To Rake or not to Rake?

[bmerr98]

What's the opposite of rake? Like when the nose of the truck is looking up and the rear is dragging? Antirake? Negative rake? Just wondering what to call one of my pet peeves. I saw an otherwise nice F250 yesterday leaned back looking ridiculous and it ticked me off a little. I have no right to be. It's not my truck, so I have no say in how stupid it looks.

Just wondering...

 

[straycat]

I don't like that look either. I have seen some really nice looking F Series trucks around here and most of them have the front lifted almost 2 1/2 feet higher than the rear. If the owners don't adjust the head lights they look like they are hunting squirrels in trees at night...lol

 

[RangerSVT]

Most call it the bulldog look. I call it the Tennessee tilt. Most rednecks can only afford half the lift. Looks rediculously stupid. My ranger looks like that right now, but I dont drive it on the road and I'm not done building it...

SVT

 

[Andy D]

Heh heh the only time my F 250 was "anti-raked" was when it was overloaded with some thing. Gulp, actually, working.

 

[RangerSVT]

Yeah, my sport trac has about a 1.5-2" rake, but almost always anti-rakes or squats when I pull a trailer. I really need to get a set of airbags. Of course, if I get a bigger truck and stop using my trac as a one ton it'd probably be better, lol...

SVT

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I wonder if they are copying the desert trucks?

 

[Mark_88]

It probably has worms...you know how animals with worms drag their butts along the ground to relieve the itchy butt hole when they have worms...or other psychological disorders...and I always wince when I see them do it on a wood deck...oooooooh...sliver me timbers!

 

[superds]

I've also heard it called a "California Lift", as in desert race trucks. Made to look like desert race trucks with bulged front fenders that kinda look like they are lifted higher in the front than the rear (or maybe are to accomodate the greater amount of front wheel travel). But I don't get out much so anything I hear could be a lie.

 

[RangerSVT]

Coincidentally, I only see chevy trucks lifted that way, around my parts anyways, lol....

SVT

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

That's the Cali lean brahhh

 

[tmcalavy]

Overloaded my Dad's 69 F100 once and had some mean anti-rake...so mean it was hard to steer...we pulled over pretty fast and lightened up.

 

[Chris_North]

I don't see the point either way. I like to keep my truck as level as possible. Right now the rear is just the slightest bit higher than the front, but there's nothing in the bed.

 

[Ozwynn]

Maybe it has failed airride?

 

[YungICY]

I have it set up like that on my truck but I have a desert truck ( and I hate the raked look personally. Maybe just because of my taste for desert trucks.) but I don't think I've ever seen a non desert truck lifted like that.


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[SenorNoob]

I'm gonna agree here and say it just looks wrong. SVT ain't jokin about the problem here either. It's ridiculous.

Oh and that excuse about only being able to afford half the lift. The front is by far more expensive to lift. And as noted it's usually Chevy's. Most of the time it's a 4x4 S-10 (technically a T-10) with the rear bumper dragging the ground down the main road in town. Why they go and buy the 4x4 for that I'll never understand.