GTGallop
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- Greg
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- #16
Here..... Let me clear this up for you all. See any Flexing??? It aint no Tacoma, zero damage. No contact between bed and cab.
Don't kid yourself... there is flexing. It's great to be "brand loyal"... but be realistic. If there was no flexing your truck would weigh 10 tons.
Don't be Daft.... Obviously Captn there will be. However, I have provided a real world experience vs theory. The flex is acceptable and nothing like the Trucks of old.
Gent's - Let me see if I can clear this up. My question was a comparison of the relatively loose and floppy trucks of the 70s and 80s to the trucks of today. Trucks from 40 years ago had enough space between cab and bed to stick a tennis ball back there - And there are still occasions where bed and cab banged together or knocked into each other. The spirit of the question was about our trucks flexing and by how much? Do they flex like the old trucks of yesteryear?You said "See any flexing"... mic drop
The answer is No.
Sure they flex some. Even a Convertible Sports Car has more body flex than a coupe. The point I took away from Stangman was that even under extreme angles with the heavy end of the truck suspended in the air, the amount of flex is imperceptible with out being there, getting up close, and measuring with instruments.
SM and HM - Thanks for contributing to the discussion an furthering my knowledge it was a nebulous question at best and answered quickly with real world examples followed by clarifying debate that really gave me a solid understanding. Thank you both.
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