People who buy these things don't really want "a truck"

They want a vehicle which aesthetically resembles a truck, so their super manly male man ego can be satisfied, but which is actually just an SUV with extra steps.

Short beds and unibody designs are the worst fucking things to happen to trucks

If you need a truck - and as a rural tradesperson, there are plenty of good reasons to need one - get something that'll actually do the job.

Yea, I want 90s single cab s10 like I had in college. Full bed, no electronic bullshit. normal size tires, didn't have to climb into it. Everything I needed to haul lumber and tools around and nothing I didn't. I could take the entire thing apart and put it back together. If someone would just make a truck like that again I'd be so happy.

They don't make hardly any 8' beds on mid sized pickups. Pretty much everything is 5.5' which makes a trailer a requirement.

Renting them from Home Depot is also pretty cheap

Yeah, but you know what your problem is? You're way too reasonable!

In this case their cargo that they claim they constantly need a truck for, doesn't even fit in the bed because the bed is half the size a bed should be.

I'm dying for a return to 80s style trucks but with hybrid/electric engines

Please just let me have a functional, strong truck that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to drive

I don't think anyone is arguing that people who need a truck shouldn't get a truck. But regular people with trucks is every bit as stupid as driving around in a tractor.

Where I live, hunters use a Lada 4x4 or a Suzuki Jimny.
Farmers use tractors.
Tradesmen use vans.
Heavy machinery contractors use flatbed trucks.

A pickup truck just seems like the worst of all worlds.

Nissan hard body pickups were awesome. I had a 96 model, one of the last years they were made. If you're going to own a truck, this would be one of the more responsible ones to own.

This person has sold me on a bigger truck.

Maybe they haul a bedful of bricks daily but never need to tow anything?

Generally if it doesn't have a hitch receiver you can put a ball hitch on the bumper in front of the license plate, but those are rated for less weight and are useless if the truck is lifted sooo