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I hate to hear ppl throw off on a 8ft bed SD truck saying they can’t get around in town in one

IF you know how to drive AND Back one & willing to walk a few extra steps longer because you can’t park at the front door of your favorite restaurant : then they are not an issue at all.

I’ve been in a 8’ bed since 1996 & wouldn’t dare own another SB Super Duty.

I totally agree with your opinion

 

Must have been a while since you moved furniture...

 

lol not everyone lives and works 100% of their life in the suburbs

theres a lot of places you won’t get crew cab long bed trucks that a lot of people have to visit at times

i live in the country and love it. If I never had to leave I wouldn’t have a problem with cclb but that’s not realistic for me so you can’t judge how well a truck fits in a parking lot based on a wal mart parking lot.

parallel spots and parking garages are real things that you won’t fit. I know this because a ccsb BARELY fits and it at the limit

and many people at times have to go places like this

 

Hahaha! Boy what you don't know...

My mother has a side business of restoring furniture. Who do you think hauls and moves all of it for her?

 

I take my F450 to Rockford all the time and never had parking issues. When I had my 99 F350 DRW I used to drive to Chicago all the time and park in Downtown lots. I get a kick out of the attended lots that park the car for you. They take one look at my truck and point to where to put it, they wont touch it.

 

Yes, they do... the 8' bed "was" the standard bed for over a 100 years... So... WTF with the "name change"... standard bed, short box, useless box is what it is today, in my book ... JMO... BUT, they couldn't sell a useless box so the changed the definitions... Long box, standard box, short box... Wwwaaaay more acceptable

 

So the question is, have you talked to anybody or tried seeking help for your awkward deeply rooted mental problems?

 

That would be a firm NO... I have gone through my whole life thinking "outside of the box"... So, I am used to the "putdowns" I usually get, and I just keep going, living my life the way I think it should be lived... I also don't expect others to think the same way.... I was just stating my opinion... Don't others also think what happened to this "name-change" of how these trucks are named after 100 years, is just a marketing tool...??? Probably not...

 

More of an issue it seems parking spaces are getting smaller. Not sure what DOT has established for parking spaces but it seems like some places parking spaces are too small for a Smart Fortwo car.

 

Now that is a "problem"... I find myself parking way out back and taking 2 parking places all the time... Sometimes with my camper on 4 parking places...

 

I'd take either one if a truck with the features I wanted came up. I have a CCSB and have no problem hauling 16ft 6x6's, 10ft sheet goods, etc. (Admittedly, I'm not hauling those things long distances on the highway at high speeds though), and no problems with pulling the 5th wheel with a sliding hitch. The 48 gal tank on the LB would be nice. Not so much for extended trips since I typically don't go longer than 3 hrs towing without stopping for a break. But more so for just being able to hit up the gas station once every other month instead of once a month when not towing .

Only time parking was ever an issue for me was a parking garage in Grand Rapids. I would not have been able to get out of my spot if I had a LB. But I was only in that situation because we had just sold the wife's SUV and had to take the truck. The only other parking garage I find myself in is the DTW airport and it's no problem with the truck and probably wouldn't be either with a LB.

Wouldn't worry too much one way or the other on this one.

I do understand why there is a trend toward shorter bed trucks though as others have mentioned. Trucks are so expensive no 'n' days that it doesn't make financial sense for most people to have a $60k for truck things and another smaller vehicle for other things. Better to have a truck that is a jack of all trades for most people, and that typically means it being a master of none.

Heck, if we decided to get out of RV'ing and were done with the major property development projects, I'd much rather have an SUV such as an Expedition.

 

Went from a 2022 F250 CC SB to a 2024 F350 CC LB.... WOW. Ride is SO MUCH BETTER. And towing the 5th wheel is night and day. Parking can be a pill but oh well, well worth the tradeoff.

 

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I do understand why there is a trend toward shorter bed trucks though as others have mentioned. Trucks are so expensive no 'n' days that it doesn't make financial sense for most people to have a $60k for truck things and another smaller vehicle for other things. Better to have a truck that is a jack of all trades for most people, and that typically means it being a master of none.

Heck, if we decided to get out of RV'ing and were done with the major property development projects, I'd much rather have an SUV such as an Expedition.[/QUOTE]

With the wait times just to get an appointment for repairs and waiting for the repair,I would rather have a second vehicle. There is also waiting for the parts.

 

My use for my long bed only includes towing. I might use it once a month. A long bed is more stable with the longer wheel base, and I can park it just fine. The Ford short bed, with its 6'9" bed, is better for hauling a dirt bike than the hat shelf that passed for a bed on other models.

 

Im am very blessed to have a F350 SRW, F350 DRW flat bed
one F150 for wife & two Rangers.

Farm tax write off is the only reason we have 5 pickups & it sure is nice picking the right weapon for the job or when one is broke down, out of fuel or washed & raining outside.