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  • wieson@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Imagine driving everyday to work and not taking the trailer off the hitch because you need to get mulch two times a year and transport your bikes three times a year.

    I need to own a school bus as a personal vehicle because sometimes we like to travel as a group of 12.

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      11 months ago

      I load it into the bed of the truck, I don’t own a trailer. I’ve moved tvs, a piano, mattresses. These things don’t always fit in a covered location with a finite amount of space. Do you genuinely hate all pickup trucks?

      I can’t move a piano with a sedan. I could maybe hitch a trailer and move mulch or do that thing where you pop the trunk and lash it down

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        11 months ago

        Yeah I honestly hate all pickup trucks. I don’t hate you, though. From what I know, in your country most sensible cars have a very low towing capacity on paper. And although they could tow a trailer with a piano in other countries, they’re not allowed to in the US. So even for towing trailers, most people use pickup trucks, if I’m not mistaken.

        In my country, I would tow a piano with a sedan, station wagon or a compact car. If I owned none of that but like a Ford fiesta or something small like that, I would hire a moving company for that one trip. It’s still cheaper than maintaining a truck 365 days a year.

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          Fair enough. I can’t vouch for the legality, but you are not mistaken. I would rent a uhaul if I found it necessary to move a piano, but I’ve used the bed of my pickup an awful lot. Most recently to bring in the Christmas tree. But I do a LOT of work around my house so I know I’m in the minority here. But being from rural-ish America I find that there are people who have a stock pickup that they use frequently as a pickup.