Deep bed
Tuned
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In rural areas and on dirt roads with a shell on the back and camping gear in the back that needs to be locked at the boat ramp - taking the tailgate off is not an option. Putting guides on the trailer helps some, but it is still an iffy deal trying to figure out exactly how those guides are moving in relation to each other when you can't see both of them well. Letting the tailgate down is a definite NO with both our boats' trailers - had dents in the top of my last F-150's tailgate to prove that point.
I'm just complaining I guess about the new design. Have yet to see any reason for the truck to gain so much weight and for sure don't like the deeper bed. I liked the 97-03 design better and still think a simple upgrade of that chassis with the new engine would have been a really nice half ton truck. I don't need the size and heft of our former F-250 and if I do need that again, will buy another Superduty.
I'm just complaining I guess about the new design. Have yet to see any reason for the truck to gain so much weight and for sure don't like the deeper bed. I liked the 97-03 design better and still think a simple upgrade of that chassis with the new engine would have been a really nice half ton truck. I don't need the size and heft of our former F-250 and if I do need that again, will buy another Superduty.
I`m glad mine locks.
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Vancouver, WA
Triton-ic,
Either your guy's are generous or mine are skimping on the bark dust. Anyway, 3 yards is what I supposedly get. I'm really surprised to hear negative comments towards the deep bed. Maybe I like it so much because I'm in the landscaping business. Besides hauling a lot away, when I go to dump yard debris, I'm charged less because the people there have no idea how much I'm actually hauling. I always dump a free yard. That's the bottom line.
In fact, I've gotten so used to hauling more in my F150, I built 8" rails for my 3/4 ton GMC so it would haul the same.
Either your guy's are generous or mine are skimping on the bark dust. Anyway, 3 yards is what I supposedly get. I'm really surprised to hear negative comments towards the deep bed. Maybe I like it so much because I'm in the landscaping business. Besides hauling a lot away, when I go to dump yard debris, I'm charged less because the people there have no idea how much I'm actually hauling. I always dump a free yard. That's the bottom line.
In fact, I've gotten so used to hauling more in my F150, I built 8" rails for my 3/4 ton GMC so it would haul the same.
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