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A picture of a hand holding remote car keys pointed at a white pickup truck. Below that is the text:

In the US, 75% of truck owners tow only once a year or less. Nearly 70% of them go off-road once a year or less. Additionally, 35% of truck owners haul something in their truck beds once a year or less

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  • TehBamski@lemmy.worldEnglish
    102·
    8 hours ago

    Here are a few options to remedy this rare problem.

    1. Uhaul truck rental.
    2. Ask a friend. family member or neighbor to help you out with their truck or ask to borrow their truck for the task at hand. (Fill the gas tank before returning it to ensure they’ll be willing to let you borrow their truck again, when you need it.)
    • MrFappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1010·
      8 hours ago

      The first option doesn’t act as a continued mode of transportation, and the second option still requires someone owning a truck lmao.

        • MrFappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          23·
          8 hours ago

          I didn’t say it did. I’m saying that when you need it, and you’re the guy that owns the truck, it’s nice. I’m not talking some lifted thing, but a midsize pickup is nice to have when you need it.

          • BossDj@lemm.eeEnglish
            61·
            7 hours ago

            I think in his scenario, the friend who owns the truck is in the 15% who use the bed regularly

            • Zexks@lemmy.worldEnglish
              14·
              7 hours ago

              That’s a massive assumption and completely ignore that said family member may only use that bed once or twice a month to help others. And they would still be ridiculed by these people.

              • BossDj@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                8 minutes ago

                No I think you’re misunderstanding me. When he said “you should just borrow a truck from a friend”, he was describing what should be happening in an ideal situation. The ideal situation being that the only truck owners be people who legitimately need and use the truck for regular truck-related work. Thus whomever you borrow the truck from would be a person who actually uses the truck.

                The whole purpose of this thread is calling out the problem of people who own a truck simply because “muh truck”. Even smaller ones have a different gear ratio than cars to favor torque instead of gas mileage, so I believe it is a fair complaint within the context of this community.