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For some visual comparisons of absurdly tall trucks: https://twitter.com/heatxdeath/status/1338979670629429249 https://twitter.com/heatxdeath/status/1338979670

For some visual comparisons of absurdly tall trucks: https://twitter.com/heatxdeath/status/1338979670629429249 https://twitter.com/heatxdeath/status/1338979670629429249 https://twitter.com/lockheedfartin/status/1338985486510075906 https://twitter.com/lockheedfartin/status/133898548651007590... https://twitter.com/Powflip/status/1055946188430757890 https://twitter.com/Powflip/status/1055946188430757890 Modern consumer trucks have hoods taller than some full-grown adults, let alone children.

rootusrootus 5y ago
Smaller adults, for sure. I'm less than six feet tall and I can stand in front of my F250 and easily look down at the engine, and AFAIK it is one of the taller (if not the tallest) packages that Ford makes from the factory. That people modify their vehicles is without question, and the examples you gave look like they're all aftermarket lifts.
throwawaysea 5y ago
These are misleading, cherry picked examples: - Your first link is comparing a new lifted truck with aftermarket body mods to an older model of a stock SUV. - Your second link is comparing one of the smallest vehicles on the market, an older Mazda Miata, to a newer F-250 (a larger Ford "Super Duty" truck) with a lift, aftermarket wheels, and aftermarket tires. - Your third link is comparing a boat of unknown size to a full-size pickup truck, and even from the angle provided, the boat is bigger.
- ClumsyPilot 5y ago
  Why do people lift their trucks? Is it just for the looks? I cannot imagine that many people need to much offroad capability, they don't live on a farm.
  - throwawaysea 5y ago
    I have no idea why people lift their trucks to the extreme - I don't own a truck or understand the culture well, although I am familiar with the vehicles to some extent. My take is that most people who lift their trucks do it more for looks or status than for practical reasons. Having a small amount of lift and larger wheels with offroad tires probably does help with practical capability. You can see this with newer trucks that manufacturers produce in offroad trims (example https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/models/f150-tremor/ https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/models/f150-tremor/). But larger lifts are indeed impractical for offroad capability since they would alter your center of gravity and other aspects. Most serious offroad vehicles have good clearance but not extreme clearance, since they are also accounting for numerous other factors to give the vehicle reliability, safety, and offroad capability.

rootusrootus 5y ago

Smaller adults, for sure. I'm less than six feet tall and I can stand in front of my F250 and easily look down at the engine, and AFAIK it is one of the taller (if not the tallest) packages that Ford makes from the factory. That people modify their vehicles is without question, and the examples you gave look like they're all aftermarket lifts.

throwawaysea 5y ago

These are misleading, cherry picked examples: - Your first link is comparing a new lifted truck with aftermarket body mods to an older model of a stock SUV. - Your second link is comparing one of the smallest vehicles on the market, an older Mazda Miata, to a newer F-250 (a larger Ford "Super Duty" truck) with a lift, aftermarket wheels, and aftermarket tires. - Your third link is comparing a boat of unknown size to a full-size pickup truck, and even from the angle provided, the boat is bigger.

ClumsyPilot 5y ago
Why do people lift their trucks? Is it just for the looks? I cannot imagine that many people need to much offroad capability, they don't live on a farm.
- throwawaysea 5y ago
  I have no idea why people lift their trucks to the extreme - I don't own a truck or understand the culture well, although I am familiar with the vehicles to some extent. My take is that most people who lift their trucks do it more for looks or status than for practical reasons. Having a small amount of lift and larger wheels with offroad tires probably does help with practical capability. You can see this with newer trucks that manufacturers produce in offroad trims (example https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/models/f150-tremor/ https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/models/f150-tremor/). But larger lifts are indeed impractical for offroad capability since they would alter your center of gravity and other aspects. Most serious offroad vehicles have good clearance but not extreme clearance, since they are also accounting for numerous other factors to give the vehicle reliability, safety, and offroad capability.