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For most people, it's more economical to rent a truck when they need it than to buy one. Most of these trucks are just urban commuter vehicles. The owners want
by nitwit005 4y ago
For most people, it's more economical to rent a truck when they need it than to buy one.
Most of these trucks are just urban commuter vehicles. The owners wanted them because they think they're cool.
- jjeaff 4y agoI just checked and if I needed to get a sheet of plywood from Home Depot, it would be about $50 for a pickup truck from U-Haul but at least around here, you can't usually leave your car at the rental place, so I would need to enlist someone to drop me off and then of course after the pickup and dropoff of the payload at my house, another ride to pick me up. I probably need the bed of my pickup once a month on average. I'm not sure how much I would pay to avoid that hassle and time sink, but probably more than the savings of having a small car.
- nitwit005 4y agoI'm not sure the real rate of a using the truck to haul is known. The only statistic I can find cited is an "at least once a year" survey number. That said, I suspect even once a month puts you well above average for a non-commercial owner. You can observe all the empty truck beds in cities.