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How often do you use the full length of your current bed? Will the kind of things that you put in the bed of your current truck fit into a smaller bed?

I have the short bed and it suits my purposes nicely. I have no *use* for an 8' bed. If you really *need* a longer bed, get the long bed; if not, get a short bed. The short bed is much more convenient, unless you regularly make full use of long bed.

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You have a valid point, there, Rich. I will note the builders in my area all drive extended or supercabs with the short bed.

Plasyd

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I like an 8' bed because you can never have too much space in a truck. If you want to carry a tool box, you have little room left with a smaller bed. If you ever want a 5th wheel, the 8' bed is preferred. And if you carry lots of building materials and do a lot of dump runs, etc., the extra space will save you trips - which means it saves you time and money.

If you think you may buy a 5th wheel

I agree with X. Building materials are the reason to have an 8' bed. You can't do any good with a short bed when it comes to lumber, sheet rock, and the like. They don't make 6' sheets of plywood. If you don't ever haul building materials then you'll love the short bed.

I have a long bed supercab and I agree, it is a real pain to park. I drive it about 3000 miles a year. It's too aggravating to drive more.

Don't forget the larger fuel tank and better ride of the long bed. Parking is not bad in my CC as long as you back in.

Dave

A little off topic...but your talking my game sir! I tow a TT with my SC long bed SD and have a 2004 Harley ordered up for May and have been considering taking it with me when I pull the camper. How do you get your bike safely on and off the pickup?

-BunnMan

"BunnMan" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@comcast.com... : A little off topic...but your talking my game sir! I tow a TT with my SC : long bed SD and have a 2004 Harley ordered up for May and have been : considering taking it with me when I pull the camper. How do you get your : bike safely on and off the pickup? : : -BunnMan : I got a full size ramp from

pull off the tailgate and just ride up into the truck. Thenicest part about the full size ramp is that they're extra heavyduty and wide enough to put my feet down and ride upas slow as I want to.

You may want to reply in a new thread so we don't pull James' original post too far off topic :)

Thanks for the link, a bit pricey for me. The pictures do give me some ideas to help me fabricate some ramps to do the trick though! How does the truck sit with the bike and camper all hooked up? What model bike? My truck is a F250 PSD 4x4OR with camper towing package...and my bike will be a

2004 Sportster 1200C. Do you think it will squat when loaded like this with a 25' 5,000 lbs. travel trailer?

-BunnMan

My last truck w/ this combo was a '93 F250 4x2 standard cab. It squatted

2.9 inches and I used equalizer bars to level it back up .8 inch to make the truck level.