Whats the beef with step sides

[R***A**N**G**E***R]

other then loosing storage capacity in the bed of the truck?

 

[Dar70]

Thats the main problem with me. I also dont like the look of the step side as much as the conventional cargo box.

 

[-Nathan-]

i dont like the fact that they dont dent...but rather shatter.

 

[AllanD]

Way back when (the 1950's) they were more easily fabricated than the later "fleet sides"

Functionally, fleetsides made them obsolete.
Their ONLY purpose of exsistance now is as a "Fashion statement"

If anyone really cares about "style" on a tool (I consider my truck a tool)
then they can be a runner up in an "I'm Vapid" contest that actually gets
won by some dizzy bitch like Paris Hilton.

I've gotta go pick up a load of coal, anyone wanna help shovel?

AD

 

[86 slo-vo]

i just think they are plain ugly

 

[cocoasranger]

I've gotta go pick up a load of coal, anyone wanna help shovel?

I would like to help you, but my chrome plated shovel is at the shop being refinished.

 

[trail B2]

A pickup costs more to buy drive and register and if I pay to drag a bed around I want it to be as useful for my money that I can get.I had a F150 regular cab short bed my fathers truck when he passed away.Also I had a 3500 extra cab Chevy 6.5 dually.Despite the sentimental value of the ford I sold it because I was paying to run a hole truck and could only get half the work out of it.

 

[country0001]

I like em. They look cool. They're great if u don't work outta them. My ex gf had a stepside ranger and it did fine for what she needed it for. Although it did seem particularly light in the rear end

 

[Ranger97XL]

I wouldn't mind a step side, I kind of like them I think they can look sharp. My only issue is that I love my topper and I think they look really stupid on a step side. But come on the Lightning is technically a step side and I think that's a dead sexy truck

 

[SnC RangeR]

uuugly as sin! messes up the body lines on the truck.

 

[Blackdog455]

ive always liked step sides more then the conventional regular size boxes. To me, it makes the truck look meaner.

 

[koda6966]

Well, it's mostly a look. Some people like the step better than none and some people like the strait inner bed for shoveling.

A friend of mine has an 05 Silverado with the stepside and it's a pretty nice looking truck.

Me personally, I don't like the fact that it's hard to find caps, and I don't like the look all that much either. Unless it's a standard cab with the stepside. They also make for a much lighter truck and probably better gas mileage.

 

[turtle3.0]

I like the look of my step side. Since my truck is my only mode of transportation, I decided that I would prefer the look over the utility when I bought it as I would not be using it for utility that often. That's why I added the trailer hitch. My trailer will haul anything I could ever need so when I do need it for utility I have a backup plan.

 

[mattpresley]

I like my stepside but sometimes wish it had more room. I utilize the hell out of the steps as im stapping down equipment stacked higher than my roof. Would need to strap almost as high if I had a fleetside too however.

 

[adsm08]

I sit on the fence with the step sides. I wouldn't put on on the ranger, but if the s-10 ever needs a bed, I'll probably go look for a step side. But then, the s-10 doesn't see much real work, and the ss beds seem to be in higher supply in the dark blue that ours is than the fleet-sides are.