Short bed long bed

[robertmcc]

Our truck was stolen in Miami last month. We are stuck here awaiting a new purchase. Would like to know the advantages or differences in long bed/short bed and sliding hitches. Pulling a 35 foot Jayco 5th wheel.

[Winged_One]

Been getting a lot of these questions lately.

Long versus short

[Area13]

transamz9 wrote:

Area13 wrote:
I like the extra room in a LB (8') for whatever i'm haulin. Whether it's furniture, bark, 8' piece of plywood or my camper especially. Most people don't NEED it, but it's nice to have. As far as looks (very secondary) the only combo I think looks funny is a SB and a crew, just my opinion.

I guess I'll let the cat out of the bag with a bad picture but here's the newest addition to my toys. "crew cab" short bed.....

Honestly, that's a good lookin truck brother. Just put the tailgate down if you gotta haul some plywood!:C

[transamz9]

Cummins12V98 wrote:
I really don't care so much what it looks like. I care about what it can do.

Anything less than a Standard 8' bed is a short bed.

You must not have seen the post I called you out on on page one did you?

[transamz9]

Hannibal wrote:
Dang that's a good looking truck Transamz9. I think I've said that before. :B

Some of us don't need that extra compensation and training wheels. :B

Thanks Hannibal. It means a lot coming from a Ram hater....:p :B

[transamz9]

Area13 wrote:
I like the extra room in a LB (8') for whatever i'm haulin. Whether it's furniture, bark, 8' piece of plywood or my camper especially. Most people don't NEED it, but it's nice to have. As far as looks (very secondary) the only combo I think looks funny is a SB and a crew, just my opinion.

I guess I'll let the cat out of the bag with a bad picture but here's the newest addition to my toys. "crew cab" short bed.....

[Area13]

I like the extra room in a LB (8') for whatever i'm haulin. Whether it's furniture, bark, 8' piece of plywood or my camper especially. Most people don't NEED it, but it's nice to have. As far as looks (very secondary) the only combo I think looks funny is a SB and a crew, just my opinion.

[Goldstalker]

I on the other hand care what mine looks like and I think long beds are just ugly and won't own one.

[Hannibal]

Dang that's a good looking truck Transamz9. I think I've said that before. :B

Some of us don't need that extra compensation and training wheels. :B

[campingken]

Cummins,

Do you have any other rules that we should all live by? Get what you want and if you think that men only have 8 foot beds and the rest of us are "girls" more power to you.

[Cummins12V98]

I really don't care so much what it looks like. I care about what it can do.

Anything less than a Standard 8' bed is a short bed.

[transamz9]

brooks379 wrote:
I like the 8' long bed. I just never thought the short box looked right on a crew cab truck. Big hood, two big doors and a little short bed just doesn't look right IMO.

That's the thing about opinions. IMO a 6.5' looks better than a 8'er.

[brooks379]

I like the 8' long bed. I just never thought the short box looked right on a crew cab truck. Big hood, two big doors and a little short bed just doesn't look right IMO.

[SugarHillCTD]

gmcsmoke wrote:

SugarHillCTD wrote:

JKChad wrote:
I know with GM trucks, long beds typically have 34 gallon fuel tanks and short beds are 26. The extra capacity helps with not having to stop as frequently.

The NNBS GM trucks- 2500 and 3500- all carry 36 gallons, short bed or long.

GM doesn't make a short bed in a 2500 or 3500. They make a standard bed, 6.5' or a long bed 8'.

No kidding???

Semantics. Kind of like when you order a soft drink- "what size, we have medium or large". (What happened to small or large?)

I am (plus many others here) old enough to think that a short bed is 6.5' and a long bed is 8'. No matter what the automakers come up with.
Truck camper manufacturers just know 6.5'=sb 8'=lb

The marketing departments tell the engineers to build 5.5' micro beds so the dealers can sell 1/2 ton sort-of pickups to suburban macho-guys and soccer moms.

[gmcsmoke]

SugarHillCTD wrote:

JKChad wrote:
I know with GM trucks, long beds typically have 34 gallon fuel tanks and short beds are 26. The extra capacity helps with not having to stop as frequently.

The NNBS GM trucks- 2500 and 3500- all carry 36 gallons, short bed or long.

GM doesn't make a short bed in a 2500 or 3500. They make a standard bed, 6.5' or a long bed 8'.

[SugarHillCTD]

JKChad wrote:
I know with GM trucks, long beds typically have 34 gallon fuel tanks and short beds are 26. The extra capacity helps with not having to stop as frequently.

The NNBS GM trucks- 2500 and 3500- all carry 36 gallons, short bed or long.