75% of truck owners tow 1/year or less?

[Hay Dude]

To each his own. A van would be useless for me, and you get those funny stares from people who seem to think van drivers are up to no good.

 

[LittleBill21]

To each his own. A van would be useless for me, and you get those funny stares from people who think van drivers are up to no good.

Bud, your like what 1% of people that do what they do. We are talking typical people here.

 

[Hay Dude]

Bud, your like what 1% of people that do what they do. We are talking typical people here.

Probably less, littleBill21, (I’m HayDude, not “bud” but all good).

I think a lot more people prefer pickups to vans.
Most people have good reasons. Vans are harder to find with 4WD, visibility is worse, terrible off road or snow, usually power is lower, limited to bumper towing.

But there’s a few van ad”van”tages.

 

[LittleBill21]

Probably less, littleBill21, (I’m HayDude, not “bud” but all good).

I think a lot more people prefer pickups to vans.
Most people have good reasons. Vans are harder to find with 4WD, visibility is worse, terrible off road or snow, usually power is lower, limited to bumper towing.

But there’s a few van ad”van”tages.

Sorry,

I did mention 4x4 is not great. Lot of van's can have hitches. my GF's is 1k Tongue 7500 or 10k towing.

 

[Hay Dude]

Sorry,

I did mention 4x4 is not great. Lot of van's can have hitches. my GF's is 1k Tongue 7500 or 10k towing.

Yeah that’s pretty light.
Plus no gooseneck capability.
Plus it’s a mess to haul firewood, mulch, sand, or other aggregates.

I’d say PU’s outsell vans like 100 to 1? But I DO agree with you many PU owners never use their 4WD or carry anything. It’s like a “anti-geek” symbol.

 

[Jstpssng]

Not surprised at all. When I bought my last pickup, I first looked at used models. I went to several dealers and the beds of ALL the trucks I saw were like new. No rust or dents, and very few scratches in the paint. I asked one of the salesman if they repaint or touch up the beds. He laughed and said they don't have to. 90% of the trades they take come in looking like this.

Do you mean like mine?
I've had my Colorado 4 years and need it to last for 16 more. You're darned right I am careful what goes into it and how I strap it down.

Anything like firewood or gravel goes into my dump trailer. So yeah, with a little soap, water and elbow grease this would look like brand new

 

[Hay Dude]

Do you mean like mine? View attachment 1345979
I've had my Colorado 4 years and need it to last for 16 more. You're darned right I am careful what goes into it and how I strap it down.

Anything like firewood or gravel goes into my dump trailer. So yeah, with a little soap, water and elbow grease this would look like brand new

Well, you better get those tools strapped down and that tool box closed. I got DOT’d with crap unsecured in the bed like that and that miserable cop chewed my left ear off.

 

[paulsharvey]

Someone above I think, missed what I think may be the biggest advantage of truck bed vs van/suv (not talking trailers at all), nasty stuff. You don't feel bad with a couple yards of mulch in the bed with a tarp; or manure or 5 gal buckets of oil. Those kinda things such in a van/suv.

Now, I know everyone says they would buy X, until it's actually available and all that; but I do wish US market would have some higher Payload medium trucks. Yep, the Ranger can tow 9000 lbs; but some of the foreign medium trucks have bed payloads over 2000 lbs, which too me, would be great. I would take a 2000# bed/6000# trailer ability over a 1000# bed/9000# trailer

 

[paulsharvey]

So, I actually started a thread on here about 2 or 3 years ago about soft bed covers, specifically for a trip. I have had that soft cover on, and down most od the time; although I certainly have had it folded up plenty too. Even smallish/light stuff, like house hold trash to the dump; you got rotten nasty/juicy stuff, with crawlies; I'd not prefer to have that in an SUV.

Someone mentioned deer; about 6 years; youngest daughter got a letter home from daycare, get shot xzy by Monday or she gets kicked out. So, I get stuck taking the morning off, and taking her in. Hit a deer just outside of Gainesville FL in the Highlander. Pull over with 4-5 year old daughter, cut the deers throat, and throw it in the back of the SUV, run it home and drop it in the shade and run her to Docs. I'm apologizing for being late, and tell the nurse we hit and deer; and daughter goes "daddy cut it's head off" to the nurse. I shrug, and say "well"...

 

[4570Man]

To each his own. A van would be useless for me, and you get those funny stares from people who seem to think van drivers are up to no good.

I like vans. They’re great for carrying tools. The downside is no 4x4 and they tow bad.