8 foot bed?

[mattyj]

I am in the market foR
a used f 350 diesel crew cab with an 8 foot bed it's like finding a needle in a haystack, has anybody else noticed its hard to find a crew cab with an 8 foot bed single rear wheel? Thanks Lou

[Royals_Fan]

Short boxes should be on half tons

[stickdog]

I think it is an east coast thing, even out west a CC long bed is a pain to park. People complain about DRW but that doesn't bother me as much as the length of my CC long bed.

[Deb_and_Ed_M]

We had to drive from Michigan to Wisconsin to buy ours.... and we're a car dealer. Ed had been hoping one would run through one of the 3 dealer auctions he regularly attends, but no such luck.

They are a BEAST to park, even as SWD....LOL!!! On the other hand, the ride was limo-like when pulling our 5er; and it never downshifted climbing mountains - just spooled up the turbo a bit.

[trail-explorer]

LineC wrote:
Might get lucky on government liquidation website if you can stand the blue color.

Air Force Blue - awesome non metallic color.

[brholt]

What I found hard to find was a DRW gas in any trim higher than XL. A couple of years ago when I was shopping a search yielded no trucks west of the Mississippi. Ended up ordering.

[joeshmoe]

Must be a NY thing. F350 CCLB SRW diesels are all over the place out here in the west.

Try the "for sale" sections in the diesel forums. powerstroke.org is a huge site. Some forums even have buy/sale/trade areas by region.

[Ace_]

People around here would say, "How do you get 'real' work done without an 8' bed?"

[hedge]

It surprises me how regional these things are. Around here 90% of the trucks (above 1/2 tons) are SRW 350/3500 short boxes, it's very rare to see a long box or a 250/2500.

[pcoplin]

Check out Oregon and Washington Craigslist. I bet the short beds are hard to find. Lots of crew cab long beds here. This is truck country. 🙂

[FlatBroke]

Front range in Colo nothing on the lots. This is grocery getter territory. Even hard to find a "standard" box. Get out to were a lot of commercial and farm trucks and you can find them. If they quit the 8 foot bed ill patch my "03" until I die.

[tonymull]

I was shopping gassers but they were plentiful here in WA.

[Ace_]

I think it must be an east v west coast thing. I think that is the most popular combination in Oregon. I have a short box and you probably wouldn't believe how many times I've gotten comments about not buying a "real" truck (real trucks have 8' boxes). I had to have my dealer do a dealer trade to get my truck.

[Buzzcut1]

here in northern Ca cc lb srw is an easy combo to find. cc dually is rare unless you go out to the central valley

[Canonsue]

I just purchased a new F350, crew cab, 8ft bed. However, my truck is a gasser. And yes, this is a fleet truck, XL package. I heard one salesman at the dealership said that he thought they no longer made manual locking hubs. I have manual locking hubs. 🙂

[mkirsch]

SRW F350's and 3500s are tough to find to begin with, let alone with the least desirable cab/bed configuration.

Most that buy an SRW crew cab truck buy it to tow a larger camper and haul their family. They want short beds.

Most of the 350/3500 series trucks in crew cab long bed are DRW for the ranchers, horse people, and RV haulers.

Last year in all of WNY when I was shopping for trucks every week, there was new ONE 3500HD SRW CC LB Chevy on a lot.