Why does nobody talk about aluminum caving in on gravel roads

I was hauling a half-ton load of firewood down a washboard road near Flagstaff last fall and the bed of my aluminum truck flexed so bad the tailgate popped open twice. Swapped to a steel flatbed and haven't had a single issue since. Anyone else run into this with aluminum truck beds?

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olivia_morgan81d ago

Made that exact same mistake hauling gravel in my old aluminum truck.

emma_burns961d ago

$2,800 worth of gravel dust right there. I bet that truck bed looked like a sandbox after you unloaded. @olivia_morgan8 you learn that lesson once and never again. I remember my buddy did the same thing with a load of decomposed granite. His tailgate leaked for three years after that.