Long bed vs. Regular Bed
I am switching from a 3/4 ton GMC 6.0L Crew cab standard bed, to a 1 ton GMC crew cab8ft bed diesel. My current fifth wheel hitch is a 15K rated slider unit. My max trailer weight is 11,200 lbs so t...
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cbshoestring wrote:drfife wrote:Water-Bug wrote:
Actually, the 8' bed IS the regular bed and anything shorted is a short bed.
Not according to GM literature.
In the HD series (2500 & 3500) they refer to standard bed as 6.5' and long bed as 8.0'.
The 5' 8" short bed is only available in the 1500's.
Problem is all these four doors with short beds, have just about done away with 8' beds, so now they are considered LONG. Four door trucks have replaced the SUBURBAN as the family car. Soccer mom might want to stop on the way home from soccer practice and buy a bag of mulch or two---"I need a truck"---she needs the four doors for junior, sally & fido, but not the 8' bed.
Just because they convinced you that a 6.5 bed is "regular" does not make it so. A regular truck bed should be able to hold a 4x8 sheet of WHATEVER, between the wheel wells with the tail gate closed. Anything less is a short bed.
Then again...no one every asks me before they change the "norms".
I remember when most trucks had 2 doors and an 8' bed. Four door trucks (used mostly by work crews)were not that common on dealer lots, unless they sold commercial trucks.
I played hell to find a 2 door, 8' bed (RAM calls it long). Ended up with a stripped down "tradesmen" model.
Yeah, I remember that too----when trucks were cheap, stripped down, tools for WORKING.
None of which answers the posters question :h.
Yes keep the slider. It may not be needed but until you decide you need something else and sell/trade it off, it can be of use.
