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

[Hay Dude]

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

I’d prefer a utility body or enclosed utility body if you really need shelter.

 

[4570Man]

I’d prefer a utility body or enclosed utility body if you really need shelter.

I’ve looked at those and I’ll probably get one eventually but I don’t really like having all the separate boxes where everything is inside the van. But they do offer 4x4 and offer better towing.

 

[Yander]

Really depends on what we are calling off road. If I said I'm taking my truck off roading, I think dry lake bottom, sand pit, clay pit, or squeezing a fulled sized truck down ATV trails. Have done all of that when I was younger with a 2500HD, now, I dont in my truck.

But, if by Off roading, they mean what I would call normal use, dirt roads, muddy WMA fire roads, a pasture, or backing a boat into a lake without a ramp; that's different.

I meant the later. I don't take my truck off road to tear it up. But anyone who uses a truck for truck things, is going off road. Into a field, yard, woods, etc. pulling a trailer is just a bonus. A surprising number of truck owners do not own a trailer, I don't see that as a bad or negative thing, just surprising. But if a truck owner just uses their truck for commuting, that is what I find funny. There are a lot more economical means of commuting. Of course, when buying a used truck, I like to see the ones that have never had a trailer hooked to them.

 

[paulsharvey]

I'm not going to spend the money for it, and I don't work out of my truck anymore, but the Decked System does seem pretty useful, for tool storage, will keeping a full sized (not full depth) bed for large items.

 

[paulsharvey]

I used to have a 5x10 landscape trailer that got me through the dry spell of not having a truck. I then upgraded in 2020 to a 6'4x16 landscape trailer, a
that honestly I didn't use more than 3 or 4 times per year for most of that time; however, I have used it probably 20 times this year, and atleast 10 times last year. That's not That much, but if I had rented a trailer, even at $50/day, each time; I'm now at break even point, and it's still worth about what I paid for it.

 

[Hay Dude]

Those cube van trucks are pretty cool. One with 4x4 would be nice on a jobsite with the ramp that slides out. You could probably get a diesel motor, too if needed.

 

[paulsharvey]

Also, my truck is 4wd, and yep, I only use it a few times per year; But if it was 2wd, I would back down to a lake with a jon boat, I'd park further away and drag it. I would avoid many of the "2 tracks" and all of that.

Not a Ford guy, But the F150 with E Locker rear end can dang near replace 4wd in many cases.

At the new place, as well as old place, during hurricanes/tropical storms, staying home is not an option; I have to be out in it, and wife is an ICU nurse, and she has to be at work, hurricane or none. I always send her in the Ram during that kinda crap. New place, has a sand/dirt drive going up a hill, that likes to wash out, and 4wd is a bit of peace of mind.

 

[paulsharvey]

Those cube van trucks are pretty cool. One with 4x4 would be nice on a jobsite with the ramp that slides out. You could probably get a diesel motor, too if needed.

As a 100% work vehicle, yes, I know guys that Love them. As a daily, eh, crap visibility, parking sucks, and does give off a bit of a creeper vibe

 

[Hay Dude]

As a 100% work vehicle, yes, I know guys that Love them. As a daily, eh, crap visibility, parking sucks, and does give off a bit of a creeper vibe

But higher load capacity than a “kidnapper” van.

 

[grsthegreat]

My work trucks have all had shells and CargoGlide bed slides. They extend 100% out of bed. hold 2200 lbs. more than enough for my work.