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[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago

Trucks are for every tradesperson that does the things you lack the time, training or tools to do when something breaks at your residence. Trucks help you move.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 14 points 12 hours ago

Trucks don't do that, vans do.

In Europe every tradesperson drives a van because it is a lot more efficient and can haul way more than trucks ever can.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Well then I guess I need a new vehicle because I'm a handyman and I use a truck. Dealing with a van full of stuff and trying to slide drywall in is kind of difficult. However, I can easily snap them on top of the bed of my truck and get moving. And it cost me a whole lot less to maintain this truck than it would to maintain a van. You ever tried carrying a ton of gravel in a van? I wouldn't. Takes much longer to load and unload that way.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 3 points 11 hours ago

They carry very different loads, and both are awesome.

[-] Robin@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

And if said tradesperson doesn't want their equipment to get wet in the rain they get a van instead.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago

Or they just get some storage bins. I find them to be highly effective. Allows me to load just the tools I need for a job so unloading and loading is very fast.

[-] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Think of a van as an enormous truck storage bin.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

But it's got a roof which makes placing 20 foot ladders or a ton of gravel in it very awkward. The fixed volume natural of it isn't compatible with the kind of work I do. But maybe you, a person that doesn't do my job, knows more about my situation than I do.

[-] erenkoylu@lemmy.ml 19 points 16 hours ago

there are way more trucks than tradespeople.

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

And that doesn't invalidate my statement.

[-] Astongt615@lemmy.one 3 points 16 hours ago

Squares and rectangles

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