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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | What are your thoughts?
Right now I have an F350 extended cab with a long bed. The truck is at the point where we need to put some money in New tires, brakes n maybe even some body work.
OR we could trade it in. I'm pretty particular on what I want for trade in. We'd like a crew cab but would be happy with another extended cab. We can't afford new. It seems all of the used trucks we find that meet our criteria is a short bed. Do you think we'd be that unhappy with a short bed? |
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 Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | with a short bed you can't make as tight of a turn with a gooseneck trailer without crunching the corners. |
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Location: Missouri | Personally I'd think it depends how often you use the actual truck bed to haul things when not pulling a trailer? If you use the truck bed a lot, you may not like it.
We have a short bed and we like it. Rarely do we find ourselves picking up something (usually from lowes...lol) that won't fit in the back. The few times we have we've just hooked it up to our little 10 ft trailer we use to haul hubby's zero turn.
I also don't have a gooseneck horse trailer, just a BP so I can't say whether I personally find it a total pain in the rear to haul one with a short bed. |
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | I do have a Gooseneck. My mom pulls her Gooseneck with a short bed n she never complains. we really like a used truck we found but haven't even test drove it cuz it's a short bed. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| Don't cheat yourself. Get a long bed. Smoother ride for horses, better resale value, more room, and the list goes on and on..... |
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 Party Girl
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | My SO just traded our long bed in on a short bed. We have not pulled anything with it yet but I am not very happy about it. I guess we will see.... |
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Location: Idaho | I have a shortbed and pull a gooseneck trailer...love mine! I think depending on if the nose of your trailer is more square vs. rounded is when you have to worry about knocking out the back window..but have had no problems with mine! |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | Personally, a long bed. We don't pull a goosneck, but we do haul hay ourselves and there is no way you can fit a ton of hay in a short bed truck. Long bed all the way for me. |
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| I would go with long bed. I have had both but prefer the long bed. We have looked at trucks there doesn't seem to be any long beds in the new dealership Tho just looked at chev dealership ? |
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| Ive always had a short bed. I have a friend that has a gooseneck she pulls with her short bed, and has never had a problem with hitting the back window/corners. But her truck doesn't have the turning radius to get close enough to knocking them out anyway.
To the poster that said short beds hurt resale value - I'd be curious how many people actually have long vs short beds, because I specifically would NOT buy a long bed. |
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| We purchased a mega cab short box (so it is 3 inches shorter than a regular short box) a few months ago. Our last four trucks have been long boxes and we pull a gooseneck. I have to say I really love the short box. Our truck is a daily driver and I much prefer driving it. Yes, a few loads have stuck out the back, but we use the trailer if it's too long.
As far as turning radius, it all depends on your trailer. This truck turns sharper than our old one and I can get it to just about a 90 degree angle. Our trailer has an angled nose, if it were flat it would be a problem. But we love it, I wouldn't rule it out if you like the truck! |
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Expert
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Location: Stuck in a cubicle having tropical thoughts | my truck is my daily driving vehicle n my hubby has a suv so I am worried about driving a crew cab long bed around to do errands and run to get my lunches.
maybe I can take my Gooseneck with me n hook it to this other truck during our test drive |
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Veteran
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| Used to pull with a short bed, it was fine, but we did bust the back window out once when we had a water barrel in the front corner of the bed and turned a corner. Had to remember to be careful in turns with it. I prefer a long bed. |
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Location: Montana | My husband was a commercial driver for over 25yrs. He swears that for hauling you should have a long bed because it adds stability. |
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 A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | I wont go with a short bed. I need all of the extra room I can get. Short bed vs Long bed mean the difference in a few extra bales of hay for a long week on the road or no with my gooseneck. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Bandit94 - 2015-05-26 4:09 PM My husband was a commercial driver for over 25yrs. He swears that for hauling you should have a long bed because it adds stability.
It does make a difference. I had a short bed for 5 years and chose to go back to a long bed. |
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 Midget Lover
Location: Kentucky | We always haul with a short bed. I don't like the look of a long bed, so it's just for vanity reasons really. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: NC | Have to say this is my first long bed and while its a pain to park (daily driver and its a dually, so i just park further away) i do like it. We are fixing up the house to sell and the stuff from lowes/home depot fits perfect. nothing sticks out and never have to worry. I currently pull a BP for now so cant say anything about trailering |
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  Sock eating dog owner
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Long bed. Better stability and you can put 2 large round bales in the bed. Sheet rock fits without over hanging lays right in the bed. Can load 20 more small bales compared to short bed and when you load it up the truck stays level with out blinding other drivers with low beams while your front end is in the air. Ask the dealers to find a long bed for you ...they still make them. |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: LaCygne, KS | Long. |
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