Long Bed TV as a Daily Driver???
I am getting a 5th wheel camper in the near future and will need a new truck to tow it. I am still debating over long bed or short. I see the advantages and disadvantages of both and am not biased o...
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Grit dog wrote:blt2ski wrote:
8' std bed, 10+' is long bed
Leads than 8' short bed
I'll take long beds..
Marty
Because they make 10’ bed Pickups......lol
That was totally sarcastic, but I think there would be a market for longer than 8’ bed pickups.
Long bed work trucks get pretty short as soon as you put a slip tank and a big toolbox in the back. I think the construction and landscaping market would buy em. Pilot project with an ext cab 9’+ bed on a cclb chassis or reg cab 10’+ bed on a eclb chassis. Cheap easy pilot project for the 2 mfgs still making ext cabs. And maybe some business from recreational activities like truck campers and hauling toys.
My midget twuck has a short bed that is 14' long......well, its midget from a Navistar manufacture basis. Turn tighter and quicker, easier to drive than either of the CC 35 series trucks I've had. Turned tighter than the 12' bed and ext cab 8' bed on the same 155" WB too!
I suppose many ways to look at this. BUT YES!!!! I would buy a pickup with a 10' bed. I would then have 8' in the bed to work with AFTER adding the cross bed tool box etc into it. Plus, the lumber/ladder/pipe rack could hold them 20' sticks easier than the 8' bed versions do too! Even with the cab over extension!
Kinda like keeping your truck in a garage......last three times my rigs have been in garages, it cost me a B.O.A.T. buck or two per trip!
Marty
