I Bought Too Much Truck

DallasSteve wrote:

KD4UPL wrote:
I have a 2022 GMC crew cab dually for a work truck. It is a cab & chassis with a service body so the bed is 8' wide and 9' long. I park it in regular parking spots at Lowes, restaurants, gas stations, offices, etc. every day. I take it thru restaurant and bank drive thrus every week. There's room to open the doors just fine.
I do typically back into parking spots around the outside edge of a parking lot if it's small just because the truck is so long. The rear overhang can go over the curb and above what is usually a grass area around the edge of the lot. If it's a big parking lot, like at Lowes, I don't want to walk from the edge so I just take up a normal spot.
It sounds like you just need to get used to the larger truck. It's not really any larger than any other truck out there, not in width or height anyway. You will really appreciate the long bed for it's better ride, more storage, and larger fuel tank.

Thanks for the tip. I'm impressed if you can park a dually in a single spot. Mine is only single rear wheels. Maybe some parking lots have wider spots, too. I'll try to use some of your tips.

DallasSteve, you are making way too big a deal of the size of your new truck! We full Time and drive a 2016 Ram 3500 Crew cab DRW Long Bed. I park where I want to within reason, there are a few drive thrus that I avoid, but can park in most standard parking spots, and parking garages. You need to learn to back into parking spaces, way easire than diving into.
No the DRW is not a smart car, but it isn't a class 8 truck either.