All good things. I have a couple of my fellow workers and a couple of subs that are using minivans and they have substantially less break in problems than us pickup drivers. I have to have a pickup to haul lumber, 5 gallon cans of mastic, and when I finish up a job it doub les as the trash truck. The vans get better gas mileage, and seem to have less maintenance requirements. But again, the biggest thing is mitigating theft.
Now that sounds like a great setup. You could drag all your tools around w ithout them being in plain sight and you could still haul materials and eve n long stuff as needed.
Right there with you. I find myself being much more in tune with the aches and pains that 40+ years in the trades are causing. I hate it, but I have to look for just about every advantage I can muster these days.
I am wondering how long all the new cargo type vans will be around. They w ere the rage, then they weren't, now they seem to be again. Mercedes, Ford and Chrysler all have their offerings, and I can't decide if that would be a good thing or not. If I locked my truck up in a secure, protected area e very night and never took it anywhere they look great. But what I drive is my only vehicle, so transportation has to pull not only work but play duty as well.
Still, the vans look sweet and I am starting to see more and more on the ro ad these days. All tradesmen, too. I hope that doesn't start another theft trend.
Robert