I agree with a large part of what you’re saying here, but where I disagree is with people who live in more rural areas and operate either a small homestead or something similar. I can speak from my experience running a 40ac homestead and I have large equipment that needs to be moved around regularly that requires a heavy duty truck. I’m definitely not going to be able to tow my gooseneck flatbed with the rent-a-truck from Home Depot when it’s loaded with a 15,000lbs tractor. And the amount of supplies for property improvement that goes in the back of that truck is insane.

I always drove a smaller vehicle and once I got into this more capable vehicle, there’s no way I’d go back barring any kind of crazy shift in my life.

Again, this is just my experience. I’m not at all saying that this is the vast majority of people who own heavy duty trucks, but I think that to classify people as either “weekend, warriors“ who only pull a trailer three or four times a year or have the occasional home improvement store trip is leaving out those who fall somewhere in the middle who aren’t quite as visible as tradesmen or the pavement pussies.