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To load up deer I shot after a hunt.
Or I would if I hunted. Or had a truck.
Seriously though, farmers and heavy machinery contractors legit need trucks.
I don't think anyone is arguing that people who need a truck shouldn't get a truck. But regular people with trucks is every bit as stupid as driving around in a tractor.
Nobody who could use a truck uses a truck in Europe. Usually, a Van or something is the better choice. I don't really understand the "american pick-up truck" form factor.
Here in Germany, I see pick-up trucks more and more, and they often have some company logo on them. They never transport anything either, and the only explanation I have is that they're basically a "foreman's car", driven by people who no longer build things but want to feel like they do.
I recently saw one with the logo of an IT contractor.
Having moved server racks, copiers and other equipment from site to site, I am thankful for my (light) truck. Cargo vans are more popular in IT since they protect from rain and sun but a flatbed is certainly better than trying to put heavy, sharp-cornered things on fabric or leather in the back of a passenger car nearly the same size as my (light) pickup.
I mean, it was parked in a driveway and looked pretty shiny, so I'd assume it's the boss's company car. I do get that even IT people need to move non-digital stuff sometimes, but I've only ever seen them do it in vans around here. But who knows.
I moved servers, racks, printers, etc between sites in the back of my Fiat 500. With the back seats down it’s just like a little delivery van.
I see your point. If you need to regularly haul stuff, a van is usually a better choice for the average person but I'm skeptical that construction workers, farmers and small moving companies in Europe don't use trucks.
Construction workers, farmers etc will use a van or a flatbed version of a van over here:
Or if they need heavier loads, actual flatbed trucks:
Here in the UK, builders & farmers use flatbeds and movers use box trucks - exclusively working vehicles. Pickups are not practical for most jobs.
Totally missed the "pick-up" part of your comment.
Where I live, hunters use a Lada 4x4 or a Suzuki Jimny.
Farmers use tractors.
Tradesmen use vans.
Heavy machinery contractors use flatbed trucks.
A pickup truck just seems like the worst of all worlds.
I would hate lifting a moose into a modern truck, the bed is 3-4 feet off the ground. I'd sooner put a tarp in a minivan and use that.
I'm still seeing a few Fiat Panda 4x4 being used too.
If you hadn't written what you wrote, I would have been sure that was (amazingly) a Yugo.
I can see that. It just needs true 4 wheel drive and a short wheelbase.
*8 foot beds
I've generally seen deer hunters use one of those little tow hitch storage bed thingies for deer, both on trucks and smaller vehicles