Long bed vs short bed

romore wrote:
You won't necessarily 'need' a slider with a standard bed, it depends on the trailer design. Look for an indent on the lower corner of the trailer to provide extra clearance.
We have a standard box, it is fine with our current trailer. The previous one had a shorter nose with an east west bed, a long box would have required a slider to keep the bumper from hitting the trailer in turns.

Never saw a long bed or (standard bed) truck that needed a slider to keep the trailer from hitting the bumper:h...Guess anythings possible, but never heard of that.

My philosophy, it's better to have one and never need it, then to need it and not have it.
I hit my cab once when I opted to not use the slider, (only took one time:))...next truck, and since have been long bed trucks.