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Re:Car Bloat: “Huge Cars Are Terrible for Society” by lelandbatey on Monday August 07, 2023 @03:36PM (#37039776)
I realize you're being sarcastic, but taking this a bit seriously: I feel like a minority of "serious working professionals" (in my area, Seattle) ever actually drive "consumer pick-ups" as their working vehicle. The majority of tradespeople I've known all drive vans or specialized trucks, not consumer pickup trucks. It seems to be several reasons:

- Few tradespeople are moving large loads of loose material or goods around e.g. debris or lawnmowers. If you do move dirt or lawnmowers around regularly, you're not buying a consumer Ford F150 for the purpose, you're going to buy something like an F250 with what's called a "work body" or "landscape body" (hilariously, strongly implying an off-the-shelf F250 is not equipped for work): https://cmtruckbeds.com/truck-beds/lb-landscape-body/

- A fully enclosed van means less risk of casual stealing, and less concern for tying down every little thing during transport

- Vans are generally a bit narrower than the big trucks so you can squeeze them into the strange city job sites much easier.

- They don't have to worry about protecting their cargo from the elements

- If you get the right van, you can stand up inside that van

- A van is going to have a pretty low floor that you can generally step into and out of. A large pickup you may need to literally climb into. A tradesperson is going to have to do that like 10+ times a day

It always seems like the foreman or project manager is the one you see driving the pickup truck, all the other working stiffs choose vans though.

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