I've been on the two sides of the spectrum.
Heck, the only reason I got rid of my dual cab Mitsubishi Canter was because of weight restrictions. Even though it was technically built to have 5500 kgs gross weight, it was registered as 3500kgs and therefore could only legally carry 1000kgs or not even that. Kinda silly.
Ended up going with a Mitusbishi L200 with a trailer and can now haul 2200-ish kgs. I didn't really wanted to get into a "bigger" truck with higher payload capacity and having to deal with the tachograph, more expensive inspections, Category C driving license, and so on. Even though I would like to have C+E driving license eventually.
I would much prefer haul the load on a bed of a truck than having to pull the load on a trailer but it is what it is. About the only advantage of the L200 is that I can use it as a daily, while before I had a small Ford Fiesta as daily and the Canter to haul stuff, so basically double the expense.
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