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blt2ski wrote:

SoCalDesertRider wrote:

blt2ski wrote:
SO are some of you saying a std 8' bed is not made, only 10' long beds and 6' short beds?!?!?!?!?!?
I'll take a long over a std or short bed! My dumptruck has a 14' bed.....can be handy, turns tighter than any of my crew cab std bed rigs, and it is 3' longer in wb! That 54 degree front wheel turn angle comes in handy as to how tiny of a radius a rig can turn.

Marty

In pickup box beds, a 'long bed' is 8 feet. Commercial beds can be as long as 25 feet...

I'm part of the time when the ONLY bed you could buy was an 8' bed, with the occasional 6' stepside on half tons was available. Not sure how good a 6' bed would be frankly. Especially when one puts in a cross bed tool box, that might leave you with 4' at best....barely enough to get a pallet of product in the bed! Plus most of the weight will be behind the RA, making it not real fun to drive........

I'll stick to my version of a std bed, IE an 8' one! anything less is a short bed!

Marty

I'm the same way. A full size truck is useless to me without an 8 foot bed on it, unless it has a 9-12 foot flatbed!

GM used to make a 'longhorn' extra long pickup bed in the '67-'72 body trucks. I think it was 9 feet long.

Ford used to make the F350 Super Camper Special, in the '73-'79 body trucks. It had an 8 foot pickup bed, but the rear axle was moved about a half foot further to the rear, for hauling extra long 10'+ truck campers. It has super single rear tires with 7500 lb rear axle rating.