What is considered a Short or Long Box

[RickOnt]

Another 'newby' Question

I am reading the "AF and 2005" Dodge thread

They refer to a 6'4 box as a long box I was thinking that would be a short box and 8' would be long!!!

I tried a search but no luck.

Set me straight here

Thanks

[trail-explorer]

Manufacturers reinvented the definition of Long and Short bed when they started making a short short bed on the 1/2 tons a number of years ago. I think GM is the originator of the under 6' bed.

In truck literature, Nowadays, the short short is called a "short bed"
6.5 is usually called a "standard bed"
8' bed is called a long bed.

BUT, most truck people still call a 6.5' a short bed and a 8' bed a long bed. I do.

[garbonz]

W5CI wrote:
5 ft vs 8 ft, real simple

Simple yes correct no. Except for a half ton, but they have standard 6.5 beds also. Thanks fo adding to the corn fusion.

[W5CI]

5 ft vs 8 ft, real simple

[_DJ_1]

Steve_in_29 wrote:
The basic "long bed" is 8", though it varies by an inch or two between manufacturers with Ford being the longest and Dodge the shortest.

Short beds run
Dodge/Ram 6'3"
Chevy/GMC 6'5"
Ford 6'8"

My tailgate fully closes with a standard quad in the back. Non ford guys in my ATV club have to tie up the tailgate with ratchet straps. :B

[RickOnt]

Thanks Guys

That's the info I was looking for!!

[Steve_in_29]

The basic "long bed" is 8", though it varies by an inch or two between manufacturers with Ford being the longest and Dodge the shortest.

Short beds run
Dodge/Ram 6'3"
Chevy/GMC 6'5"
Ford 6'8"

[jimh406]

If it is for a long or short box, it means a couple of things.

1. There is enough distance of the floor that it can fit on a 8 ft bed.
2. It has a COG that is far enough forward that it is acceptable to have it on a short bed that is approximately 18 inches forward of where it is on a long bed.

The same truck camper model in short bed in a 8 1/2 truck camper can sometimes have storage/generator in that 18 inches. In that case, there is not enough floor length to reach the front of the bed if it was put in a long bed.

From a TC manufacture perspective, 6'6" is probably the short bed figure. It's really 8 ft and everything else. Either way, if you have a non 8 ft bed, you will always be safe with a short bed camper if your truck bed is either 6'6" or 6'4".

There are a few campers made for 5'5" beds, but they specify that.

[nomadictxn]

In the truck camper world, most folks are using 2500 plus trucks to carry campers. 8ft. is a long 6.6ft is short.

[RickOnt]

Jim I did not read that It was just my newbie assumption.

What I am looking for clarification on is

When I read camper is for a long or short box What length are they referring to?

or Do different manufacturers use different lengths??

[Tyler0215]

A long box is longer than a short box.
A short box is shorter than a long box.
A manufacturer can call it whatever it wants.

[jimh406]

RickOnt wrote:
The 'Standard at 6'6" is considered a long box when I read the manufacturers info?

Where did you read that? Do you have a link?

[TDWebster]

RickOnt wrote:
The 'Standard at 6'6" is considered a long box when I read the manufacturers info?

Rick, some of the literature published from Northwood can be a bit confusing when it comes to camper fit on 6'6" and 8' beds.

[RickOnt]

The 'Standard at 6'6" is considered a long box when I read the manufacturers info?

[Vinsil]

That would be a shortbox, the 8' is the long box.

Next up, you will get someone in here to point they come with a 5.5' bed too. Yes, the 1500 series trucks do.

eta: beat!