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I'm not sure if youve used the average pickup truck in the last 5-6 years but side loading is pointless/impossible because the bed is so high. I am over 6' tall
by shiftpgdn 7y ago
I'm not sure if youve used the average pickup truck in the last 5-6 years but side loading is pointless/impossible because the bed is so high. I am over 6' tall and can't put stuff into the bed of an f150, Silverado, etc without needing to use step rails.
- syshum 7y agothe Load to Floor Height of a 2013 F-150 4x4 Crew Cab was ~35 inches, the inside box height was 22.5 inches, so the Bed Height to Ground was ~57in the Load to Floor Height of a 2019 F-150 4x4 Crew Cab was ~36 inches, the inside box height was 21.4 inches, so the Bed Height to Ground was ~57in They increased the height of the Truck by 1 in but lowered the depth of the bed by 1 in over the 2 generations of trucks So how exactly did the last 5-6 years change that much? I am 6'2" and access the side of my truck just fine
- x3haloed 7y ago>I am 6'2" Also known as "an unusually tall person"
- syshum 7y agoWhich is why I own a F-150 and not a Ranger or Colorado The point I was responding to was the person implied that Full Sized truck beds have some how gotten taller thus less usable from the side in the last 5-6 years, this is completely false
- crocodiletears 7y agoYou aren't wrong about that. I've used a couple late-model trucks (Silverados) at various points, but I prefer to early oughties Rangers and F150s for just that reason. I don't think that the diminished utility of sideloading on modern trucks entirely diminishes the advantages of not having sloped bed walls, however.