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They do it better, and if you were doing it before, and have the means and opportunity to upgrade on quality of vehicle capacity, you take it.
But do they need to be so huge? Like I'd figure that after so many years and advancement in technology they could make a way more powerful engine that's the same size as older big trucks. And now a lot of them just have gigantic cabs with even shorter truck beds which confuses me
I remember when a 6 foot bed was considered "wimpy"-- not a work truck. Now they all have them. It's weird that trucks weight 8k pounds now. They haul more stuff, though. You used to have to modify a truck to tow more, with bigger brakes, and maybe a turbo. Campers sure are big now. ATVs are all side-by-sides now, so they're almost as big as a car. So maybe rich people need bigger trucks for their bigger toys, but I think the chicken came before the egg.
For actual towing capacity it's a physics problem. Do they have to be so big, for the performance they provide, yes. Can we make do with lower performance and therefore smaller trucks, sure, but good luck convincing people that's what they should buy.