Stark -- Yup, with nothing on the chassis back there, they lock up pretty easy. Same with my firetruck (tanker) -- the brakes are set up for max gross weight (20,000 lbs), so empty, they're touchy, too. There's a permanent set of short skid marks right at the stop sign down at the end of our road -- cause that's the first place I hit the brakes when I go out...
As for your truck and wife -- it's actually really easy to make a truck look good -- all you need is just a bunch of money, time, effort, patience and skill. But I've found that Photoshop is easier than Bondo ...
John
