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A picture of a hand holding remote car keys pointed at a white pickup truck. Below that is the text:
In the US, 75% of truck owners tow only once a year or less. Nearly 70% of them go off-road once a year or less. Additionally, 35% of truck owners haul something in their truck beds once a year or less
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Yet that one time that you need it, it’s quite nice to have.
It’s even nicer to have that big item delivered and still come out on top in gas savings.
You know what you can do if you need to haul something and don’t have a truck?
Rent a trailer!
I like to think that people own trucks because they don’t know how to back a trailer. Or more humourously, because they don’t know trailers exist.
Over time that’s as expensive or more as getting a vehicle with more storage lol
Hey I think I found the issue, you rent a trailer when you need it, you don’t just rent it long term.
Also, even if you own a trailer, you don’t have to tow it all the time.
Given the cost of a truck vs hiring a trailer, I have no idea how that can possibly be true.
How many rentals to hit 2-5k.
I doubt many people are driving around a $5k 2024 truck, but let’s say it’s reasonable or say that this is the difference between what you could otherwise have and what the truck costs. Let’s also say you own the truck 10 years.
I don’t know what your average trailer hire costs in the US. Maybe $20 for a few hours? Let’s assume $50. So you need to hire a trailer 100 times in those 10 years, or 10 times a year.
Though as someone who doesn’t own a truck but who hires a trailer once a year or so, if I have multiple things I save them up and do them together in one trailer hire, so a bit of planning makes it even less worth having a truck.
Here are a few options to remedy this rare problem.
The first option doesn’t act as a continued mode of transportation, and the second option still requires someone owning a truck lmao.
Yes, but it doesn’t require everyone owning a truck.
I didn’t say it did. I’m saying that when you need it, and you’re the guy that owns the truck, it’s nice. I’m not talking some lifted thing, but a midsize pickup is nice to have when you need it.
I think in his scenario, the friend who owns the truck is in the 15% who use the bed regularly
That’s a massive assumption and completely ignore that said family member may only use that bed once or twice a month to help others. And they would still be ridiculed by these people.
Everyone owns a truck? Where’s mine?
Those are both of the reasons why it works.
Rental.
Also your comment remind me of people having spare car.