The fuelburn is a little high, but it's got room for five people, and anyone can work on a cessna 205, or 206, and they can also carry 1,000 lbs usable load. All can operate out of 1,000 ft strip.
Yes...and with the cargo doors you can can get off the ground with about anything you can get in through the opening...but being a guy who likes the steerable wheel on the other end I'd take a 185...:o)