New truck height's

I like my ground clearance and better departure and approach angles thanks.

horton333 wrote:
I've seen people posting they have to flip axles to get to level. That added height to the centre of gravity must be hurt handling significantly, especially in an emergency turn. Victims to style.

Guess that's one advantage of a bumper pull with the newer HD trucks.

Reverse level the truck, then airbags to level when loaded. A reverse level will drop the rear 1.5 to 2"

4x4ord wrote:

Durb wrote:
I find it easier to lift a bag of redi-mix waist high to load rather than hoisting it chest high. That and the fact that my trailer won't fit a new truck means I will drive my old one until it refuses to come home.

By the way 2017 tail gate heights: Ram 3500 DRW - 57", Ram 3500 SRW - 59", F350 SRW - 60 1/2"

Seems to me a forklift lifts a pallet of concrete 62" about as easy as it does 48". For towing an RV a tow body would work the best .... orflat bed but most rv'ers seem to want what everybody else has.

Yeah, a towbody or a flat bed would work well, but not necessarily the best. How do you carry anything else when you don't have a bed to put it in? Having to tie everything down so it doesn't disappear off the flat bed or towbody would be a real pain.

Near as I can tell the pickup works the best for towing and carrying.

Personally I find it hard to complain about much with the new trucks other than price,lol.
Idk about the new model Ford SDs but the previous gen F250s have the lowest bed height by a good margin. They don't have the blocks in back like most others and are almost reverse leveled coming from the factory.
Worth looking into....
I don't tow a 5ver so I don't have an issue with bed height.

Maybe the HD trucks are different, but all the 2018 model half tons are actually shorter than the half tons I owned in early 2000s. I can tell by sunroof clearance to my garage door. I can tell by the step in height. I can tell by the ridiculously low front air dam that scrape on parking lot curbs. Lower center of gravity helps handling combined with those front air dams decreases fuel consumption.

OP----Are you referring to GM's old ad showing a bowling ball going under the axle or it pulling a 2, 3 or 4 bottom plow? Wanna say that was a 70's ad and Tom T Hall singing the jingle . Did it go something like: "Baseball, Hot dogs, Apple pie and Chevrolet"?

My Mom said years ago when we had our '03 SD and went to get into backseast that a man must have designed it for the grab handles were on top of door instead of lower portion of the "B" pillar. Same goes w/ the designers of RV's. Who the heck can reach cabinets at ceiling height? Like others, I too don not agree w/ the height of todays trucks other than it makes it easy to spot the short dresses in summer time.

Grit dog wrote:
Personally I find it hard to complain about much with the new trucks other than price,lol.
Idk about the new model Ford SDs but the previous gen F250s have the lowest bed height by a good margin. They don't have the blocks in back like most others and are almost reverse leveled coming from the factory.
Worth looking into....
I don't tow a 5ver so I don't have an issue with bed height.

Actually, my 13 250 has the two inch block, compared to the 350 with 4" block. Even so, my truck sits fairly level when empty, which is what I wanted to tow my FW more level.

The new model 250s that I recently looked at, had the same 4" block that the 350 did, less one spring. Both models are tall.

BTW, it's never too late to get a 5ver, while your still young enough to learn to back one.:B :C

Jerry

ACZL wrote:
OP----Are you referring to GM's old ad showing a bowling ball going under the axle or it pulling a 2, 3 or 4 bottom plow? Wanna say that was a 70's ad and Tom T Hall singing the jingle . Did it go something like: "Baseball, Hot dogs, Apple pie and Chevrolet"?

My Mom said years ago when we had our '03 SD and went to get into backseast that a man must have designed it for the grab handles were on top of door instead of lower portion of the "B" pillar. Same goes w/ the designers of RV's. Who the heck can reach cabinets at ceiling height? Like others, I too don not agree w/ the height of todays trucks other than it makes it easy to spot the short dresses in summer time.

I think it was in the 90's and they were showing a Chevy 4x4 crossing a ditch bragging about high ground clearance AND lowest bed height.

Just earlier today I measured some new Ford and Chevy heavy duty 4x4 trucks tail gate heights. Local Ram dealer had no heavy duties for me to check. All were at the 60 to 62 inch mark. Last week I measured some over hang heights of mid and high profile 5th wheels and they were at the 60 inch mark. Seams to me the two do not match.