For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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    1 year ago

    I understand the general use case what I don’t get is where a pickup is more suitable than something like a flatbed Transit - https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNFgxMDI0/z/VmIAAOSw6DNcrKoD/$_86.JPG

    Which has a bigger bed, a far more economical engine and is overall far more suitable as a work vehicle for carrying those kinds of loads.

    Also do you not just have garden waste collection services?

    Just hire the above for the few times a year you would need it. Honestly I do find it baffling.

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      1 year ago

      I’d definitely consider a flatbed transit personally, but there is definitely a “cool” factor that is lost on something that looks like that. Not that “cool” factor is a good argument for something to exist, but it is what it is.

      And I could probably do that, but I’m in a pretty rural area and services like that tend to have a very long wait list around here because there’s too many people that need the same work done, and not enough handymen/services willing to do it. Not to mention the cost tends to be several hundred dollars.

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        1 year ago

        The local council here usually just offer it as a service in most places here for a small extra fee.