[yencabulator]

> renting a car is not cheap

U-Haul pickups are $19.95 + mileage. For me personally, I think that'd come to something like $50 for a single hardware store trip, plus inconvenience. So far I haven't had to do that, so I can't vouch for that number to be accurate.

[ovao]

There’s the subject of availability, however. Pickup trucks tend to move quickly on weekends especially. The last time I needed to rent one on a Saturday, for example, it took eight or nine phone calls and driving to three different Home Depots (which rent out trucks on a first-come, first-serve basis). Just getting the truck took half a day.

More planning would’ve helped on my part, but damn, what a hassle.

[yencabulator]

Sure, your mileage may vary. There's a lot of pickups and small box trucks a few miles from here, and I've never seen it empty in the last several years. I'm pretty remote though, bigger cities are probably much more rush hour driven.