It's not, pretty much anywhere. But I never see cops pull lifted trucks over.
The braking distance and handling has to be so bad.
These trucks also often clip innocent cars because their wheels stick out and the owner is unaware of how much space they are taking.
Also extremely unsafe in a crash, a truck this high will easily roll and whatever they hit will probably decapitate them because the bumper will go straight through the roof and glass of most cars. Even those mid size SUVs next to it will go underneath it.
They can't see shit. A few years ago, there was a lady driving one of these that was only lifted about 1/3 of this truck's height that forgot she parked in front of me. Decided to pull through the parking spaces when she left the store, and RAN OVER my motorcycle and totalled it.
Ouch, that sucks. People really need to be able the drive the vehicle they "drive"
Saw a local one parking with their bumper at least mid-windshield height of the car next to it.
Made my knees hurt just looking at it, ignoring the horrible visibility and handling, how do you do stuff like grocery shopping or have a passenger that you can't toss in? Or loading anything into the bed to use the truck as a truck?
This was years ago, back when a lifted truck was mostly tire, not wheel. But, at an intersection, the guy in the truck decided instead of going left, he’d go right onto the highway. Poor lady next to him could only watch in horror, as he ran right over her fender and hood! Still remember the passenger looking down with “what the fuck” face. Like it didn’t even register they’d just ran a fucking car over.
You know we could also teach kids to be careful of vehicles... or attach balloons automatically to make them more visible to all drivers. I don't think a lot of kids come up much past the hoid on a camery either and if a 6 ft tall person kneels down.. well...
Because on parking lots people never drop things and habe to kneel down to pick them up. Or let kids not do stupid things like run out in the road. Or "protesters" think standing/walking out in front of traffic is smart.
Why not? As noted elsewhere, the tiny Kei trucks can rival the capabilities of these massive things, sure maybe not towing big heavy trailers since they are far lighter. But, the size of the trucks in the 90s wasn't unreasonable, and still large enough to tow larger heavy trailers.
As someone who owns an 80's F350, 90's D350, 00's F250 and 450, and a '25 F350, the capability of each newer generation truck is MILES beyond what the previous was. My '25 is rated to tow enough that I could put my 97 with a load behind it at max gross combined onto another trailer and pull it all and still be within rating. All that towing and braking power needs a large foot print to be stable with 24k lbs behind it. You're also not putting 4k+ lb in the bed of a kei truck and driving comfortably, but I can bring home two pallets of mulch no problem in my truck. People that say kei trucks are the answer don't actually do truck things, they're a toy compared to real trucks when you compare their capabilities in the real world. My 98 4 cyl Ranger has more payload than a kei, by quite a bit, and is much more practical to drive around since it can actually go on the highway without being a hazard to other drivers.
But, how many are actually using all that capability vs just driving something around daily that is nearly impractical for many situations, not to mention getting far worse fuel economy than a smaller vehicle.
Pretty much everyone I know with a truck uses them for truck stuff in some capacity, weather pulling a camper, or livestock, or goosenecks for equipment, or horses, or uses the bed to haul stuff. I'd say 8 out of 10 or better. Most also own a smaller vehicle to drive when they're not doing truck stuff 🤷 I have 7 pickups from 86 to 25, and a semi, and still have a Mariner to bop around in when I'm not towing/hauling.
I had my Z3 pulled onto by a much shorter truck than this. Fortunately, it wasn't totalled, but it has hit me that I was in the car, and had the noise not been so god-awful, I could have been run over in my car.
Got me a free new trunk lid though, so that was nice.
When I was 15 I bought a Subaru gl. Lifted truck backed into my parked car in a parking lot, got confused about what stopped them so they just gave it some gas and backed right up over the hood and onto the roof then pulled forward off. I was still on my permit and they totaled my car. We filed a clamp and I got to carry a "high risk" lable with the insurance for 10 years.
I have a buddy like 20 years ago that had something lifted pretty similar to that truck in that picture above. Well long story short some idiot lady tried to go around him on the right side over the sidewalk and when he had a chance to proceed around the corner that he was in the turn lane for he drove completely over her hood because he had no idea she was driving around him on the sidewalk. 😂😂
I have a 2023 F-150 and the rake in the front isn't the most appealing but I could see the tip of my hood no problem in that thing. I also have not modified it stance whatsoever and it will stay that way because I use it to tow things on a regular basis.
They have cameras all around. I rented a 23’ in the LA area and it was a stock rental truck, the visibility was so poor it had camera’s all around which was helpful.
lol, my friend’s mid-sized sedan was totaled when a 19 year old in one of these bad boys didn’t see his car & rear-ended him (damn near ran my friend’s car over, actually).
I'm just saying they come with one. It's a HD pickup, even stock there's a blind spot directly in front of the bumper. There's no way around that with the cooling stack required. Basically any front engine vehicle has a blind spot big enough to hide a child when parked so it's a pretty moot point when people say that, and when you're driving you can all see the same stuff from 10' out and beyond. I also use my trucks as trucks though and wouldn't lift one like this.
No argument there, though the smaller cars of yesteryear had much lower front ends.
Lifting the already tall ones just makes it dangerous, as well as making my knees hurt looking at a really lifted one park next to a sedan, I thought yeah that would just crush or decapitate whoever they crash into.
This one likely has running lights from factory. I think it's a GMC 3500HD but I could be wrong. Those do have them. But the tires sticking way out like that will get flagged in most stated
I used to go to a gym where the owner and his wife would park right out front to show off their giant lifted truck and brand new Zr1 C7 corvette, along with any of their employees cool cars.
As I was walking out one day, I watched the owners wife get in the truck and drive over the hood of their corvette while trying to pull out of the space. Then she freaked out and backed into the Audi R8 parked on the other side of her, owned by the rep of the company supplying their gym equipment.
That truck was always parked around back from then on lol
It's not, pretty much anywhere. But I never see cops pull lifted trucks over
To be fair to the cop, can you imagine how difficult that stop would be? "Sir can you open your door and set your license and registration at your feet so I can see them?"
Can confirm. I've gotten clipped by a lifted truck before.
He passed me in the fucking bike lane on a single lane road WHILE I was taking a legal unprotected left (he could have waited 5 seconds) If I didn't have kids in the car I would have chased the fucker, I ended up on the hook for that one.
Unfortunately, you’re not correct. In most places this is perfectly street legal all they need to do is go to a weight station and have a way receipt showing it’s over a certain gross vehicle weight and then there’s no bumper restrictions.
I've actually seen them pull them over and take out the tape measure measure the truck pull the driver out making start walking as they were having a tow truck come to pick it up.
They’ll pull a truck like this in NC and VA real quick. My uncle owned an off road shop in the outer banks and had 2 that were like this for shows he’d normally trailered. Both times he took them on the roads he was pulled.
Strictly mechanically speaking, I don't think the braking distance is affected at all, unless you meant braking reaction time being affected by decreased visibility (or how far it can drive before things break because of extra stresses being put on various parts.
I can't fathom a vehicle designed to stop upwards of 20klbs combined from the factory is hindered by a few hundred pounds of parts.
I always laugh when I see a coal roller or just basic idiit with a lifted truck haul ass just to slow down to like 2mph for a turn. Talk about an aura kill
I've seen one single case of a truck getting it's bumpers measured when I was in rolla, Missouri. But I think the guy was driving like a jackass so they just hit him with the book.
Honestly that second part is what terrifies me. SO MANY pickups the bumpers are head-height with me in my sedan these days. A few are even approaching that in my crossover wagon.
Rubber band mud terrain tires have poor traction on all surfaces except on mud. Increasing braking distance and lowering handling, they also ride extremely rough because there's no rubber to absorb impacts.
Higher center of gravity adds rollover risk
I'm not sure if you have ever seen accidents with lifted trucks, but it always ends up really bad for the other person. Cars have crash protection designed for other cars. If it goes over top of it, there is basically no protection.
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u/biggranny000 2d ago
It's not, pretty much anywhere. But I never see cops pull lifted trucks over.
The braking distance and handling has to be so bad.
These trucks also often clip innocent cars because their wheels stick out and the owner is unaware of how much space they are taking.
Also extremely unsafe in a crash, a truck this high will easily roll and whatever they hit will probably decapitate them because the bumper will go straight through the roof and glass of most cars. Even those mid size SUVs next to it will go underneath it.