[sbradford26]

The biggest advantage of a truck bed is the separation of the truck bed from the cab. I can haul mulch, or the nasty rotting wood from an old hot tub in the bed without getting the rest of the vehicle gross. Another advantage is unbounded height constraints, I recently got a heat pump water heater for my house and they recommend keeping them vertical because of the compressor. So I was able to strap it upright in the bed which isn't possible in an SUV.

Sure you can haul a lot of stuff in a mini van or SUV but largely you run the risk of ruining the interior which I would prefer not to do in my vehicles.

[tfandango]

That is why I'm replacing my SUV with a Tacoma (other than that the SUV blew its engine). I tend to move a lot of outside stuff and with the Jeep I was making many trips with lots of buckets. Now I will be able to let them just dump a pile of mulch in the back and then just spray the thing out.

[sbradford26]

Yeah that was the main driver for me ordering a Ford Maverick. I has an Hyundai Ioniq before, and a BMW X3 before that. I am well aware of what can be moved in a sedan and an SUV, but it is much easier to move those things with my Maverick. I renovated most of my bathroom with Ioniq, but had to rent/borrow vehicles to get drywall and such. I recently finished my kitchen with my maverick and was able to move everything with that. Also it was 31.5K new and gets 40 mpg on average, the only real compromise was the lack of AWD. Which I make up for with snow tires.