Long bed or short bed?
More Turbo
Joined: Jun 2017
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Thanks for the replies everyone.
I am still undecided however the larger fuel tank is a great thing. I personally don't really haul much in my current truck and the short bed F350 is only a foot longer. It would of course be my daily driver with a commute round trip of 64 miles. I guess I will have to see them side my side and decide from there. I am sure the longer wheelbase would help with ride too, I am just not thrilled about such a long bed. If you could get the largest fuel tank with the shorter bed I wouldn't even consider the 8' bed.
I am still undecided however the larger fuel tank is a great thing. I personally don't really haul much in my current truck and the short bed F350 is only a foot longer. It would of course be my daily driver with a commute round trip of 64 miles. I guess I will have to see them side my side and decide from there. I am sure the longer wheelbase would help with ride too, I am just not thrilled about such a long bed. If you could get the largest fuel tank with the shorter bed I wouldn't even consider the 8' bed.
Posting Guru
Joined: Jun 2018
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From: Frederick, CO
I can park my SB in my garage by about 6". Many cookie-cutter homes will have garages that just barely fit an SB ... some won't. None will fit an LB. Tomorrow, when it's 15 F and people are scraping their windshields, I'll be warm and toasty in my rig. Garage parking is critical for me.
Mountain Pass
Joined: Aug 2018
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I bought a short bed thinking it would be plenty since I live in a suburb. Unfortunately, it still doesn’t fit in the garage and now I’m left without enough bed length for an extra fuel tank (need range for pulling) as well as a small load of camp firewood as well as five bicycle.
What I also learned is that a 3/4-t truck has no business with a long bed and a diesel. With my bicycles, firewood, family of five, and 1,000-lbs of tongue weight, my truck is MAXED OUT. The axles have capacity left but I’m right at 10k GVWR. ...and I still don’t have my auxiliary fuel tank!
What I also learned is that a 3/4-t truck has no business with a long bed and a diesel. With my bicycles, firewood, family of five, and 1,000-lbs of tongue weight, my truck is MAXED OUT. The axles have capacity left but I’m right at 10k GVWR. ...and I still don’t have my auxiliary fuel tank!
Hotshot
Joined: Mar 2017
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From: Chaz
I bought a short bed thinking it would be plenty since I live in a suburb. Unfortunately, it still doesn’t fit in the garage and now I’m left without enough bed length for an extra fuel tank (need range for pulling) as well as a small load of camp firewood as well as five bicycle.
What I also learned is that a 3/4-t truck has no business with a long bed and a diesel. With my bicycles, firewood, family of five, and 1,000-lbs of tongue weight, my truck is MAXED OUT. The axles have capacity left but I’m right at 10k GVWR. ...and I still don’t have my auxiliary fuel tank!
What I also learned is that a 3/4-t truck has no business with a long bed and a diesel. With my bicycles, firewood, family of five, and 1,000-lbs of tongue weight, my truck is MAXED OUT. The axles have capacity left but I’m right at 10k GVWR. ...and I still don’t have my auxiliary fuel tank!
A long bed crew cab 4x4 diesel F250 is a rare bird. At least around here.
They upped the gvwr to 10,800 for 2020 in the f250 diesel in a lot of configurations but you might as well go to a 350 as you breached the 10,000 gvwr cut off. Unless you have a specific trailer gvwr and not subject to commercial motor vehicle regs.
On the flip side of that I had a Ram 2500 4x4 cummins short bed and swore off shortbed HD diesels after that truck. But look at me now in another shortbed 4x4 diesel. I turned that Ram into a work truck and I am lucky enough to have a separate long bed work truck now days though.
If you have a diesel there are several under truck tank options that increase fuel by around 20 gallons. I looked but not having problems with my smaller CCSB tank with my diesel.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2015
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FWIW my '15 was a SB though I could still haul the same 5er. I like the LB because I can put more stuff in it when hauling and when not I can actually put a 4x8 ft sheet of plywood or drywall in the bed and close the gate.
Hotshot
Joined: Jun 2003
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From: SW VA
Long beds for me. I've had 2 short bed trucks, and quickly found the limits and/or frustration with items not fitting...from ATV's, to lumber, to steel, to truck parts, etc...
My main truck will always be a long bed now.
My main truck will always be a long bed now.
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Mountain Pass
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From: Beaumont California
Opinions are like.........we ALL have em but yours is the only one that really matters. My personal trucks are always CCSB purely for the aesthetic appeal. I'm not hauling 8' sheets of plywood often nor do I need the long bed enough to warrant the less than appealing look IMO. I like the 450s' look with the dually longed but prefer short bed when going with SRW. Still tow my gooseneck and my 40' fifth-wheel toy box around with zero problems. I like the added space of the long bed but prefer the look of the short bed. My F550 has a 12' utility bed on it and it's awesome for what it's used for but my personal daily driver just makes more practical sense as a short bed.
Fleet Mechanic
Joined: Jun 2018
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From: Wasilla, AK
I thought my SB was a perfect fit for me when I lived in Tennessee. Even with the Diamond back tonneau cover it managed to carry anything I wanted it to.
Now since I loved back to Alaska I hate it. Soon I’ll be placing a order for a new long bed CC and then will add a full size fiberglass shell on it.
Now since I loved back to Alaska I hate it. Soon I’ll be placing a order for a new long bed CC and then will add a full size fiberglass shell on it.
Hotshot
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Texas
Best use I ever had for a short bed. A couple lifetimes ago I had a ‘56 F100 stepside short bed 2WD. Worked OK to haul my rear around the farm / ranch a bit. One day I slid off a steep bank and rolled it. Took it back to the shop, removed the doors and cut the top off the cab and just used it to haul some fencing gear, a few posts and a couple rolls of barbed wire. Made for a pretty darn good fencing buggy.
Anyway, I had an 80 acre pasture that I kept the horses in with the barn and corrals in one corner. Had an old “Boss mare” that when I would walk out to catch them she would wait until I got right up to them, would stick her nose and tail in the air and take off to the farthest corner from me. When I get near them again…..rtinse, repeat, with all the rest following her. One day, I had enough. Run the old F100 up to the shop and cut the muffler off. Then closed the gates to the corrals where the horses could not get in. Took the noise maker out, got after the old mare and ran her, staying right on her until she was so damn tired she couldn’t hardly move. Opened the gate to the corrals and let them in.
After that, all I had to do to catch the horses was start the ‘56 up and they would head straight for the barn! So yes, there is some use for a short bed truck once in a while! LOL
Anyway, I had an 80 acre pasture that I kept the horses in with the barn and corrals in one corner. Had an old “Boss mare” that when I would walk out to catch them she would wait until I got right up to them, would stick her nose and tail in the air and take off to the farthest corner from me. When I get near them again…..rtinse, repeat, with all the rest following her. One day, I had enough. Run the old F100 up to the shop and cut the muffler off. Then closed the gates to the corrals where the horses could not get in. Took the noise maker out, got after the old mare and ran her, staying right on her until she was so damn tired she couldn’t hardly move. Opened the gate to the corrals and let them in.
After that, all I had to do to catch the horses was start the ‘56 up and they would head straight for the barn! So yes, there is some use for a short bed truck once in a while! LOL
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