Bed length choice
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When I bought my Chevy Silverado diesel pickup in 2011 the only way to get a "supercab" and have the shorter wheelbase was with the 2500 model so that is what I bought. Added supersprings to provide the payload capacity of the 3500 pickup as the shorter wheelbase was very important.
I concur that with my supercrew and 6.5' bed the 360 camera setup is critical for parking with the much greater turning radius of the F-150 truck. Seldom can I get into a parking space at a shopping center on the first try with my 2022 truck and rely on the camera system to make two or three more efforts to align the truck with the parking space and to get in as far as possible (even then the truck sticks out 2-3 feet more than most other vehicles in the parking area. An 8' bed would be like driving a dualie when it comes to parking. The truck length would also prevent being able to park in the allotted spaces on city streets without sticking past the end and getting a ticket.
In 2018 when I was looking at a SUV to carry our two road bikes with their wheels left on, I found that only two vehicles that had large enough cargo areas, the Subaru Outback with its two-row seating arrangement, and the Chevy Traverse. With my 2022 F-150 the 6.5' bed provides as much cargo space as these two cars.
I concur that with my supercrew and 6.5' bed the 360 camera setup is critical for parking with the much greater turning radius of the F-150 truck. Seldom can I get into a parking space at a shopping center on the first try with my 2022 truck and rely on the camera system to make two or three more efforts to align the truck with the parking space and to get in as far as possible (even then the truck sticks out 2-3 feet more than most other vehicles in the parking area. An 8' bed would be like driving a dualie when it comes to parking. The truck length would also prevent being able to park in the allotted spaces on city streets without sticking past the end and getting a ticket.
In 2018 when I was looking at a SUV to carry our two road bikes with their wheels left on, I found that only two vehicles that had large enough cargo areas, the Subaru Outback with its two-row seating arrangement, and the Chevy Traverse. With my 2022 F-150 the 6.5' bed provides as much cargo space as these two cars.
the problem isn’t the extra 1ft of truck, it’s the poor turning radius of these trucks. I came from a 2012 f250- into a 2017 f250 both cc both 6.75’ bed into my 2021 f150 cc 6.5 bed and the turning radius on the f150 is terrible compared to the superdutys. I could easily get my cc 6.75 bed super duty into parking spaces that my now slightly shorter 6.5 bed f150 cannot without at least 2 point turns.
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the problem isn’t the extra 1ft of truck, it’s the poor turning radius of these trucks. I came from a 2012 f250- into a 2017 f250 both cc both 6.75’ bed into my 2021 f150 cc 6.5 bed and the turning radius on the f150 is terrible compared to the superdutys. I could easily get my cc 6.75 bed super duty into parking spaces that my now slightly shorter 6.5 bed f150 cannot without at least 2 point turns.
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I agree. Ride quality is a definite improvement worth its weight in gold.
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