Lifted trucks for street use: Why?

They didn't have anything to nuts sitting out today.
But here's a few. Not sure if you can count the gladiator as a truck.

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My dad would go to north east Nebraska with his uncle and cousins and friends every years for the opening season of Ringneck Pheasants. He did this for years and years. I got to go 2 years in a row when I was 13 and 14. Those were the best trips. The whole thing; traveling, hunting, jokes, my dad cracking on his uncle for the things he exaggerated about. I loved it. There was always coolers completely full of Pheasants, Quail, Dove, Rabbit and Squirrel.
 
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Pokahpolice said:
I own a camp in the Maine North Woods that is a 2.5 hour drive AFTER you hit the dirt logging roads.
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Yeah Maine is wild. I hiked half of the AT in 2015, and got lost on logging roads for two days. Finally some locals helped my buddy and I out. Id love to have some land up there. So friggin beautiful.
 
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Are lifted show trucks not a thing where y'all live? They're everywhere in VA, NC, and SC! First picture is at a shop right down the road from me, second pic is trucks that came out of a shop about an hour away.
 
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Rolex20073rd said:
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Are lifted show trucks not a thing where y'all live? They're everywhere in VA, NC, and SC! First picture is at a shop right down the road from me, second pic is trucks that came out of a shop about an hour away.
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The shop down the road from me usually has a lot of trucks like that.
They do a sema build every year. I wouldn't really mind having one, but I do prefer function over form. That's why I like my tj, all the lift, and all the functionality of driving over stuff (;
 
Chris said:
What about hydraulics on low riders?
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That shit is cool. I once built a rigged S-10 with a skid that I could drop the front end on and shower sparks to impress the girls at the coffee shop next to my high school. Spoiler they all thought I was an idiot

This threads going great, I feel like we’re really exchanging perspectives & growing.
 
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qslim said:
That shit is cool. I once built a bagged S-10 with a skid that I could drop the front end on and shower sparks to impress the girls at the coffee shop next to my high school. Spoiler they all thought I was an idiot

This threads going great, I feel like we’re really exchanging perspectives & growing.
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I was preparing to ask if it worked.
 
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Apparition said:
I was preparing to ask if it worked.
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The S-10? Yeah, worked as designed. We rigged a pressure relief valve on both axles so the either lift would collapse, it was super sweet. Hit the button, slam the front end, scrape the pavement for a few seconds... Hit the other button, crash the rear & look at the sky... See all the chicks watch in horror as these dateless idiots did laps around a strip mall parking lot in a worthless piece of shit worth a quarter of what the hydraulic valve bodies cost. Again, super sweet.

I eventually landed a date but didn’t show because my mail order minidisc player came in that same day.
 
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qslim said:
The S-10? Yeah, worked as designed. We rigged a pressure relief valve on both axles so the either lift would collapse, it was super sweet. Hit the button, slam the front end, scrape the pavement for a few seconds... Hit the other button, crash the rear & look at the sky... See all the chicks watch in horror as these dateless idiots did laps around a strip mall parking lot in a worthless piece of shit worth a quarter of what the hydraulic valve bodies cost. Again, super sweet.

I eventually landed a date but didn’t show because my mail order minidisc player came in that same day.
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I highlighted your spoiler. You answered before I could ask.
 
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Yeah Maine is wild. I hiked half of the AT in 2015, and got lost on logging roads for two days. Finally some locals helped my buddy and I out. Id love to have some land up there. So friggin beautiful.
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I hike portions of the AT quite often. Just did Bigelow last fall and we plan on hitting Katadin this year. Never had the ambition to do more than a few nights tho.

Getting lost in northern Maine is pretty legit. You get out in the Allagash and you won’t see anyone for a week.
 
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But how many dates did you score?
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Married the girl I dated in high school. Doesn't take much to impress her I guess. Used to abuse this truck to no end. Its been beat like a common law wife at a trailer park. But it never missed a lick, and the AC was ice cold. Can you even buy a long bed standard cab anymore?

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