Originally Posted By: Eric Smith
No room to park a trailer but have room for a truck? Spacial logistics doesn't compute.
Trailers take up almost as much space as another vehicle.
Back when I needed a trailer and a pickup, the trailer was kept in the back yard chained to the deck. It was against my HOA's regulations to have it stored outside at all, but they let it slide because the trailer was out of sight and the neighbors didn't complain.
I don't need a trailer or really a pickup anymore, but I hang on to the truck because I like it and it's still useful to me. Having one right sized truck works better for me than a car and a trailer would, and the types of cars I'd even want to own don't get really great MPG anyway. I live in a downtown apartment now, so a trailer would have to stay at my aunt's house. I keep enough junk there as it is, so I don't need to add a trailer to it. Plus it would probably get stolen. Trailers are not hassle-free.
If a car and a trailer works, by all means use it. For some a pickup works out better.