In most places in the 1st world you can rent a truck if you need one *

For other times, use a car.

* a truck is just a car that misses a roof over the back part of it

> * a truck is just a car that misses a roof over the back part of it

Respectfully, a truck is not just a car missing the back part of it. It often has a lot more power, is lifted, has off-road springs, larger wheels, low and high speed gear box, roll cage for the front cabin, raised air intake - the list goes on.

Most people, though, do just need a car with a removable back.

	▲	amelius 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		In any case, the "truck" from the article doesn't seem to have all that.

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mullingitover 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I own a truck.*

*It’s stored at Home Depot and whenever I need it, I just pay them $19 for the hour or so that I use it.

	▲	mckn1ght 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		I did this for a while. You’re leaving out some ancillary details: time driving to and from home depot to pick up and drop off the truck, needing a truck and no rentals available, picking up a rental truck and there’s some issue with it, something happens out of your control that requires more time with the truck but you can’t extend the rental… all things i’ve encountered. At some point the number of times i needed to use it picked up (hah) which multiplied these inconveniences enough that it became worth it to just pick up (hah) a used truck. I use it exclusively for hauling work, but that usually entails at least one trip without a load, which may lead people to incorrectly judging me for driving it unnecessarily.