How retarded is it to buy a box truck over a pickup if I frequently need to haul things like dirt bikes, home improvement projects, etc?

Plus: Your stuff won't be out in the weather or on view to brownoids.
Minus: You don't have a truck.

Ever tried sleeping in a pickup bed?

>>28511953
I usually sleep at home like a normal person. I think the express 3500s in box truck configuration still have like 8klbs of towing too, so I'm failing to see the downsides here.

>>28511950 (OP)
If you have a Sawzall you can turn it into a pickup.

>>28511953
>Minus: You don't have a truck.
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>>28511992
Americans buy trucks to show off.

>>28511950 (OP)
Infinitely more practical than a pickup, but no surprise there since most pickups are just suburbanite lifestyle accessories not intended for actual work.

>>28512033
why would I want to show off being a dirty poor blue collar laborer

>>28512043
they show off to other poor people that they are not the same since they have a financed $80K truck

>>28511958
box trucks are usually fleet vehicles, you'll fiind really dumb shit like the light wiring on penske trucks looking like speaker wire plugs, hitches welded directly to the bumper, balls welded to the hitches, etc. if you are buying a uhaul i'll tell you now none of them have 6.0's, they are all, ALL 4.8's. you will want a backup camera and you will not fit in drive-thrus. if you arent getting a 14' dually box just get a regular cargo van, 10' boxes on singles are pretty dumb. uhaul 14'ers are fords with the ohc v10, its huge and pain in the ass to work on under that doghouse

realistically you'll never need anything larger than a pickup for home improvement or dirtbikes

>>28512088
>>28512099
You'll find out quick the 10' and 14/15' box trucks aren't as big as they seem. They're great for like, frozen food or shipping freight such as printer supplies inside of a city, if you own a business. They're dogshit for personal use, especially in rural areas that see gravel roads, or thick goopy clay when it rains. At that point you're better off getting a pickup or suv daily like a suburban or sequoia or an express van and just renting a cheap uhaul the couple times a year you need one. If you actually do need an extended bed length regularly, buying a cheap trailer with a 16-20' bed makes much more sense than trying to daily a fucking box truck. Bigger deck too. If it's not a daily driver then you're wasting your time on it anyway because you have extra insurance and registration for it. If it's a 3500+ (out here anyway) you pay a commercial add on for yearly registration too.

>american realizes truck may actually be a retarded idea
>is the american finally attaining van enlightenment
>box truck
you're so close anon, so close

>>28512124
I wish I had a van like this with a bed in the back so I could just go drive somewhere and sleep to get away from my bitch wife

>>28512124
So you're saying a stake bed lcf instead?

>>28512130
Just get a divorce if it sucks that bad

t. divorced

>>28511950 (OP)
I think your registration will be more (not sure on this) and having to park in the city would be a bitch, with low-hanging trees and not being able to use parking structures, but otherwise it doesn't sound like a bad idea. Penske gets rid of fleets of these motherfuckers, every few years.

>>28512043
>why would I want to show off being a dirty poor blue collar laborer
It's fashionable for the time being. Debt slaves have this weird compulsion to be competitive and see who is the best debt slave.

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>>28512034
>more practical
Absolute dogshit visibility.
Sucks ass offroad. And I dont mean out on jeep trails. Im talking about just getting to remote campsites.
Shit clearance in garages, parking structures, over hanging branches etc.

>>28511950 (OP)

Would the things you're hauling not fit in a work van like the Chevy Express? That would be way more practical on a day to day basis.

>>28512034
>>28512243
Can't be used for fragile groceries unless you bungee it inside the box.
Can't recline the seat comfortably.
Worse ride quality.
Unusable offroad.
Diabolically dogshit on backroads.

>>28512136
If it's a Isuzu.

>>28511950 (OP)
Check your local bylaws. It's illegal to drive or park personal cube vans in a lot of neighborhoods.

>>28512501
Technically it is.

>>28512513

Not technically. The only things not Isuzu on them are the engine and trans if it is the gasser. Everything else is straight up Isuzu. If a diesel nothing on it is chebby.