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Given the cost of a truck vs hiring a trailer, I have no idea how that can possibly be true.
How many rentals to hit 2-5k.
I doubt many people are driving around a $5k 2024 truck, but let's say it's reasonable or say that this is the difference between what you could otherwise have and what the truck costs. Let's also say you own the truck 10 years.
I don't know what your average trailer hire costs in the US. Maybe $20 for a few hours? Let's assume $50. So you need to hire a trailer 100 times in those 10 years, or 10 times a year.
Though as someone who doesn't own a truck but who hires a trailer once a year or so, if I have multiple things I save them up and do them together in one trailer hire, so a bit of planning makes it even less worth having a truck.
This doesn't even include the extra gas a truck guzzles, the cost of bigger tires, the cost of maintaince (bigger parts are usually more expensive, bigger engine holds more fluids).
I went from driving a 4x4 jeep to driving a small hatchback and the amount of money I'm saving is astronomical.