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> They just aren't wealthy enough to dedicate the truck to that single purpose so it is also used as a "daily driver".

They might be better served by doing the math, and realizing that they are far better off buying an economical vehicle at a much lower price point and for much lower maintenance and fuel costs, and then renting a heavy duty vehicle to tow their boat the few times a year they actually need to.

One should optimize for the most common use case.



The trouble with that idea is that it is very difficult to rent a heavy duty vehicle for towing. Most rentals explicitly disallow towing or other types of heavy usage.


I own a Toyota Tundra for those times I needed to tow, but am trading it in for a Model X (5000 lbs towing capacity).


If you can point me to someplace that rents 1 ton pickups with 5th wheel hitches for short-term (1wk-1month) rentals I'll be very grateful.




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