I’ve been watching this weird trend of Toyota Tacoma tailgate thefts cropping up all over the country… and I think I’ve found where they’re going.
Thousands of Tacoma tailgates are popping up on Facebook Marketplace right now, and some of these sellers? Let’s just say they’re moving an improbable amount of product if the tailgates aren’t stolen.
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Why not have a van instead? Those have a lock on the back door and internal hinges so you can’t just open a bolt to get to the cargo compartment. Also the cargo is protected from the elements.
Because I don’t like breathing gas fumes when I carry my motorcycles and I can’t have them dump a load of gravel in a van using a loader.
“Just get a trailer for when you need to do that?”
Well then, when I don’t need to carry that stuff I’m taking as much space as a truck with my van but when I need to carry that stuff I’m now using the space of a truck plus a trailer with my van and trailer and I still need to store my trailer somewhere when I don’t need it.
Just let people drive whatever the fuck they want and push for more energy efficient and safer versions of said vehicles and for better public transport as an alternative.
Talking about safety and efficiency, vans that are equivalent to trucks are usually worse on gas because they’re shaped like bricks and aren’t as safe because of the much bigger blind spots.
I got one of those foldy boi trailers from harbor freight and it sits against the wall in my garage plus it tilts. I also have a dodge caravan with the stow n go and got nearly an entire sectional couch in it minus the corner bit. For moving bulky stuff they’re both great, but weight capacity becomes an issue.
For work, sometimes a van is better than a truck, and sometimes a pickup truck is better. Loading and unloading a pickup is generally easier because it’s open and you can stand fully upright in the bed. But security and protection from the weather is non-existent.
If it is also your personal vehicle, pickups have a slight edge in terms of daily driving, especially when you have a full backseat (at the expense of the bed). Work vans don’t typically have second row seating.
Most of the pickups you see on the road are chosen by insecure men who have no need for a work vehicle at all.
Pickup trucks give an unparalleled amount of emotional support to men whose self esteem is otherwise nonexistent.