It's not just duallies lifted 12 inches, it's any vehicle lifted 12 inches. If it's used strictly as a monster truck or something of that sort it doesn't matter, but any vehicle is rendered useless for off roading once lifted too high.
Agreed, modern trucks are way overpriced. I recall as a kid, grandpa, dad, uncles, friends dad's, etc being on a trip and wanting a new truck and dropping the $2-3-thousand dollars for it and driving it home.
Even more expensive are the new corvettes...$120k!!! No thank you.
My most expensive vehicle I purchased was my Subaru Outback and I got them to knock off $5,000 to get it out the door for $18,500. It was a one-owner vehicle with just under 40,000 miles on it. Was too fancy for me so I sold it and got a Forester, much more fun than the Outback. The vehicle with the most available return would be my '81, a numbers matching truck except for the vortec heads and intake. Spent $1,000, could probably get $2-4 thousand profit depending on upgrades and making sure everything is operational. I just don't want to sell it.
They are what make the economy go round LOL
That's true too and unfortunately you know that first hand 
