Well Rich, I have to say I agree with a lot of what your saying here. For a long time, I've been complaining about these 3/4 and 1 ton trucks with a 6 foot bed because the cab is a super crew extended 4 door. How can you need a truck that you can't haul drywall and plywood in without dropping the tailgate? What I find is that most people that get the big 4 wheel drive 3/4 ton trucks with whatever diesel motor they want does it just to hang a set of truck nuts off of and throw out big black clouds from spooling up. Also, there's no way a decent work truck should cost 70 grand! For the record, I have a '99 Ford F-350 regular cab 4x4. It has 87,000 miles on it now because I try to only drive it when I actually need to haul stuff. It sits high because it's 4 wheel drive but it's not lifted above factory ride height and still has the original size tires underneath. 2 wheel drive trucks will sit lower and cost less, I worked for a guy before that had a 2wd F-250 extended cab with an 8' bed and that thing was easy to get in and out of. But finding a parking spot was a challenge!
