Is it any less safe than a crew cab in a roll over accident? It seems so, but I don't see any help from the space backward in such case.

Another question I have is, how practical it is to sit 3 people in a regular cab with a shift stick there?

 

Don't plan on rolling mine, so not worried about it. I don't see why a screw would be safer as it is much heavier and the roof is not much sturdier. A Scab may be less safe, but again, these trucks are not prone to roll over.

I have the reg cab, with an auto, the person in the middle better be small. If you try to put three full size men in there, they better be 'close' friends.
Chris

 

I have a regular cab and I think the top would be at least as strong as a screw and stronger than a scab but I don't think it is a problemwith any of them.

Regarding the 3 people. The seats adjust back but the center armrest section is stationary so the space is limited there. The center works fine for a small person, car seat or the dog.

 

Great. Of course roll over is the last thing that will happen to this truck. It got very good ratings. So I'll get a base one and save myself half of that $27000 for a crew xlt. Good to find that the base model holds its value much better.

Still as a student, I can't afford to lose $4-5000 a year just to sit 3 more people once in a month. Planning to trade it in 2 years.

 

With my '04, RCab, XLT, Auto Tranny on steering column, I see no problem with riding 3 people for approx 40 miles one-way. Beyond the 40-mile distance it would be more mentally discomforting than physically discomforting. The mid-passenger can easily spillover a bit onto the passerger area for arm and body comfort.

In a roll over, which is so rare that it is hardly a consideration, I do not see a SCrew fairing any better than a RCab. In each case the roll over would have to be more to the forward part of the Cab. I doubt if nature can guarantee the equal distribution of stress upon a Cab top in a roll over. We are not talking convertable vs steel top here.
With a floor shift I would think you would want your own wife, rather than your best friend's wife to sit in the middle seat. And I am thinking Levis versus a skirt.

 

I don't think Ford designed the F150 with the regular cab as a forethought. More an after thought. Forget this vehicle being a 3 seater with a manual transmission - the Super Duty can easily sit 3 with a stick.

 

...and I'm thinking the exact opposite.

 

I would think the Supercrew is the safest in a roll-over, as it's the only model with a B-pillar for support. The "wide-openness" of the regular and super-cabs has to mean less support if one lands on it's roof. But like every one else has said: you'd have to really WORK at rolling any F-150 in the first place.

 

I am a big guy and I can get another adult and a teenager in the cab of my reg.cab 5 speed truck.It is not the best way to go,but it works.