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There are plenty of reasons a worker would choose a van. There are plenty of reason a worker would choose a truck.
Consider this setup:
Everything is made to be easily accessible. The rack can hold ladders and conduit that are as long as the vehicle (or even a bit longer). Other setups will have side access toolboxes.
Fifth wheels are not just for campers. They haul Bobcats. They haul livestock. They haul large sheds or even small houses. They haul several pallets of bricks.
For that matter, try getting pallet into a van as opposed to a truck bed. If it's even possible to fit it in a van, you have to be a lot more careful while doing it.
If you must transport a pallet of bricks you do it on an actual truck with a bloody crane on it. This is just kiddy shit. I can't take you seriously if you drive a pallet of bricks around with that thing. Wtf. That's just inefficient work.
Doesn't seem too easy to access anything but the first row of boxes. Where would you even store these orange boxes that are currently on the hand truck? On top of the rack? Seems like fun lifting them 5 feet if they contain any heavy tools. With a Van you have access from the sides built in, and because of the lower floor you could even add a ramp to push your hand truck into the car without having to lift anything at all.
Btw. it's possible to fit two pallets into a small van. Heck, you can even fit a pallet into a cargo bike.
That truck pictured would be better served with a van. Ladders and conduit on the roof, tools in the back. This is standard setup in the UK, UAE and Australia at least, I imagine for everywhere outside of North America.
Ah ok, I've only ever heard fifth wheeler be used to describe a camper. Hauling large trailers is something a pickup truck is better at than a van, but if that's the type of work you do surely the obvious 5T flatbed is the better option, no? I appreciate that you'll probably counter that the versatility for someone who only needs to do that occasionally and that is valid, but I hope you'll appreciate that we're now talking about a very small niche of of tradesmen in response to a comment I originally made making a generalization.