I never understood why people do that. Lift the truck for better off road performance, sure but there is a limit to the benefit vs detriment ratio. Once you get so high and tires so big, you are losing ability instead of gaining. Lift the truck to the point that you need a step ladder to get in the thing, makes little sense to me.
This is why I love my Ranger. Its at a very nice height to easily load and unload stuff from the bed of the truck without needing a ladder. When you load and unload stuff out of the bed all day long on a daily basis you quickly realize how stupid today's bloated sized trucks are for working out of which is why the 80's and 90's and 00's Rangers, S-10's, Dakotas, etc are so highly sought after, they're great work vehicles 4x4 or 4x2. My work truck at the door shop was a 98 Ranger regular cab 4x2, and a 99 Ranger super cab 4x2. both trucks were great for working out of especially having to load and unload garage doors all day long.
Yeah the big lifts and tires are fine if you never use the truck for its intended purpose, but for work trucks they're 100% useless even for towing duties, you add that extra height, and weight of oversize wheels & tires, plus the lift kit springs usually are crap and not the same rating as the factory springs so you end up with less towing and hauling capability.