[Greyfox]

Built in ramps flush with the bed that extend to allow something to be driven up into the bed.....

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/...ntcmp=features

[hadoken]

You mean other than the impaled passengers in event of a rear end collision? Idea is genius!

[1MOREMOD]

Let the madness begin

[FC4]

Should make for good entertainment on YouTube. I saw a fail compilation video just the other day of rednecks loading shit up onto a bed using ramps. I was amused.

[moltenfire]

How is that tailgate going to handle all that weight? And would the whole truck end up nose-up?

[nick3753]

Are you thinking the ramps cannot be pulled out (or in for that matter) once the object being driven on them is up on the bed??

[JsL]

Reminds me of this... (WARNING: Video contains profanity, use headphone at work)

[u2b]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHMNZrdh6f4[/u2b]

[Vigilante375]

Originally Posted by moltenfire

How is that tailgate going to handle all that weight? And would the whole truck end up nose-up?

Things like that have been done for a while so the extra strain has been thought of as well.. I think this would be for the people who have ATVs, lawn mowers, motorcycles (maybe) or dirtbikes.

And if you're loading something in the bed of a truck, like a Ram 1500 and it'll make the front come up.....then I don't think it needs to go back there. There isn't enough mechanical advantage for a ATV, lawn mower, motorcycle nor dirtbike to make something like a Ram 1500 go nose up. Even on a Colorado or old S-10 that won't happen.

It is a nice idea and hopefully they make the right decisions in making sure this doesn't harm the occupants of the truck nor anyone else in an accident. But I'd rather buy my own ramps than an overpriced "OEM" ramp package from the manufacturer.

[David70]

Agree with the above, not lifting the front of the truck and for limited weight loading.

Not seeing "brilliant" and guessing the overall cost to sell it at a decent profit would be too high with a pretty limited market to make it go very far. Throw the ramps in the back after loading the lawnmower and putting them at the correct width when needed works pretty well at minimal cost.

[Greyfox]

Originally Posted by nick3753

Are you thinking the ramps cannot be pulled out (or in for that matter) once the object being driven on them is up on the bed??

Ding... ding.... ding.... We have a winner!

Besides that, I don't know about the rest of the truck owners in the world, my truck bed is usually full of sticks, dirt/mud, rocks, etc. That kind of crap falls down into those nice flush tracks.... going to create some really really good YouTube videos of people cursing up a storm.

[KingOfJericho]

It looks to me like they go under the bed, not completely flush. Just look at the track - it's much narrower than the actual ramps.

[MightyMouseTech]

Originally Posted by Greyfox

Ding... ding.... ding.... We have a winner!

Besides that, I don't know about the rest of the truck owners in the world, my truck bed is usually full of sticks, dirt/mud, rocks, etc. That kind of crap falls down into those nice flush tracks.... going to create some really really good YouTube videos of people cursing up a storm.

The ramps would just unhook from the tailgate and slide in underneath the bed. I don't see the problem here.

[Greyfox]

Originally Posted by MightyMouseTech

The ramps would just unhook from the tailgate and slide in underneath the bed. I don't see the problem here.

Sorry, no. According to all the articles I've read, the ramps will be flush with the existing bed not hidden away.

Just another engineered idea from people who don't know how their product is used... ie typical Big 3.

[MightyMouseTech]

Originally Posted by Greyfox

Sorry, no. According to all the articles I've read, the ramps will be flush with the existing bed not hidden away.

Just another engineered idea from people who don't know how their product is used... ie typical Big 3.

Looked at it some more. Uh, ya, load cargo into bed, um, now what?!?

[1MOREMOD]

Don't they slide under the bed not on top of it?

[RedlinePSI]

Ramps flush with the tailgate makes no sense at all. I think it's most likely that Fox got that part wrong.

If you go to the site they referenced: http://news.allpar.com/index.php/201...s-coming-29207

It makes no mention of them being "flush". Just says they slide in to the bed. Uhaul trucks have had this forever. Not sure how this can be patented. Just because it's a flatbed instead of a box truck?