Anecdotally we started exceeding the towing capacity of our Tacoma. As a result, in 2022 we purchased an F-150. In other words we bought the top selling vehicle because our hauling needs changed.
Which he just said he did...
You made the argument that you believed people should rent a truck or use a smaller SUV to tow most loads. And only get a truck if they needed higher towing capacity.
Your point appears to be "I agree with his vehicle choice".
It's also very common for people to argue they need these large vehicles for activities they aspire to do more often, but in practise only do once or twice a year.
I think I agree. For example:
A simple assertion of the form "It would be more useful if he'd said what he was towing." by itself is boring.
It'd much more be interested why you need to know why someone who said "hey I was driving a Tacoma and needed more towing capacity so I got a bigger truck" needs to explain in more detail what he was towing to you.
Is it so we could have a discussion of how his boat or RV or whatever is or is not acceptable and rational to you? That would be a more interesting subject.
Perhaps you'd like to check the math or google the towing limits or have a discussion about suspension upgrades?
It would make a much more enlightening, dare I say entertaining, discussion to have included on what basis, morality, etc. you presume to have questions about his truck buying decisions and whether they were warranted or ethical. You must have an interesting job to be an expert on this.
I wouldn't want to inadvertently do something immoral like improper daily use of an inappropriate tool.
I grew up in one of the more remote parts of Australia and now live in sparsely populated rural part of W.Australia - we get by pretty well in a six cylinder family car both on and off road .. and we tow regularly mid sized caravans and a thirty year old double axle trailer (built from the chassis beams of an old nine tonne truck) loaded up with whatever (tonnes of fire wood, tonnes of sheep shit for the garden, white goods from the city, fallen trees, hay bales, etc).
Oversize Toorak Tractor US Trucks are mostly overkill, but I do recommend a good set of Hayman Reese anti sway bars for more positive control.
https://www.caravanparts.com.au/hayman-reese-weight-distribu...
On the plus side I probably won't see the end of another four decades of rampant consumption for no fit purpose.
Fingers crossed habits changed (don't hold yor breath!).
And anecdotally I see most (90%) large vehicles without a trailer tow hitch at all.
Perhaps visit the "flyover" parts of the land sometime.
* https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2018/10/pickup-truck-owner-de...
Or perhaps you may wish to look at the demographics of who buys pick-up trucks:
> Despite any TV ads you see with F-150s in a rural or country setting, the vast majority of these new trucks are in large and medium-sized cities.
* https://hedgescompany.com/blog/2018/10/pickup-truck-owner-de...
>80% of the US population lives in urban areas:
* https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/urba...
Only 1.3% (2.6M) of the US population are farmers:
* https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/farming-indu...
Yet 2.8M pickups trucks were sold in 2022:
* https://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2022-us-pickup-truck-sales-fig...
Yes, if you're on a farm a pick-up truck could be useful. But the majority of buyers are not farmers (or even construction workers, though even a full-size van may be of more practicality). Pick-up trucks are far and away lifestyle vehicles for the vast, vast majority of owners.