Buying 1st truck - advice on bed length

[spyder]

If you plan to actually use your truck for truck stuff, the 6'4 bed is barely sufficient and the 5'7 bed is near useless. If you can't park a truck with a 6 foot bed, you need to buy a car anyway.

 

[spyder]

Ideally, they'd build and I'd buy a Megacab with an 8' bed. That I would love.

 

[PetePA]

My personal preference from an aesthetic standpoint is the 5'7" bed.

From a utility standpoint, bigger is always better. There's always that situation where you wish you had a bigger bed. For me, 9" of additional space isn't enough added utility to justify. I'd go with 8' if that was available due to plywood and 2x4 sizes.

Maneuverability is also a small factor, though it can't be too much different considering only a ~9" difference in length.

Another factor is my ability to park the truck in the garage. These are nice trucks. If I got a tradesmen, then long bed. A Laramie, Limited or Tungsten? My preference is short bed.

In order of priority, for me:

#1 Aesthetic preference - 5'7"
#2 Able to park in garage - 5'7"
#3 Utility - 8' (if it were available on the trim I wanted)
#4 Maneuverability - 5'7"

There really is no situation where I prefer the 6'4" bed.

 

[devildodge]

Ideally, they'd build and I'd buy a Megacab with an 8' bed. That I would love.

Stretchmytruck.com

 

[Jmac509]

Even with the 8 foot bed, the bikes sometimes go in a hitch rack

You can still go to a 16' flatbed

 

[Pikeman_66]

I think we lost the OP.



Agree the longer bed looks good. Long and low land yacht.


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oh my, that would not make it through the snow drifts here. LOL

 

[Nightowl]

I bought a crew cab short bed. I wish I would have gotten a quad cad with a longer bed. But I rarely have anyone in the rear seats though.