View Poll Results: Do you call it a "Bed" or a "Box"?
Bed
79
87.78%
Box
9
10.00%
Other
2
2.22%
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Box or Bed?
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Southern Alberta
Box or Bed?
Around these parts, a "truck bed" is something in the sleeper compartment of a big rig. I have never heard anyone actually speaking to me face to face call the back portion of a pickup a truck "bed", only here and in TV ads.
In normal conversation, I say "box".
How about you?
In normal conversation, I say "box".
How about you?
Last edited by Ringo Fonebone; Jun 1, 2005 at 09:34 PM.
The Pacifier
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From: Cloverdale, BC
Originally Posted by Ringo Fonebone
Around these parts, a "truck bed" is something in the sleeper compartment of a big rig.
And it ain't a Canadian thing. I call it a bed too. And not just that. There's flat bed or flat deck, not flat box.
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Southern Alberta
Yep, I always remember them being "Flatdecks" until the Eagles came out with that song that referred to a "flatbed Ford".
But I wasn't referring to flatdecks.
Interesting, maybe it's only an Alberta thing
But I wasn't referring to flatdecks.
Interesting, maybe it's only an Alberta thing
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Always a Bed of a truck, if you have a camper shell then you got a camper bed,
Example I put boxes in the bed of my truck, but I do not put boxes in the box of my truck.
A box truck has a box, you know like a U-haul truck that is a box
Example I put boxes in the bed of my truck, but I do not put boxes in the box of my truck.
A box truck has a box, you know like a U-haul truck that is a box
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From: The hills of No. Calif.
Out here I've always called it a bed, as does everyone else. And that accessory that you can put on top of the bed, we call a Camper Shell. I'd never seen or heard it refered to as a 'Cap' till I joined FTE. -TD
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I use both terms. ie. If i'm telling someone to put something in the truck i'll say, "put that in the bed". If i'm describing my truck i'll say, " it's a 95 F-150 supercab short box". Don't know why, that's just the way i've always done it. Carl
