[jonfw]

I was shopping trucks for like a year and ended up going with a small SUV and a trailer instead. The small SUV has enough cargo space on it's own 90% of the time, and the trailer handles everything else.

A lot of smaller vehicles have a tow capacity that is more than enough to handle your typical trailer of furniture, yard waste, lumber, etc.

[cgs]

Of course the tradeoff here is hitching / unhitching, something to consider.