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Yeah, modern half-tons have gotten ridiculously tall. You have to be a giant to actually use the bed for loading things, since the floor of the bed is up to you

• rented_mule 3y ago
  Yes! My wife and I live in a rural mountain area in California. We only have one car, and it's a car because that is what is most practical for 95% of what we do. I'd love to have a kei truck for a second vehicle. Mainly for little runs to the lumber yard or to the local green waste disposal site after clearing our property to reduce our exposure to wildfires. And it's small enough to be out of the way when not in use. The one pictured in your link has 3 tail gates (back and two sides) that can be opened to make it a flat bed when needed. It won't haul multiple tons, but I never need to do that. Alas, they are very hard or impossible to register in many US states, including California.
  • gottorf 3y ago
    I'm not sure how small you need it to be, but if you took an older regular cab half-ton with the shorter wheelbase (6' instead of 8' bed) and replaced the bed with one of those fold-down-side beds, it'll be relatively compact. Or you could just rent a mule ;-)