Now think objectively here. Don't get defensive!

I think that of all the configurations of the Super Duty, the F250, PSD, Short bed, Short Box has to be one of the most "useless" (I use this term loosely) configs made.....[font size=5]BUT[/font size] they are the most common configuration I see around here. Most are virtually spotless, all have a hard tonneau cover, (some with wings ), no plows, unscathed hitch receivers and leather.

Now, I'm not trying to start something. I, above all, believe you should buy what you like! But, TO ME, it seems silly to have a truck with a little bed, a back seat that no-one can really fit into and an engine that puts truck right up against it's GVWR.

So what type of work is this configuration most suited for?

What is the lure of this configuration?

That said...if someone gave me one (or sold one real cheap), I'd take it.

 

the extended cab is great fer ppl like me who have alot of junk but no family! and the short bed is also good fer me caus i dont really haul much but i wanted the super duty. think about it monsta, how many ppl that actually buy a super duty actually need and use it to the full capabilities?


-nathan

 

i feel the same but about the engine....i am getting the F-350,c.c,long bed,drw,powerstroke 6.0L. F-350 to make up for engine but it is only 700 lbs. more and in this size truck who care's about 700 lbs. and i need the power have one in my work truck could not go back to gas ever again, plus the mileage, next c.c. cause i like to take poeple with us. long bed...larger fuel tank and i carry things.
next, drw....also because a truck this big in single rear wheel will not have the payload i need for a large 5th wheel.......so i am with you, but if i could have 2 trucks, the other would be a F350,super cab,short bed,srw,still with the psd. make it a bad 4x4 truck, to play with or drive aroud town with the c.c. for trips.:-X12 think i could have both....only in my dreams. but only one truck would have to be long bed ....don't like short bed's but for a play truck maybe.

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 19-Dec-02 AT 08:05 PM (EST)] The short bed, even 2WD, is great for hauling most common items such as tools (in tool boxes....I have three such boxes) extra boots, clothes, and more tools. Ordinary hauling of refrigerators, washers, driers, plywood and lumber (gate down), sacks of trash and sacks of groceries is as easily done as with a full size bed. Bad *** hauling is done with a bad *** trailer which the 2WD, V8 is perfectly capable of in the flat lands of Kansas. A work truck usually is a daily driver (when privately owned) and usually doesn't have many other people on board. And it sure as hell is easier to park. When my family goes along we use our luxurious Crown Vic! :-X12 And, by the way, you can do a whole lot more with it that that big can you're driving.....He He :+

 

I'm not guilty!

Speaking as an outsider to this issue.IMO,one potential customer would be a couple who used it to travel and tow.Plenty of towing capability but not too large.

My .02

 

my 2000 sd-sc short bed,v10, i personally liked how it looked compared to the long bed.the long bed looks ugly with anything but a single cab imo.i use my rear seat to store stuff,people have sat in the back maybe 3-4 times in 3 yrs.i do haul all sorts of stuff and would like the long bed on occasion.

 

I bought mine used. I got a real deal on it, paid $5,000 less than blue book. The guy was a VP at a major oil company and just one day decided he wanted a new truck. Told his son, who I work with, just get rid of it. I was disappointed when I found out it was a short bed, but to be honest It really hasn't been a problem. I own rental houses and I'm always moving washers / dryers, lumber, lawn equipment, etc. I always used my equpment trailer anyway even with my old long bed F-150. My truck is a daily driver to my normal 8 hour a day "real" job, so the short bed is nice in the parking lot. The short bed is real stable while towing my 26 ft Sunny Brook travel trailer, or my 20 ft. 10,000 pound capacity tandem axle equipment trailer loaded with a 5,000 pound tractor. If I ever bought a new truck I would get a long bed, but having a short bed is really not a problem.

GAV10 Mark

 

Ken;

I have the SD short bed I use to tow a 5th wheel trailer. I love it. I can still use it to haul anything I want, and I am still only as long as a standard cab long bed pickup. Its everything I need in a truck. That is until I can get my crew cab dullie, or the TANKA.

Jim

 

Can't talk for the short bed folks as mine is the long bed. But I can say something about the SC, kids are gone and the standard cab is too small. I drive my truck for everyhting, even the grocery gett'n. So when we go the store or something of that nature, it's nice to have a place to put stuff so it doesn't get wet or freeze. Not real fond of toppers, my knees are gone, and there way to vertically impaired to get around in. I should also say the girl friend has one of those little chev's that named after a beach, well it's way too small too, truck is the only way to travel.....
For what it's worth that's my two bits....

 

No family, anything that I would ever haul fits in the smallbox. I also like the shorter wheelbase... smaller turning radius, better breakover angle, etc.

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 19-Dec-02 AT 09:59 PM (EST)]It's for people that want a diesel P/U that can turn corners without having to back up... They work great for hauling goosenecks and fifth-wheels. The CGVW is still around 18-20K.

EX. 1-Husband & Wife, retired, No kids, big A$$ travel/horse trailer.

EX. 2-Solo Driver, makes a grand a week delivering big A$$ travel/horse trailers.

EX. 3-Husband & Wife Team that don't mind hotels, make 1200-1500 a week delivering big A$$ travel/horse trailers.

EX. 4-(this is an F-350 DRW SB) STRETCH the frame, add a sleeper...still handles better than a CC LB.

EX. 5-Loose the factory bed... make a "hauler" or a "welding" rig.

Travel to Elkhart, Indiana(The RV capitol of the world), You'll see every combination you can think of (and a few you can't).

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 19-Dec-02 AT 10:59 PM (EST)]Here ya go Monsta!

Here's what my short bed does:
http://hillhound.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/firewood.jpg
Oops-my bed and hitch reciever might be dirty!
http://hillhound.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/firewoodtrailer.jpg
http://hillhound.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/jdtrailer.jpg

Hauls my ATV just fine-perfect fit bewteen the wheelwells with about 4" to spare front/back:
http://hillhound.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/sdatv1.jpg

Only bad thing is the atv won't fit if I put a toolbox in the front of the bed unless the tailgate is down, which makes it nearly impossible to pull a trailer. I may look into a set of those boxes that mount over the wheelwells. There are occasions when a long box would be nice but then I just hook up one of my utility trailers and I have a 6.5' bed plus an extra 8' or 12' of trailer space!

As far as the smaller back seat area-I've have mine folded up most of the time with the floor covered with various items. To me the Supercab is just nice extra storage space for tools and stuff that can be used for hauling a few people if I need to. Actually had 6 guys riding in the cab (3 front/3 back) a few times this past deer season-it was fine for a few 1/2 hour rides. I have a 7 month old son and I put his car seat up front if it's just he and I riding but he sits in the back if my wife is in the truck with me.

The tighter turning and higher breakover angle the shorter wheelbase models offer come in handy for manuevering in the woods and fields. The tighter turn radius nice in small parking lots!

Happy Holidays/God bless! :-X12

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 20-Dec-02 AT 00:05 AM (EST)]Hillhound might have put it better than me but here is what my SB, Ex Cab, SD has dealt with in the eight months I have been driving it:
Travel trailers: 4900 lb Trailite between SoCal and Sandy, Utah, and a way heavy 30-year-old Airstream between LA and Phoenix.

The outfield fences from storage to the ballpark, (three fields).

Eight scoops of pea gravel, three scoops of sand, 750 bricks, 11 bags of mortar, forty concrete blocks, rebar, tools, etc.; The neighbor's bedroom set; One load of Christmas decorations from storage. Two cords of firewood and the bikes to the desert. No partridge in a pear tree, but I still have a few days of Christmas left. Oh yeah, hauled the boat to Mead, Mohave, and Havasu a couple times too.

Truck still fits in the garage.

Merry Christmas
Don :-X12

 

jeez Ken...

you didnt even have the ***** to post this in the diesel forum....where we could have smacked the dog-pi## out of ya.

Sometimes I think you have a classic PSD deficiency syndrome(perhaps stemming from the obvious) But then Yeti and the boys remind me you have "other skeletons" in your closet.

I got mine so I could haul your sister around. (especially the tinted windows)

 

>I got mine so I could haul your sister around. (especially
>the tinted windows)

I hope Abendx doesn't find out you been touching his girl!!!!!