• FireRetardant@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    The loophole is many who own their own trades business still drive them for personal uses because they can’t afford (don’t want) another car.

    • MML@sh.itjust.works
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      2 hours ago

      Yes very specifically had one modified to fit the height of loading docks with a hydraulic gate, to move heavy ass things and a crew of workers, maybe in some cases another vehicle would make sense but we had to get equipment to some pretty remote places as well. Of course one of our employees took it home everyday to do burnouts or whatever. To a certain extent cops are more lenient to a commercial vehicle.

    • vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr
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      5 hours ago

      They’re only common because of tax laws. Everyone else in the world uses box vans for most “work” purposes, and if not box vans, the same frame with something else in the back. Pickup trucks have their uses but they’re worse than vans for most trades.

      • arrow74@lemmy.zip
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        34 minutes ago

        For my field pickup trucks are the way to go, but we often have to go off road to reach a site.

        That said this truck is still too large. While we mat need the extended bed for additionally equipment storage, the front and basically porfile/height could still be reduced significantly. It’s a huge issue with modern truck design

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        2 hours ago

        Don’t I know it. Most of my male family members have been tradespeople and all but one chose/chooses a van over a pickup truck.

    • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today
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      9 hours ago

      If only the people who drove them for legitimate work purposes owned them, even as their only vehicle, it would be a huge number off the roads.