Gregory's Server@Ralph058 Originally, yeah. But that hasn't been the case for a few decades. You can't assume a pickup's payload by its model name (which you seem to have done in two prior comments).
BTW, an F150 is a half ton truck. There isn't really a "1.5 ton" or "4.5 ton" truck in the common nomenclature, at least in the US.
Pickups now CAN carry more than they could in the past. Does it justify the hood height? No.
@equiraptor I stand corrected.
I have always wanted a fixed height to headlights on all vehicles. I think the impact on heavy trucks would be minimal (headlights in the bumper). The impact on personal trucks would be big because jacking them up (and making the high hood worse) would result in decerting the truck for road use...as it should.
BTW. Some idiot in WI has a jacked up F-350 with the outrigger (reversed?) wheels. Looks totally stupid, but I'm sure he doesn't agree.