<VV> Tailgate Height (was: loadside trucks)

[Joel McGregor]

The height of new trucks is insane.  I guess they think it's cool but I can't imagine how it could be useful.  I guess they figured out that most new trucks aren't actually used as trucks.  It seems to be a competition to see how useless they can make them.
I've been thinking about lowering my '93 1500 to make it easier to load things and it's already far lower than any new truck I've seen.  I think the '93 is higher than my '81 1/2 ton Silverado.

Joel McGregor
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At 09:49 PM 8/22/2011, J R Read wrote:
But today, it's hooey.  Why?  Because all modern trucks have
tailgates that are much higher off the ground!  The tailgate on my
Rampside is closer to the ground than the tailgate on my 2004 GMC
Sierra 1500, and the GMC is one of the "lower" of the late-model
trucks.  Take a look at the new trucks from GM, Ford, and Dodge
(whose dumb idea was it to rebrand them "Ram?")  They ALL have
tailgates much higher off the ground than a Corvair pickup, and
bedsides far more difficult to reach over than the side of a Loadside.