What is is about stepside trucks?

you wanna sell that thing?? I'll give ya 4500 cash right now..........

Might be because since 2000, the outside of the bed is fiberglass. Throw a rock up from a rear tire and it goes thru the fiberglass, it is a $1500 repair to replace the whole side. Your truck is all metal. If it is rust free, that would make it desirable.

Karl '05 Silverdo stepside

Gee whiz, my sister have one of these, and i also notice it is easy for her to get in the bed and so on being a women,lol. But I do have noticed that there is a slight differ in the bed as most didn't know when carrying something. As I know cause there time when she needs to use my truck with a regular bed. other than that it a look fads that been around before like in the early 80's and the 50's to sell these as it looks cool and so on. The company wants to sell these to make a profit for their own and it the customer choice to buy the truck for their own needs even if it just for looks.

Per Whtblazer:

There is supposedly some functionality when hauling some kinds of livestock.

The spiel is that with wheel humps, some animals can break a leg if they're up against the hump and get pushed into it.