? Delivery is much cheaper than hauling yourself. Are you bloody nuts?