[old curmudgeon]

It also hurts the person working by the hour or working as a plumber, brick mason, lawn care, etc..

These workers need a decent medium sized pickup sturdy enough to haul brick, cinder blocks, sand, etc.

Some by new but many buy used.

What do you think the maintenance costs will be like on these trucks when they are 5 to 10 years old?

Computers, sensors, EPA crap.....all of that will be costly to maintain.

[Nowhere Man]

Computers, sensors, EPA crap.....all of that will be costly to maintain.

At least my former neighbor with the 1953 Chevy truck need not worry about all the EPA stuff you mentioned. If I had need for a truck, I have the ultimate protest idea, if you can find one, buy something like a 1928/29 Ford Model AA pickup (like "The Waltons") and use that. Come to think of it, I saw a picture of one in South America that is still used to this very day.