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this is a weak argument on several levels. if you need to move things five times a year, rent a pickup truck. Unless you're moving things on the regular, there'

this is a weak argument on several levels. if you need to move things five times a year, rent a pickup truck. Unless you're moving things on the regular, there's no point owning a very inefficient and heavy vehicle.

bluGill 5y ago
You can't do that. You can rent a truck no problem, but a truck that you can actually use as a truck cannot be rented. They carefully check to ensure you didn't scratch any paint, and that means no hauling. There are work a rounds, but they are limited (home depot will rent a truck but the fine print is only to go from home depot to your house, no other trips). If you have a CDL you can rent a commercial truck that lets you work it. However for general purpose I need a truck to be a truck the average person can't rent.
- ben7799 5y ago
  You can rent from U-haul and use it as an actual work truck no problem. I damaged a U-haul once and it was fine, it was all covered. We rented a U-haul this year and hauled about 2000lbs of stuff to the dump with it in one trip.
  - bombcar 5y ago
    Home Depot et al also rent pickup trucks by the hour (something like $20) and they're quite capable and nobody checks the paint. As long as you bring it back and it's not on fire they're unlikely to care. You can even optimize by buying your own trailer so you can load and unload at your convenience, and only rent the truck to move the trailer - and trailers (even enclosed ones or dump ones) are significantly cheaper than trucks, and really only need tires as maintenance.
- xyzzyz 5y ago
  I don’t know about your state, but here in WA you can rent a “commercial” big box truck from UHaul, Penske and others with no CDL. I rented a 26 feet box truck for my move and drove it around town just fine. They do care about damage, but they don’t consider scratches to be damage.
- jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago
  This is just wrong. Besides Home Depot, who aren't going to literally sic the gestapo on you if you use it to run a 2nd errand, there are plenty of companies that rent beater trucks for hauling anything you like.
- eldaisfish 5y ago
  your comment is flat out wrong. Lots of places will let you rent a pickup truck and use it for work - that is literally the point of a pick up truck.
ben7799 5y ago
Who said anything about 5 times a year? And most people on this site are driving ICE cars and SUVs which are much less efficient than an F-150 EV and are themselves very oversized.
throwaway0a5e 5y ago
There's a lot of things you can move with a car that are simply easier and less hassle with a truck. And I say this as someone who owns a fleet of station wagons.
meroes 5y ago
George Bush was giving everyone $10k back on new fullsized pickup trucks. Why not get one was my question at the time.
- beerandt 5y ago
  $10k and getting a brand new truck every tax year has to be one of the greatest and most successful "carrot" tax incentives ever conceived of by a government office.
shard 5y ago
This is also an argument against most people owning a car larger than a subcompact like the Honda Fit.

bluGill 5y ago

You can't do that. You can rent a truck no problem, but a truck that you can actually use as a truck cannot be rented. They carefully check to ensure you didn't scratch any paint, and that means no hauling. There are work a rounds, but they are limited (home depot will rent a truck but the fine print is only to go from home depot to your house, no other trips). If you have a CDL you can rent a commercial truck that lets you work it. However for general purpose I need a truck to be a truck the average person can't rent.

ben7799 5y ago
You can rent from U-haul and use it as an actual work truck no problem. I damaged a U-haul once and it was fine, it was all covered. We rented a U-haul this year and hauled about 2000lbs of stuff to the dump with it in one trip.
- bombcar 5y ago
  Home Depot et al also rent pickup trucks by the hour (something like $20) and they're quite capable and nobody checks the paint. As long as you bring it back and it's not on fire they're unlikely to care. You can even optimize by buying your own trailer so you can load and unload at your convenience, and only rent the truck to move the trailer - and trailers (even enclosed ones or dump ones) are significantly cheaper than trucks, and really only need tires as maintenance.
xyzzyz 5y ago
I don’t know about your state, but here in WA you can rent a “commercial” big box truck from UHaul, Penske and others with no CDL. I rented a 26 feet box truck for my move and drove it around town just fine. They do care about damage, but they don’t consider scratches to be damage.
jasonwatkinspdx 5y ago
This is just wrong. Besides Home Depot, who aren't going to literally sic the gestapo on you if you use it to run a 2nd errand, there are plenty of companies that rent beater trucks for hauling anything you like.
eldaisfish 5y ago
your comment is flat out wrong. Lots of places will let you rent a pickup truck and use it for work - that is literally the point of a pick up truck.

ben7799 5y ago

Who said anything about 5 times a year? And most people on this site are driving ICE cars and SUVs which are much less efficient than an F-150 EV and are themselves very oversized.

throwaway0a5e 5y ago

There's a lot of things you can move with a car that are simply easier and less hassle with a truck. And I say this as someone who owns a fleet of station wagons.

meroes 5y ago

George Bush was giving everyone $10k back on new fullsized pickup trucks. Why not get one was my question at the time.

beerandt 5y ago
$10k and getting a brand new truck every tax year has to be one of the greatest and most successful "carrot" tax incentives ever conceived of by a government office.

shard 5y ago

This is also an argument against most people owning a car larger than a subcompact like the Honda Fit.