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Originally Posted by Humdizzle
just wondering what you guys use pickups for
do you haul stuff on a very regular basis? I always thought it would be cheaper to rent a pickup from enterprise for towing a car to meets, or getting furniture every now and then.
seems like most of the time my friends with pickups are being asked to help other people move stuff which would getting annoying fast.
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That’s why you tell friends “No.” it’s very simple. And when we moved into our new house, we started a lot of projects within the first year. Tile, bricks, mulch, mortar, Husky steel shelves, etc. got a ton of use hauling and towing stuff with my truck. Plus I would off road, trail ride about once or twice a month for 3-5 hours with friends. Light trails and even towing my X3 can do, but sandy trails it can’t (welcome to Florida) and while it can haul stuff, it’s not as easy as taking a hose to the bed and spraying it out. Plus towing 6k lbs of tile for an hour I wouldn’t expect any BMW SUV to do with relative poise. Even though the zr2 is rated at 5k towing, it did fine (actually had lower trans temps surprisingly) towing the extra weight and it wasn’t overly loaded on the back. Truck sat level and handled great. Put 700lb tongue weight and 6k lbs of tile on an X3 and the nose goes right to the sky.
Sure it may be cheaper to rent a truck from (definitely not enterprise) Home Depot or uhaul, but then it’s the hassle of having the whole rental process, and if you’re like me, the nearest Home Depot is 45 minutes away. Now I have to deliver my tile, unload it by hand because I don’t have a fork lift at my house, and then drive back to Home Depot, refuel before returning as well, then drive back home. What could’ve taken me 3-4 hours total now took me 6 hours. Sure you could pay Home Depot $100 and they’ll deliver the tile with a forklift, but my house is on a hill and the driveway is relatively steep so a forklift won’t go up it with weight (safely at least). Oh and I bought my tile from a tile store, not Home Depot. They only did delivery if we had them install because the installers would bring the tile. So I had no choice but to pick it up. Oh and being on the coast of Florida, when it rains, it floods. Being a little higher up in a truck is nice, not to mention a tad safer if someone slides into you, or you into them.
So yes, it’s cheaper in the long run, but it’s definitely not more convenient.