Short Bed Silverado

donn0128 wrote:
Ypu can tow with a sjort bed. The trade off is,,,,,,
You loose 2 feet of useable cargo space,
You cannot carry a sheet of plywood or sheetrock with the tail gate closed,
You may need or want a much heavier slider hitch, thereby reducing your available cargo capacity,
You likely could not fit the truck with a folding bed cover,
Rarely have I ever seen a 3500 short bed truck. Which indicates to me your interested in a 2500 series truck? Which is fine as long as your looking at a short, light fiver. Once you go over about 12,000 pounds gross your going to want a 3500 series truck.

Crazy ....

- Long bed gains 2 ft which I don't need. I never "lost" 2 ft!
- I carry full 4x8 sheets of whatever I need with the tailgate closed. - They just sit on the bed rails.
- I don't use a slider (AUH) and have zero problems. Over 40,000 miles towed.
- Don't have or want a bed cover.
- Not sure at all about this comment regarding rarely seeing 3500 shorts beds. My GMC Denali 3500 is a 6'6" "regular" bed truck bought off the lot and I see them all the time.
- My 5th wheel is 36 ft. with a GVWR of 13,599. My truck payload is 3,570 lbs. Fully loaded truck and trailer maintains my payload within limits.