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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Slight digression: I see a lot of those 'contractor trailers' nowadays, and most of the time they're being pulled by a newish pickup with an empty bed, which seems to defeat the purpose of having a truck in the first place. Is it just that the bed's so high up it's not really usable any more? And FWIW, I worked construction for years, using a '78 Datsun and the aforementioned '68 Toyota.
Tarp :-)
So that's why you need the pickup, for that sort of road. (Though as I said, most of the pickup owners I know wouldn't take their trucks on that sort of road for fear of scratching the paint.) What you probably don't need it for is the daily commute to work. It's a matter of using the right tool for the job, rather than trying to drive screws with a sledgehammer :-)
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The back of the truck is empty because everything not locked is stolen
Let me know how other potential drivers of the vehicle feel about the tarp, I think it's really only an option w/ vehicles <$2k. I've seen a guy try and fail at this, leaving a bloody carpet. What volume of blood does a tarp hold?
Commuting to work in a truck is almost never the best fuel effiecient option, but if their commute is short enough, an additional vehicle wont make financial sense