What's the point of having a truck?
Nowadays you can get almost anything delivered to your home.
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If you live in the country, you probably need one for hauling stuff. If you live in the city and work in a skilled trade, you might need one for hauling your stuff. If you like camping, but hate tents, you might need one for hauling your stuff. If you perform live pipe organ concerts, you might need one for hauling your stuff. If you professionally hunt trolls, you might need one for hauling your stuff...
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation Thanks for sharing! I can understand how people who live in rural areas feel about needing trucks. But living in the city and needing a truck for a skilled trade? The companies provide the work trucks. While SUV's being Sport Utility Vehicles are ideal for camping. A medium-sized SUV can pull 5,000 pounds or more. That's plenty of power to pull a trailer or a boat. As for "locals" performing in concerts, an SUV pulling a small cargo trailer will do the job. Having a truck sounds more like personal taste for truck lovers. -
www.bible-reviews.com Well...let's consider my situation, which might or might not be unusual.. I'm a plumber. #1 - I need a truck for work, to carry my tools and materials to the work site. #2 - If I have need of a backhoe, my truck needs to be able to haul about 15,000 lbs of backhoe + trailer. There is no van or SUV in the US that is designed to pull that kind of load. *** What kind of vehicle do I prefer for driving? Station wagon. The size makes it really useful for carrying items, and it gets the fuel economy of a car. *** But for work? Truck is necessary.. -
bostjan the adequate 🥉 You're welcome. I'd like to add that I've personally done concrete as a skilled trade and drove a car when I did it, but keeping a bunch of dirty tools in my car was not ideal by any stretch. Having a truck would have been much more convenient, for keeping the passenger compartment clean and dry, and a truck bed is far easier to clean than a car interior. A lot of skilled tradespeople and even campers need more pulling power than what an SUV of similar price to a truck can handle. And even if your SUV is rated to pull a 4 ton trailer, odds are that the SUV will fail to do so at a convenient rate of acceleration, so, good luck with impatient drivers behind you at a red light or going up an incline. And if you don't "need" a truck for any of these things, by similar logic, you wouldn't "need" a car, either. Just put your tools in a wheelbarrow and walk...
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation www.bible-reviews.com, quote: "I'm a plumber. #1 - I need a truck for work," Most plumbers that I've noticed in the second largest city of the US being Los Angeles drive cargo vans. They are a popular choice among plumbers because they offer ample storage space for tools and equipment. To #2, you're mostly in a league of your own, cause most companies who provide work trucks will also provide backhoes. Again, these are not good reasons to drive a truck. The "majority" of truck owners do not pull backhoes. You will have to do better with me. If not, this calls for a... *Facepalm*
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation bostjan64, I do not suggest that you use a car to store a bunch of dirty work tools. Small cargo trailers, especially if they are enclosed is like pulling a shed with an SUV. Quote: "And even if your SUV is rated to pull a 4 ton trailer, odds are that the SUV will fail to do so at a convenient rate of acceleration," Not precisely. Notice that I mentioned a "medium-sized SUV" for starters. If you have heavier loads to pull, this is were a full-size SUV with a V8 engine comes in. *Facepalm*
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation C'mon people, this still comes down to personal taste.
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bostjan the adequate 🥉 Or, like I pointed out, money. You can get more bang for your buck with a truck than a larger SUV plus a cargo trailer.
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation bostjan64, with money, you can buy a new Land Rover Range Rover that produce up to 606 horsepower to a bigger Cadillac Escalade which produces 682 horsepower. On the economical side of an affordable full-size SUV, you can buy a wooden deck trailer, a metal trailer or a folding trailer for under $500 online.
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bostjan the adequate 🥉 "With money..." your blue collar concrete worker can buy a $140k luxury SUV and a $500 trailer. ...or, buy a $60k truck and spend the other $80.5k on growing their business.
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation bostjan64, with money meaning, "money is not a problem," the most luxurious SUV's can be bought. They're out of reach for most blue collar workers. In the concrete business, it is a dirty job, and a nice luxurious SUV should not be used for dirty work. Another option is, a new full-size GMC Savana Van costing $38,100. And oh, the V8 models produce 401 horsepower. With buying an additional $500 dollar trailer, that's far more space than what a truck can offer, including $21,400 on growing their business.
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How else would I haul firewood out of the woods, or pack all the grandkids around in the back country? 10/11/23
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Jenny's Gone On Vacation
Thanks for sharing! I told bostjan64 how it is understandable that trucks make sense in the back country. -
dalcocono
welcome
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Answerbaggers: I don't hate trucks. This subject is for vehicle educational purposes.
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