Posted: 7/9/2007 6:00:07 PM EDT
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Can anyone tell me about stepside trucks? Are they good? Not good? Anything you would gain/lose over a regular box truck? I'm eyeing a used Z71 Silverado that's a stepside. Other than the funky tail light cluster, it seems to be decent. Someone school me on this. |
| My Dad had several GMC stepsides. He was in the building trades and his guys liked them. These were work trucks and not drive in cruisers. They were 3/4 and 1 ton trucks and had an 8' bed. Made it easy to climb in the bed instead on climbing on the tailgate. He got rid of them when he retired. |
Me either. My dad has had fleetside(non-stepside) on the two Chevy's he's had since 2004. The first one was a '97 Chevy C2500 with an 8 foot bed, the current one is an '06 Chevy C1500 with a 6.5 foot bed. He uses it for hauling occasional stuff along with the cruising around town. |
I didn't know that they even made step sides on 8 foot beds, that would be pretty helpful if your tryng to unload alot of lumber. |
I agree, Toyota makes a new model that has the stepside bed, it looks horrible. I don't even think its an actual stepside, I think its just modeled to look like it is. |