Short box trucks
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IMO, shortbeds make for sweeter street trucks. The visual proportions are just better... I think that's why 2WD SBs are less likely to be offered for sale.
SBs are for fun.. LBs are for work!!
Ever go wheeling through the forest with a longbed 4wd?... easier to get hung up and it turns like a battleship.
SBs are for fun.. LBs are for work!!
Ever go wheeling through the forest with a longbed 4wd?... easier to get hung up and it turns like a battleship.
Laughing Gas
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From: Indiana, PA
I do have to say the 1.5ft. less is a little better for manuvering but as somebody on here has said before "shortbeds are like new **** on your x-wife, sure they may look good but they are basically useless"
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From: Perth, western australia
[QUOTE=HIO Silver;10472920]Hahaha... who ever said that must not be using any imagination! [QUOTE]
Plus, you paid for it, but never experience the benefit lol.
I second the point of short box trucks for wheeling, I cant imagine how terrible a long box would be off road.
[QUOTE]Plus, you paid for it, but never experience the benefit lol.
I second the point of short box trucks for wheeling, I cant imagine how terrible a long box would be off road.
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Laughing Gas
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From: Indiana, PA
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From: Costa Mesa, CA
Long beds not only look "off" but the extra wheel base (especially when you have a supercab and crew cab like me) just makes them unreasonably long. I've yet to find anything I couldn't make work in a short bed.
If I can bring 20' 2x12's home in an expedition and a 15' palm tree home in a hatch back 2 door civic I can fit things in a short bed
Laughing Gas
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From: Indiana, PA
To me a shortbed on a crew or super cab just isn`t as cool. Heck to me its just cool to have a crewcab long bed even though its sometimes a pita to park at wollyworld. Besides who want to park near the door at walmart next to the suv with a 6 year old in it just waiting to put a big ol dent in the side of your truck.
Also when hauling stuff though yes you can "make it work" in a short bed usually it just fits in a longbed.
Also when hauling stuff though yes you can "make it work" in a short bed usually it just fits in a longbed.
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From: MT / WY
Shortbeds pull trailers just fine too. Ive gotten to were I use trailers for most everything anymore. Even my 3500 jimmy with an 8.5' X 7' flatbed seems to be too small sometimes. Pulling a 10' utility trailer makes everything work out perfect. The short box trucks can pull the same trailer (or much larger trailer) easier and can manouver with the trailer much better. Finding a place to park with a trailer is the biggest downside.
