ShinerBock wrote:
fj12ryder wrote:
Those are all good things to be rid of, but what benefit do you get from tall trucks? Other than that "manly" look?
Weight. A fully boxed frame allows you to reduce weight since the strength comes from the box design and exotic metals rather than the more frame material on a C-channel frame. Essentially it is the same strength of a C channel but much lighter which needs to happen with the upcoming CAFE fuel economy requirements coming to the HD trucks.
So what's the difference in height between a fully boxed frame rail and a C-channel frame rail? Surely not the 5 or 6 inches we're seeing in a lot of these trucks.
