Thanks, I must have either missed it or I forgot about it. Let's just assume, for their sake, that Bonnie drove a hard bargain. Vehicle sales have tanked with COVID-19, etc, so they haggled it down to 13k. So far so good.
But that's still 13k more than they can spare, as evidenced by their constant GFMs, and it doesn't make any fucking sense whatsoever, in a purely economical sense, either.
One, the alleged roofer doesn't have his own transportation vehicle, which would be either a van or a truck. Even better, a cutaway cab/flatbed full-size van like the Ford Transit, which is apparently
the most popular van in the USA. So he needs to pay someone else to take him, his tools, and his materials to the site and back, twice a day. Pay for the gas and the service, and he might not even have someone on hand to get him anything, or take him elsewhere, should the need arise.
If he doesn't pay for the gas, the service cost will be even higher, since this arrangement has to pay for:
- gas
- insurance
- new tires
- maintenance
- the truck itself
Oh well. Maybe he's a great ally and isn't very bright either. This might be a redundant statement. Bottom line, he could get better service for less money. A lot less money.
Still doesn't make sense for Tran Ranch either. At the least, they take the same route four times a day, or lollygag around waiting for the roofer to finish his daily work. Either way they aren't free to use their own truck, which is (would be) hilarious and sad. It looks new-ish, in good condition, no dents, etc. Using it for this kind of work is a sure-fire way to change that. And the whole gig won't even pay that well, since the alleged roofer can leverage the same points I made above.
No, it doesn't make any fucking sense. A pick-up truck like this is ideal for general light farm work with light off-roading. Carry some parts or fuel to the tractor or combine harvester, some tools or toolboxes, large boxes of whatever, alpaca fodder, whatever. A van or even a flatbed truck would be infinitely better for anything more serious than this. The roofers, carpenters, plumbers, stonemasons, glaziers I know/know of use vans, either cargo or cut cabin.
Maybe I'm overthinking it, and applying Occam's razor would be the best. Still doesn't make any sense for them to get into more debt.