I have a midsize truck from a yester-decade that by now seems like a small truck. Even if it had a long bed and full cab it would be more practical, and I’d argue universally acceptable size and shape than full-sized trucks pulling even a crew cab + short bed combo. When you see a full size with a crew cab and a long or god help us extended bed, it just makes the blood boil. Because as we all know, on top of the “needs two parking spaces and probably takes 4-6 depending on the driver” situation, they have nothing in their beds practically all the time.
Trucks aren’t inherently a problem, and it’s okay if they’re unladen plenty of the time. But most people need a truck like mine; most people have a truck like the full-sized nonsense described above. That’s the problem.
I think you know what I meant. Most people who need a truck need a truck like mine. Obviously most people don’t need a truck. I only have one because the last few years have required a lot of work on my house and yard. Whenever all that wraps up I’ll swap it back out for another car.
People toss out the “you just need a buddy with a truck” or “you just need to rent one” thing so much but those things require you to bend your life around, say, inconveniencing people to borrow / hoping their schedule accommodates, or, having to go collect, use, pay for, and return during a narrow window of time a rented truck, which, yes, is fine for one day, but if again, you’ve got years of unpredictable needs ahead of you, it’s not a sin to buy a cheap, well-used truck as a second or third vehicle so you’ve always got it when you need it. And in that case, those “most people” need a truck like mine_.