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I own a minivan, too, as it's the only vehicle that the entire family will fit inside. Like the pickup truck, our minivan is an extremely versatile vehicle, bu
by symfoniq 7y ago
I own a minivan, too, as it's the only vehicle that the entire family will fit inside.
Like the pickup truck, our minivan is an extremely versatile vehicle, but there's just no way I'm going to put loose gravel, wet bags of mulch, or trash bound for the landfill in the back of it. Furthermore, I sometimes need to tow a trailer, and minivans simply aren't built for this.
- throwaway9878 7y agoThat's what trailers are for. Minivans can absolutely handle trailers even if manufacturers claim they can't. Don't go hard on the gas, keep transmission temperatures down, have sufficient braking capacity. You can easily tell when trailer is overloaded if you have any reasoning skills whatsoever. The most important feature for trailers is trailer brakes, an easily retrofitted feature.
- symfoniq 7y agoIt is extremely easy to go over the tow and payload ratings for any minivan sold in the US market (and that's without getting into why vehicles with transverse engines make poor tow vehicles). Towing at or beyond design limits is more irresponsible than owning a pickup truck IMO.
- lutorm 7y agoI'm definitely planning to put that stuff in the van (but obviously not uncontained.) Doesn't a good floor liner solve most concerns in that area?
- symfoniq 7y agoIn the back of my truck, I routinely have: Gas cans Used oil containers Lawn and tree equipment Gravel Sand Soil Mulch Trash/refuse/recycling Mountain bikes While a floor liner would certainly help, all that stuff is still going to destroy the inside of a family vehicle pretty quickly. And taking precautions to prevent that from happening means being extremely diligent about cleanup, whereas I don't care one bit if the bed of my pickup truck is dirty.