Light truck vs. minivan..?

[FireBrewer]

I'm going to need your man card back if you want the minivan.....

It's ok, I have the family minivan at home, but what I drive at work while you sorry ****s are stuck in your cubicles more than makes up for it:

When was the last time you had tits flashed at you at work?

Anyway, for 2x4x8 studs, small appliances, etc. a minivan is fine but I have a problem fitting a 1/2"x4x8 sheet of drywall in mine. Guess it depends on if you have kids and how much other **** you need to haul.

 

[DeathBrewer]

When was the last time you had tits flashed at you at work?

i got a surprise crotch shot installing a keyboard for the new chick. does that count?

:cross:

 

[FireBrewer]

i got a surprise crotch shot installing a keyboard for the new chick. does that count?

Hell yeah it counts. As long as you're still on here.

 

[FireBrewer]

Woohoo! Threadkill points!

(That was half-drunk posting, btw, and it's all flyangler18's fault. )

 

[EvilTOJ]

ROFL. Glad I'm not the only one that took TOJ's remark the wrong way.

Ohhh you took it the right way alright.

 

[beergears]

A mini-van can certainly handle it, although 4x8 sheet goods will be a problem.

Ffft!
I have transported 4x8 plywood sheets on top of my Subie forester -- with a Yakima roof rack, pretty wide, I concede..

After reading all your comments, I think I an leaning towards the minivan. The broker involved in the potential R.E. buy has a Sienna, and I asked him. He thinks the minivan is the way to go

A good neighbor has an Odyssey, and hauls all kinds of stuff. I'll have him give me a tour.

 

[the_bird]

I've promoted it before, I'll promote it again.

I can haul just about as much in my Honda Element as I could if I owned a pickup truck. Take the back seats out, and it's basically a smallish van. There are no bumps or humps or anything, which makes it great for hauling stuff; the floor is completely flat. I can haul eight foot lumber inside with the hatch closed, or larger pieces (I've brought home sixteen-foot 4x4s just hanging them out the ass end).

The only things it's not great for... it's only a four seater. You can haul drywall and other 4x8 sheet goods, but you've got to be careful. It's not quite wide enough to haul them flat, so you need to haul them at an angle - which if you're hauling drywall, means buying a cheap piece of chipboard or something to support them.

 

[Chriso]

From experience, our couple of Dodge Caravan's (one '90, one '02) both had lots of weird humps in weird places. Neither could transport a Full size mattress flat, it had to be angled. And neither could transport a Queen size mattress in one go at it, the mattress and the box spring were both too wide, even angled, and had to go on the roof.

My fam's Aerostar was by far my favorite van I've driven. The more recent Windstars are pretty nice too.

*/ says a ford driver. /*

 

[Orfy]

I like my 4x4 Minvan Delica.

By orfy

 

[springer]

if you decide to go with a van please make sure everything is secured to something. Not fun when you have to stop real quick and the 30 or so 2x4s and tools slide forward and pin you the steering wheel . Neighbor had this happen with his Windstar.

And remember its very easy to overload a passenger van which was designed to carry what 4 to 6 people and limited cargo like luggage. But if you were only doing minor hauling it would work but in the long run a pick up would work better as it being used as to its design.