The typical number of times an American non work truck is used to haul a load each year is zero. Same for using it's bed capacity.

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freshtake 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think this generalization is quite fair. I'm sure this is true for some folks and their social circles, but for those of us who engineer and know our way around a Home Depot, the capacity is a game changer. I used to have to rent or borrow trucks for my projects.

Not to mention Christmas trees, moving, helping friends out, etc.

	▲	Marazan 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Depending on the survey 63-to-75% of truck owners use it for towing once a year or less (i.e in reality never). So yes, the majority do not use it for towing. To be fair I'd misremembered the load carrying figure and the load figure for 1 time a year or less is 32-35% https://www.axios.com/ford-pickup-trucks-history?trk=feed-de... https://www.thedrive.com/news/26907/you-dont-need-a-full-siz...

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culi 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes this has actually been studied. Though I don't have a link on hand I remember the numbers being quite stark

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Aurornis 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> The typical number of times an American non work truck is used to haul a load each year is zero.

If you specifically exclude work trucks and define “haul a load” as filling up the bed with loose dirt or gravel or something then I could believe this.

I haven’t put a cubic yard of anything in my truck bed this year but hauling a cubic yard of anything is a rare occurrence for someone who isn’t doing landscaping.

But you have to really stretch the definitions if you believe that people never put anything in the bed to haul.

	▲	wyre 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If you’re not hauling a cubic foot then why need a truck?
	▲	ggoo 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Hm, sounds like you don't really need a truck... The world is racing to +4C and you're over here defending 25mpg gender affirming care mobiles - you're on the wrong side of this one buddy.