Short Bed Dually
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For the first time I looked at the powerstroke, crew cab, short bed, dually. It is really good looking truck. If I needed a dually that would be the one I would buy.
Ford did another thing right.
Rick
Ford did another thing right.
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Oh no, a long bed is much better for towing. With a short bet and a big fiver you run the risk of smacking the cab with the trailer on short corners. Thats part of the reason the turning radius is so crappy on the superduties.
The short beds are popular because people like the looks, and they fit into parking spaces better, but I just pull in across two or three spaces in my CC LWB. :7
BFM
The short beds are popular because people like the looks, and they fit into parking spaces better, but I just pull in across two or three spaces in my CC LWB. :7
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All depends on what you want. Supercab with short bed or reg cab with long bed is the same size. The supercabs with a long bed do not fit in any parking spaces, my subercab with short bed only fits in about half. Granted i do miss the longer bed when i am hauling lumber, etc
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I guess if ya have to worry about parking it ya shouldnt of got it. kinda like people with really expensive cars who park in the middle of two spots, if yr affraid to get a ding, DONT DRIVE IT, better yet maybe you shouldnt of bought it
6' beds are USELESS
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6' beds are USELESS
lets hope my posts are gonna breathe a little life into this site
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I just think the 6' dually really looks cool...and yes I own a Crew Cab short bed with a single axle and proud of it! I fact it is my second one. 
Or is it just a length deficiency problem....I think there is medication for it. ;-)
Short Bed Rick
Or is it just a length deficiency problem....I think there is medication for it. ;-)
Short Bed Rick
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I am a building contractor and the 8' bed went out with the high button shoe! LOL All major lumber yards deliver free of charge and if you give them enough lee way they will send a boom truck out and put the load in your back pocket. For the 1-25 sheets of plywood I might have misfigured I just let them ride on top of the tail gate.
People that go and pick up their own lumber with their 8' bed actually help pay the boom truck expenses that I get free.....So please keep buying those 8" beds so my free boom truck service stays free! LOL
People that go and pick up their own lumber with their 8' bed actually help pay the boom truck expenses that I get free.....So please keep buying those 8" beds so my free boom truck service stays free! LOL
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Usually I can get the same price that a home owner store like hd gets on my quotes. Sometimes I might pay .50 more per sheet.
Now the last house we did had 60 squares of roofing on it so that = 187-200 sheets of roof sheathing. We will just do the sheating in this comparison. Two men lugging the sheathing to the secound floor ceiling joist and then sliding them through the rafters= about a day and a half. This is a lot of money when you pay these guys 18-22 dollars an hour. I am not going to bother doing the math, but it is much worth it even at 1.00 more a sheet to have the material boomed to where you need it. The savings just don't come from the labor to move the sheathing, mose projects have a time line and those two men can be doing something else.
If you like an 8' bed ,great!
Now the last house we did had 60 squares of roofing on it so that = 187-200 sheets of roof sheathing. We will just do the sheating in this comparison. Two men lugging the sheathing to the secound floor ceiling joist and then sliding them through the rafters= about a day and a half. This is a lot of money when you pay these guys 18-22 dollars an hour. I am not going to bother doing the math, but it is much worth it even at 1.00 more a sheet to have the material boomed to where you need it. The savings just don't come from the labor to move the sheathing, mose projects have a time line and those two men can be doing something else.
If you like an 8' bed ,great!
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Can anybody help me out with this one?
I'm in the process of ordering a 2002 F-350 Lariat Crew Cab DRW 4X4 w/V-10 Auto.. The only thing is I want it in a short bed (6/34) but the dealer says that the only way to build it with the short bed is to order the Lariat LE option, which I don't want. Can anybody confirm this? If not can anybody provide a number I can call to further research this? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks
I'm in the process of ordering a 2002 F-350 Lariat Crew Cab DRW 4X4 w/V-10 Auto.. The only thing is I want it in a short bed (6/34) but the dealer says that the only way to build it with the short bed is to order the Lariat LE option, which I don't want. Can anybody confirm this? If not can anybody provide a number I can call to further research this? It just doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks
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Why anyone would need a CC LWB is beyond me, unless you have passengers and tow/haul all the time. How do you put fuel in it OR park it OR put it in a garage? You can't.
Is it even possible to do a three point turn in those things on a residential street?
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Is it even possible to do a three point turn in those things on a residential street?
1978 F250 4x4 - 351M
Don't crush them, restore them!