Lance 830 with Ram 3500 Mega Cab
I know this has been discussed before and I'm probably going to get the same answers from the same 2 camps, but I thought I'd try anyways. I have a Lance 830 and love the camper, but it is a bit t...
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Hauling pallets is irrelevant. Pallets come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Maybe there is some kind of standard but I've never seen it. I get freight quite often on pallets and unless it's the exact same piece of equipment the pallets are always different.
I agree that short beds are crazy, particularly for actual truck type uses (hauling). It used to be the 8' was standard and the 6.5"'was short. Now the 6.5' is standard and the 8' basically needs to be custom ordered. I'm an electrical contractor, conduit is 10' long, so I'd love a 10' bed on a truck which also used to be an option from one company in the 70's I think.
I generally end up with custom flatbeds and utility bodies on my trucks anyway and they still don't hold enough stuff.
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I agree that short beds are crazy, particularly for actual truck type uses (hauling). It used to be the 8' was standard and the 6.5"'was short. Now the 6.5' is standard and the 8' basically needs to be custom ordered. I'm an electrical contractor, conduit is 10' long, so I'd love a 10' bed on a truck which also used to be an option from one company in the 70's I think.
I generally end up with custom flatbeds and utility bodies on my trucks anyway and they still don't hold enough stuff.
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