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Old 08-26-2016, 01:21 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
That works if you don't haul that much weight, and do it on fairly good roads. Otherwise not.
That's kind of the point, though. Metro's neighbor is thinking of getting a Frontier, and if he's like most truck owners, the most heavy duty hauling it'll do is a couple bags of mulch and a tree from Home Depot. Almost any car could tow what you could put in the back of a Frontier. If someone hauls a horse trailer to the top of the Rockies, a 1 ton truck makes sense. For most people, though, a Harbor Freight trailer and a hitch for their car could handle almost all of their bulky/heavy hauling needs.
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