I was following my boss down Hwy 8 to a new job a few years ago. He had loaded a 14' step ladder in the bed of his full size Pu. When he loaded it with the top in the front of the bed I suggested he turn the ladder around to have the heavy end in the bed. He said "It's OK". He hit a bump at MPH and I watched the ladder teeter-totter and come right off the truck. I swerved and missed it buy inches. Made for an exiting morning. Rod