Ok, but it’s clearly not. On more than one occasion, I’ve loaded up large appliances or furniture with a van only to learn that it won’t fit through the back hatch, or there are cubbies and curves inside that cut the corners. Even if you have plenty of empty space inside, you have to fit it through a smaller keyhole. I have been stuck with a half empty back and a tied down hatch because the opening wasn’t big enough to get the whole thing in.
With an open bed truck you can just drop the tailgate or drop it in from above.
I can tell you have a real hard on for vans, but just ignoring facts because they don’t fit your stance is ignorant. I’ve never even owned a truck, so I don’t care about defending their honor or any bullshit like that, but you have to give them credit where it’s due, and they haul like nothing else, even vans.
For that furniture there’s a thing called dismantling them and reassembling them, though. And one can also always rent a load carrier for the back, for those few days. Cheaper on the long term.
Vans are about the same price as trucks, so it would actually be cheaper to buy a truck in the first place than spend the same amount on a van, and then spend even more time and money disassembling furniture or renting a trailer.
I’ve owned a lot of vans because I needed the capacity for kids. I’ve never personally needed to own a truck.
They each have their own purpose and one is not always better than the other.
Ok, but it’s clearly not. On more than one occasion, I’ve loaded up large appliances or furniture with a van only to learn that it won’t fit through the back hatch, or there are cubbies and curves inside that cut the corners. Even if you have plenty of empty space inside, you have to fit it through a smaller keyhole. I have been stuck with a half empty back and a tied down hatch because the opening wasn’t big enough to get the whole thing in.
With an open bed truck you can just drop the tailgate or drop it in from above.
I can tell you have a real hard on for vans, but just ignoring facts because they don’t fit your stance is ignorant. I’ve never even owned a truck, so I don’t care about defending their honor or any bullshit like that, but you have to give them credit where it’s due, and they haul like nothing else, even vans.
For that furniture there’s a thing called dismantling them and reassembling them, though. And one can also always rent a load carrier for the back, for those few days. Cheaper on the long term.
Vans are about the same price as trucks, so it would actually be cheaper to buy a truck in the first place than spend the same amount on a van, and then spend even more time and money disassembling furniture or renting a trailer.
I’ve owned a lot of vans because I needed the capacity for kids. I’ve never personally needed to own a truck.
They each have their own purpose and one is not always better than the other.