Peri Hartman via EV wrote:
I agree, using a pickup truck for hauling around supplies and tools
doesn't make sense in many cases. Exposed to the weather, theft, and
higher to lift things in and out.
I have a 20 year old minivan which I use for hauling. I can get 10'
lumber in it and close the back. 16' is fine except on the freeway.
Garbage, tools, everything else, usually is easy to get in and out.
I used to drive minivans, too. Great for hauling stuff that didn't fit
in my EVs. I've had a 1960 Corvair van a 1972 Chevy, a 1987 and 1994
Dodge Caravans, and finally a 2001 Toyota Sienna.
The Sienna was the last straw. By that time, minivans (like pickups) had
turned into people-movers; not thing-movers. I couldn't get a 4x8' sheet
of plywood, or my garden tractor, or my bicycles inside in any
reasonable way (all the previous ones did). I got rid of it after just
one year, and got a VW Eurovan. That *could* haul a lot of stuff, while
being relatively small and easy to maneuver. But it was still bigger and
heavier than all the previous vans. Reliability and service was also a
problem.
Now, I have a 2010 Chevy Colorado pickup for hauling. Not a fancy new
people-hauler; but a real pickup truck, and the smallest I could find
any more. 30 mpg, full length bed, no extended cab, no power windows, no
power seats, no NAV, no fancy radio; just a basic work truck. It's
perfect for when I need to tow or haul stuff. I can reach the center of
the bed standing beside it. There's a tonneau cover to keep stuff dry.
But when it wears out, there is *nothing* on the US market today that
can replace it.
Lee Hart
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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all
our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory,
and a sterner sense of justice than we do. -- Wendell Berry
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Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com
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