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Location: Phoenix | We've always had a long bed and I just don't see how the short beds are convenient. Like, what's the point? I wouldn't settle. Fixing up the trick is probably going to be cheaper than buying another truck. |
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Veteran
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| In the last 10 years I have only driven short beds and I pull a large living quarters trailer.
I love my short beds, never had any problems.
I had a mega cab, short bed Dodge and loved it, now I have crew cab short bed and love it.
The think with the one ton dually a person should be mindful of that once you go over a certain towing weight a CDL is required. It has been rumored they are starting to enforce these guidelines. That I was I went to a 3/4 ton and i don't regret it.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | canchaserdelux - 2015-05-26 7:45 PM In the last 10 years I have only driven short beds and I pull a large living quarters trailer. I love my short beds, never had any problems. I had a mega cab, short bed Dodge and loved it, now I have crew cab short bed and love it. The think with the one ton dually a person should be mindful of that once you go over a certain towing weight a CDL is required. It has been rumored they are starting to enforce these guidelines. That I was I went to a 3/4 ton and i don't regret it.
Wait, large LQ trailer...so you had rather be under-trucked than risk a ticket by driving something safer? That makes sense. |
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Location: North Texas | A long bed whether single or dual wheels provides more stability and more room to maneuver under a gooseneck. I have many a back window knocked out of short bed trying to jackknife a gn into a tight hole................
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Location: Texas | We have both a short box and a long box and I don't mind hauling with either of them. I got an extender ball for my short bed and liked it that wAy. I don't have to be as careful with the long bed on tight turns but once you know how far your can cut turn radius you just learn to deal with it. I do like the short bed better for running errands though |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | OutlawsLastDance - 2015-05-26 1:51 PM 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.
I can kind of answer this...where I'm from (in Montana) you can practically not sell a short box truck if it is a 3/4 or 1 ton sized. But if it is a long bed, it will sell. Mostly it is because we are in a farming/ranching community, as I'm sure a lot of you are, and we need the long box trucks, plain and simple.
However, on the other end, on a 1/2 ton truck, you can pretty much not sell it with a long box unless it is a single cab truck. But the short bed trucks are really popular on 1/2 tons. However, 1/2 tons don't have as much utilitarian usage in general, IMO. |
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 Certified Snake Wrangler
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Location: North MS | I find it much easier to back around corners with a long bed- I know it is not a dealbreaker or anything but it makes things simpler. Saying that- I currently have a Dodge 3500 Quad Cab with a western hauler bed that is gorgeous and back in the shop after a miserable 10 hour trip. My "borrow" truck is an 89 Ford F350 4 door long bed. It is Sooooo much easier to back and park my trailer in my crazy parking places. As far as worrying about breaking the back glass out- I have never gotten that close except when I was stuck pulling my bigger trailer and truck started sliding sideways. I just stopped there and got a pull out. |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I've had both, I have a long bed now but I used to have a short bed and if it was my daily driver, I would have a short bed as it's easier to park (in city spots) and get around in. I never had a lick of trouble pulling a gooseneck with a short bed. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Three 4 Luck - 2015-05-26 8:35 PM canchaserdelux - 2015-05-26 7:45 PM In the last 10 years I have only driven short beds and I pull a large living quarters trailer. I love my short beds, never had any problems. I had a mega cab, short bed Dodge and loved it, now I have crew cab short bed and love it. The think with the one ton dually a person should be mindful of that once you go over a certain towing weight a CDL is required. It has been rumored they are starting to enforce these guidelines. That I was I went to a 3/4 ton and i don't regret it. Wait, large LQ trailer...so you had rather be under-trucked than risk a ticket by driving something safer? That makes sense.
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | mtcanchazer - 2015-05-26 9:53 PM OutlawsLastDance - 2015-05-26 1:51 PM 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. I can kind of answer this...where I'm from (in Montana) you can practically not sell a short box truck if it is a 3/4 or 1 ton sized. But if it is a long bed, it will sell. Mostly it is because we are in a farming/ranching community, as I'm sure a lot of you are, and we need the long box trucks, plain and simple.
However, on the other end, on a 1/2 ton truck, you can pretty much not sell it with a long box unless it is a single cab truck. But the short bed trucks are really popular on 1/2 tons. However, 1/2 tons don't have as much utilitarian usage in general, IMO.
That's because 1/2 tons are really "city boy" TOYS ! ! ! |
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Location: Oklahoma | Our crew cab dually long bed is a daily driver. It's not that bad... We also have an SUV. I don't mind driving the truck daily. As far as pulling goes... long bed is easier for turning, etc. Duallys are best for stability. |
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 Born not Made
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Location: North Dakota | I drove my husband's 1/2 ton pickup with a SHORT box for 2 years. We had a 6" extendor on the ball to help move the trailer back a bit. And my Exiss has a square nose. I never had an issue with not being able to turn tight when backing up.but I did always keep an eye on that back window.
Finally was able to purchase a 3/4 ton pickup this year. Simply going to a "larger pickup" gives you more room. It's not a long box but I have TONS of room compared to the 1/2 ton. And obviously, tows better because it is better matched to the trailer. So I don't think a long box is absolutely necessary because a 3/4 ton or 1 ton pickup is automatically going to have a larger frame. But of course, if you want a long box, then get a long box!
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Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | NJJ - 2015-05-27 7:20 AM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-26 9:53 PM OutlawsLastDance - 2015-05-26 1:51 PM 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. I can kind of answer this...where I'm from (in Montana) you can practically not sell a short box truck if it is a 3/4 or 1 ton sized. But if it is a long bed, it will sell. Mostly it is because we are in a farming/ranching community, as I'm sure a lot of you are, and we need the long box trucks, plain and simple.
However, on the other end, on a 1/2 ton truck, you can pretty much not sell it with a long box unless it is a single cab truck. But the short bed trucks are really popular on 1/2 tons. However, 1/2 tons don't have as much utilitarian usage in general, IMO.
I know! We call 1/2 ton pickups "toy trucks." LOL.  |
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Elite Veteran
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| I guess it's all just preference and what your needs are. I had a 1991 1/2 ton Chevy for 9 years that pulled my 2H bumper pull. It was a short bed and it drove me all over North Carolina. It was a daily driver, so I drove it to school, work functions, horse shows, vacations at the beach, the mountains, everywhere. I definitely got a lot of use out of it. The only thing I hated about it was it was a regular cab. It worked when I bought it when I was 18, but as I got older and doing more things, a back seat for more passengers or stowing groceries out of the rain would have been nice, but grocery shopping isn't what pickups are for, so I bought a car.
When we decided to get a bigger truck so that I can move up from my BP to a GN in the future, we got something big and tough enough to haul as much as I need to, but convenient enough to drive every day, and that was our crew cab, short bed. I've put 30 bales of hay in the back of that truck and that is more than enough for me. I don't "farm", but we do have land. I don't have to buy a lot of hay at a time because I have a lot of pasture and only feed hay in the winter, but 30 bales will get me by for a month or more.
I can see the use of a long bed for people that make a living in their trucks. I agree with the other poster that said, I don't prefer the way they look either. They remind of a Dachshund! And I guess that's why I also don't have Dachshunds! |
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