I’ve been watching this weird trend of Toyota Tacoma tailgate thefts cropping up all over the country… and I think I’ve found where they’re going.

Thousands of Tacoma tailgates are popping up on Facebook Marketplace right now, and some of these sellers? Let’s just say they’re moving an improbable amount of product if the tailgates aren’t stolen.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    15 days ago

    Because I don’t like breathing gas fumes when I carry my motorcycles and I can’t have them dump a load of gravel in a van using a loader.

    “Just get a trailer for when you need to do that?”

    Well then, when I don’t need to carry that stuff I’m taking as much space as a truck with my van but when I need to carry that stuff I’m now using the space of a truck plus a trailer with my van and trailer and I still need to store my trailer somewhere when I don’t need it.

    Just let people drive whatever the fuck they want and push for more energy efficient and safer versions of said vehicles and for better public transport as an alternative.

    Talking about safety and efficiency, vans that are equivalent to trucks are usually worse on gas because they’re shaped like bricks and aren’t as safe because of the much bigger blind spots.

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      15 days ago

      I got one of those foldy boi trailers from harbor freight and it sits against the wall in my garage plus it tilts. I also have a dodge caravan with the stow n go and got nearly an entire sectional couch in it minus the corner bit. For moving bulky stuff they’re both great, but weight capacity becomes an issue.