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Golf can carry bagged soil no problem, though it needs roof racks for lumber. I got a golf thinking I’d rent a pickup when I need to carry something big, but s
by tass 3y ago
Golf can carry bagged soil no problem, though it needs roof racks for lumber.
I got a golf thinking I’d rent a pickup when I need to carry something big, but so far haven’t come across anything that required it.
- mckn1ght 3y agoThe problem there is that bagged soil is very expensive, and has to be trucked around a couple times to get it to the store. I picked up like 3 cu yds of compost/topsoil mix from a local horse farm for about 1/5 of the price. Can’t top load into a car/suv. Trucks are useful but I do wish shared ownership were more convenient, because a ton of miles driven in trucks are not for any of those uses.
- dymk 3y agoRe: Shared ownership: 99.9% of people who think they need a used F150 off of Craigslist can actually get away with renting one from their local UHaul or Home Depot the few times a month that they need it, and it'll still be way cheaper than ownership.
- jjav 3y agoA roof rack can't carry much weight, check manufacturer load ratings. Pickup are useful for projects. Recently redid a fence, bought over 2000lb of lumber. These weekends doing concrete walkway work, bought ~3500lb of concrete bags in one trip (way more than the weight of my commuter car!)
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoCan't you get that stuff delivered. I'm in the UK and anything like that I pay the supplier to ship. It's way cheaper than buying a specific vehicle for it.
- jjav 3y agoYou can but it's not cheap. A pallet of cement bags is ~$300, delivery is $200. Or I can pick it up myself for free in 10 minutes. Of course if you only do that once a year and do nothing else, it's not worth having a truck. For me, I pick up things couple times a month at least and also use it for towing a travel trailer (which you often can't contractually do with many rental trucks).
- zo1 3y agoSorry, but those are not small personal projects. Just pay the 20/40/100$ to have it delivered by a professional vehicle or transport company that has economies of scale instead of buying a 3 ton capacity vehicle as your daily driver. Just the time it takes to drive to the store, get that loaded and secured, delivered, offloaded etc. You're already at the 1-2 hour mark. Now the labour, cost of all those calories you burnt. Makes my brain hurt even thinking about the waste.
- jjav 3y ago> Sorry, but those are not small personal projects. Small projects for a tiny suburban house. A pallet of cement isn't that much, only about 10ft of walkway. > Just pay the 20/40/100$ See above. Delivering a ~$300 pallet costs $200. > daily driver Certainly not a daily driver. It's a truck for projects and towing.