Neither are most trucks, unless you get the payload package. If you didn’t, you should take a long, hard look at the door sticker, do a little math, and see what your truck is actually rated to haul.

I buy mulch in bags, which are fine in the van. If I need more than that, I have it delivered. It’s cheaper than renting a truck to do the same, and a damned sight cheaper than owning a truck for the occasional dirty load hauling.

And we know that if anything in this world is guaranteed to be stable, it’s fuel prices.

You aren’t fitting three yards of mulch in anything without stake sides, anyways. Not because of weight, but volume. Even a HD long bed doesn’t have that volume.

Small note — the cargo area is more like 8' long. That’s why they advertise the fact that you can stuff in a few sheets of plywood or drywall and close the hatch.

That’s the thing about this truck, though — it is going to be used as a DD, and possibly only-vehicle, by most of its buyers, precisely because it’s basically a family SUV with a short bed replacing the 3rd row and hatchback.

Unless you’re doing this on a daily basis (in which case, I’d recommend buying a real pickup), you only need about 30s to remove the spare tire and tools from beneath the bed before loading up your mulch, and you can chuck ‘em in the rear of the cabin where they will wait to not be used.

It’s because it honestly isn’t a big deal, and that’s the best location for the spare.

Not average, that’s for sure.

Which is moronic. Everyone knows that poor people’s kids are messier! And we have more of them!

Details are still forthcoming, but I’m pretty sure that’s gonna be an option.

People don’t have that many complaints to make about this truck, so they’re grabbing at straws.

Curiously, it’s about the same as the big 3's half-tons. How bout that?

Exactly.

Honda sells quite a number of ORVs, so why not trade on that image for such a vehicle? I’ll bet it’d sell like crazy if it actually had the chops.

You funny.

I’ve used my parents boat to haul their 20' bayliner to and from the lake a few times. Never once had the 4wd system kick in when pulling the boat out of the water, wet ramp or otherwise, pavement or gravel.

I’ve moved twice in the past year. Both times, I rented box trucks because I’m not an ass who demands his friend’s pickup. I ask them nicely if they’ll help me load the box truck, then pay them in pizza, beer, and cash.

The last one did. It will be a dealer-optioned accessory, I suspect.

And which manufacturer offers you these things features except on the work-spec fleet version?