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Originally Posted by Hersbird

I think your 95% is just randomly pulled out of thin air. I just scanned the area around me and count 100 vehicles, 7 which are full sized pickups and I live in "truck country". 3 of those pickups are being used in work and actually have large contractor trailers hooked up. I know a lot of truck owners and don't know many who don't use the capability a good portion of their use. I used to have a 2500 Chevy myself that just sat there most of the year so I finally sold it, my slide in camper, and my boat. Now my weekends suck LOL! I do have a 5x8 utility trailer. And hunting truck is more about not putting a bunch of blood in the back of mamma's minivan. I learned that lesson the hard way, but bouncing around and empty utility trailer up in the woods on iced narrow roads is no fun either. Maybe in California a truck is some kind of status symbol, but around here people aren't just out blowing money on something they don't need.

I said people buying truck and using them like a car is an east coast thing.
In newmexico and texas I see people using half tons to pull bob cats or loaded way down being used as welding/service trucks. Then 1tonns being used in place of tractor trailers hauling cow trailers packed with well over 10k of extremely rare hamburg and hay trailers loaded way past 20,000lb of gross trailer weight.

East coast is where I saw countless half tons with pristine condition, linerless pickup beds and trailer hitches that have never seen a hitch installed.