short vs long
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I like to be odd and i like the long beds. i wanna build a mild street truck and it'll be a reg cab long bed everyone does short beds everyone so i wanna be different. And i was always told if you can't fit a sheet of plywood or sheet rock and close the tailgate in the back there aint no use for it. Besides i love it when people tell me that my trucks the same length as a big rig and i whip in a small *** parking lot and back into a spot perfect and the people with the smart cars and prius's can't even pull into the spots, i just shake my head and laugh.
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For four wheeling, and off road, you cant beat the shortbox.
For hauling stuff you cant beat the longbox, unless you have a trailer, then that wouldnt be an issue.
I personally love this style of truck, both long and short box. I am building a shortbox myself, because they are a little more unique to find, a little more sporty looking, and I have a 2003 PSD, and a 1987 western star if I ever want a real heavy work truck, so I dont need a longbox in an older style truck! (in otherwords, my shortbox is gonna be used as a light duty 4x4)
For hauling stuff you cant beat the longbox, unless you have a trailer, then that wouldnt be an issue.
I personally love this style of truck, both long and short box. I am building a shortbox myself, because they are a little more unique to find, a little more sporty looking, and I have a 2003 PSD, and a 1987 western star if I ever want a real heavy work truck, so I dont need a longbox in an older style truck! (in otherwords, my shortbox is gonna be used as a light duty 4x4)
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Short bed looks great and gets around the woods better, but go by a job site and you will see nothing but 8ft beds. To me, a short bed is a toy, a long bed is a piece of equipment that gets a job done.
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You know though, in all honesty, at most work sites you wont see this era of truck at anymore either though. Sad, but true.
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Plenty of em' left around here........in fact most contractors around here who WORK their trucks seem to have mid 70s to mid eighties F-250s........little less guilty feelings about scratches and dents on old warhorses?
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