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May 13, 2014Explorer
Where do you people come from? :)
At the last two or three RV shows I've been at, whenever truck campers are on display it's been rare to see campers meant for long bed trucks. The Lance guy once told me that they are building 8 short bed campers for every one long bed version - it was simple supply and demand. When shopping for a new truck a few months ago I was told that a SuperCab with an 8 foot bed was special order only, as all the local dealers had in stock were four door crew cabs with short beds. More than one dealer told me that a slide-in designed for an 8 foot bed will fit in a short bed "with just the tailgate down".
Don't get me wrong - I'm a long bed guy, but over the past few years it seems that *most* of the newer 3/4 ton trucks I see have short beds.
-Joe
At the last two or three RV shows I've been at, whenever truck campers are on display it's been rare to see campers meant for long bed trucks. The Lance guy once told me that they are building 8 short bed campers for every one long bed version - it was simple supply and demand. When shopping for a new truck a few months ago I was told that a SuperCab with an 8 foot bed was special order only, as all the local dealers had in stock were four door crew cabs with short beds. More than one dealer told me that a slide-in designed for an 8 foot bed will fit in a short bed "with just the tailgate down".
Don't get me wrong - I'm a long bed guy, but over the past few years it seems that *most* of the newer 3/4 ton trucks I see have short beds.
-Joe
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