Bed level of new trucks

Another reason trucks are higher now is they have bigger wheels that can accommodate bigger brakes.

KD4UPL wrote:

As for trucks, I agree, they keep jacking them up to appeal to young people who think it's cool I guess. For someone like me who uses a truck for work the higher bed and sides make it harder to load things in and out and harder to reach my tool bins and see into them. I don't know if I will ever change.

Guess I'm still juvenile. Maybe turning 49 (for the first time) this year, I'll grow up a little!

KD4UPL wrote:
Trailers sit higher than they used to because of slides. Older non-slide trailers had wheel wells that protruded into the interior space. These were usually hidden under the dinette or a couch or something. Trailers with slides have to have the floor higher than the tires so the slide will go out; thus the higher trailers.
As for trucks, I agree, they keep jacking them up to appeal to young people who think it's cool I guess. For someone like me who uses a truck for work the higher bed and sides make it harder to load things in and out and harder to reach my tool bins and see into them. I don't know if it will ever change.

Dam,I totally agree!Only see slide outs in the summer,out here.And,slide outs on PU campers is part of what ruined S&S. Just not a good cold weather thing.

Trailers sit higher than they used to because of slides. Older non-slide trailers had wheel wells that protruded into the interior space. These were usually hidden under the dinette or a couch or something. Trailers with slides have to have the floor higher than the tires so the slide will go out; thus the higher trailers.
As for trucks, I agree, they keep jacking them up to appeal to young people who think it's cool I guess. For someone like me who uses a truck for work the higher bed and sides make it harder to load things in and out and harder to reach my tool bins and see into them. I don't know if it will ever change.

LOL,everything has raised,over the years!We went through a fad, that passengers higher off the ground must be better,because they saw it on off road shows.Now, when I was younger,we used to flip the axles, under our campers,so the body was higher, for going off road.Today's campers and trucks are ungodly high, which serves no purpose.A stock f150,or 1/2t chevy needs a ladder for me to get into it!And don't get me started on the height of the bed rails!Higher,and sometimes the inner metal of the bed is strange shaped.We went through an era where people would purchase a new truck, try to install their older slide in camper, and have to put it on 4"x$"'s so it would fit.I personally thought we would have gotten away from this "jacked up" ****,as it only costs fuel economy.But I guess we now have another generation that wants to "look cool".