• VinegarChunks@lemmus.org
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    2 days ago

    I have a large family and we drive a Transit 350 van.

    One day we needed to move a pair of beds and mattresses. We asked my father in law to help us since he has a F150. But it soon became apparent how much more we could fit in the van (with the two back seats removed) than we could fit in the truck, which couldn’t even fit one mattress in the truckbed without hanging out the back of the tailgate.

    From what I’ve seen my van is far superior to a truck in almost every need I’ve had. It can carry more stuff and it can do so in the rain keeping the cargo dry.

    The one thing a truck could do that my van can’t is pick up a scoop of mulch or gravel dumped from a loader.

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      2 days ago

      My grandmother used to have a GMC Safari and yea, you’re absolutely right. If someone offered their truck for free to help me move I’d still pay for a U-Haul and I have less than zero money. They’re fucking worthless unless what you’re dragging around is a fifth-wheel so you literally need the special towing connection in the bed. Even the tow-trucks and stuff could be cab-over-engine but we don’t live in sanity land.

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        2 days ago

        It officially fits fifteen. . . passengers. But normally we have two seats removed for cargo space. So, 13