28th Apr 2009, 10:59
I live in the Bay Area, California where there is around 6 million people. So a pretty big metro. There is a few Lowes and Home Depots near our house. The irony is that honestly, the bulk of the "work trucks" trucks I see parked out front owned by contractors are small trucks. Primarily Rangers, Nissans, and Tacomas. It's ironic because all during the week you'll see these little trucks out there, loaded to the top with tools, splattered with paint and covered with little dents and scratches. They are used almost like wheelbarrows. Most look like they've been through WW2. These are what I would call "work trucks"
Yet when the weekends roll around, that's when you'll see all the weekend warriors and their huge, shiney new Chevy Silverados, Tundras, and F-150's getting their one piece of lumber of couple bags of cement.
26th Apr 2009, 12:43
There are those who use full-sized trucks for various towing/hauling purposes, but I have to agree that AT LEAST 90% of all the full sized trucks in our area never have anything in tow or in the bed. Far less than 10% of the public own boats or do any repairs to their homes requiring a truck to haul materials. Most people here driving full sized trucks are teenage boys. The only full sized trucks I see hauling anything here are company vehicles, such as those of my family's company. For heavy hauling they use Ford F-150', Chevys and Dodge Rams. I don't know of even one personally-owned full sized truck that ever hauls anything other than drivers and passengers. In the 6 years my next door neighbor has owned his Ford F-250 crew cab he has never hauled anything or towed anything with it. I have no idea why he bought it.