Like these on sides of rear bumper? definitely utilized lots with a 8' bed..
Something like that costs the manufacturer basically zero, but is nice to have. Its almost the kinda of thing you never think of until you have, and its hard to give some of that stuff up after you have had it.
Same. Been doing that probably since I turned 40. My rear bumper height is nearly the same as the tire, but the tire is more accessible than the bumper, when the tailgate is down.
That's still 36" off the ground.
Yes, but still easier than climbing on the tailgate because I can grab a hold of the bed rail to pull myself over. Going over the tailgate when it's down, I either have to sit on it and swing my legs in (and get my butt dirty) or climb in on my knees which hurts. When the tailgate is up, I have a nerf bar that I keep in the receiver with a step built into it.
. So Ive grown Accustomed to
Reminds me of that time I DIDN'T catch the leg of my shorts on the SCV lever on the 2520 and fall flat on my face. Also, I have NEVER caught the leg of my shorts on the parking brake handle of my Mule when exiting and landed on the ground.Cripes with my occasional get it done bull in a china shop mentality climbing on tire swinging legs over bed side is nothing but large scratches just Waiting to happen on the box before I stumble falling on ground after getting caught on something like the bedside tye down anchors, don't ask why I posted on such detail of that event. Almost like it actually happened
Not if you run mud tires.
My current tires are only BFG T/A KO2's, not exactly Ground Hawg's, but the lugs are still big enough to catch the edge of a boot sole and step up from a much more comfortable height.I recall ABS or Traction could be disabled for winter driving?
In some cases, it may have been true. Some early ABS implementations had only one or two solenoids, cycling pressure either to the entire system, or to both fronts or both rears at the same time. That was less than ideal, although probably still better and faster than most trying for manual control.
I do the same thing on my 1990 F250 but on my 2024 F350 I use the step in the corner of the bumper. That step might be ugly but it works.
Wow... talk about a misleading marketing name! I had to go look that up, thinking Chevy was putting both traction control and stability control into their trucks, which would indeed be a high-end feature.
I'm sure that if argued in court, they'd be able to point to some small proprietary feature that justifies not just calling it Traction Control, but it doesn't appear to be anything significant.My 4500 Cutaway definitely doesn't ride like a CadillacWow... talk about a misleading marketing name! I had to go look that up, thinking Chevy was putting both traction control and stability control into their trucks, which would indeed be a high-end feature.
But no... "StabiliTrak" has nothing to do with stability control, it's just GM's lame name for plain old boring traction control.
Some cars, Cadillac actually pioneered it decades ago, have dynamic viscosity fluid in their shock absorbers to provide stability control by instantly changing the stiffness of the shock absorber on each wheel. Mercedes worked with Billstein to develop another similar technology, now sold as the DampTronic, and used in AMG cars from Mercedes and SRT cars from Dodge. It would actually be useful in a pickup truck to limit body roll in corners or to stiffen rear shocks when load is increased through towing or hauling, but not a cheap upgrade on already expensive heavy duty suspension.
although it rides a bit better after I put aftermarket Bilstein shocks and sumo springs on it basically larger bump stops front and rear. Anyways I've never intentionally disabled "stabilitrak" never saw a need to do it.
