Long bed vs Short Bed - advantages and disadvantages
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- Crew Cab truck with long bed vs short bed. Advantages and disadvantages of each. I've owned, parked, and towed with each setup, in a 1-ton F350 Super Duty Ford truck. Previously with our 2005 SuperDuty F350 diesel, and now with our 2020 Super Duty F350 Godzilla 7.3 gas truck. In the video, I review 3 advantages, and 3 disadvantages of having the long bed in an already long crew cab pickup over 20-feet in length. The difference in wheelbase and overall length between the short bed setup and the long bed is only 16.2 inches. But it feels like more.
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The advantage of “keep the heck away from my truck so I don’t scrape your little SUV” is worth it! Most people kept away from my 2001 ram crew cab with 8’ bed! Great explanation and with all your toys it’s probably more of an ADVANTAGE than disadvantage. Really like that you try to listen to subs about content, you’re a great channel to watch.
Thanks! We love when we are given questions that make good video content ideas. I've noticed a lot of road respect for the larger vehicles disappearing. I can't tell you how many times small cars have pulled out right in front of me in the F350 - even when I'm towing the 12,500 lb trailer behind me.
But I do remember those days when the smaller vehicles gave my truck a wider berth.
Love the 8 foot bed, it just looks right. Need to lay flat a lot of 4x8 plywood & drywall. (Even my 2010 Odyssey can do that!) Somehow, the short bed always looks compromised for what a pick-up is supposed to be able to do. (For same reason, never liked the old quarter ton pickups of yesteryear.)
Thanks for watching!
I love my long bed on our 2500HD some camping trip I wish it was 12' with the kids bikes and stuff.
That's the truth! Lots of stuff to take camping.
Excellent video and comparison! 👍 And you're right, that 05 was sharp! I'll always like the look of the Ford pickups from that time period. Thanks for sharing, Chad!
That 2005 might be the only Lariat trim level vehicle I ever own. It was fancy and comfortable. But trucks at that level today cost more than I paid for my house! :)
Good Evening Sir, I totally agree with you about the advantages of having 8 feet long bed 😇👍👌 Cheers 🍻🍻
Thanks, Dave!
I love my long beds!! In my 1/2 ton and my 1 ton dually! Didn’t think I’d like them but I do!
I agree, Heath. I didn't think I'd like the long bed as much as I do either. I knew I'd like the advantages, but I wasn't sure I'd be comfortable with the aspects I knew would be negatives. But they're easily overcome with some planning and patience (parking, etc.) Thanks for watching!
@@PurpleCollarLife I definitely pick spots a little further out with the Dually but it’s usually only another 20yds or so. We’ll worth it!
I owned both a 2022 F350 crew cab long bed and a 2022 F350 crew cab short bed. The extra space is nice and the bigger fuel tank is also. I kept the short bed in the end and got rid of the long bed. We use a slider hitch for the fifth wheel to help with tight turns backing up. I was amazed how different the two trucks drove with one only being 16 inches longer but it is noticeable for sure. You can get a 58 gallon after market tank from transfer flow if you want to pony up the cash. Hauling long items on occasion would be nicer with the long bed but a flatbed 12 foot trailer negates that the few times a year I really need to haul anything longer than the bed of the truck. In the end it’s personal preference. The short bed crew cab is still a pretty long truck and still takes up more than one standard parking space unless you leave it hanging in way out one end.
You're 100% right about a CCSB - still a really long truck! When I drive the Ford Ranger around, I feel like parking spots are massive. When I'm in "the big truck", I feel like they're extremely small. It was the same in the long bed and the short bed. In addition to the parking spots, just navigating around a parking lot can be difficult. Prime example - the Walmart grocery pickup area has such short distance between the front row and the back row, that if someone parks in a spot across the row behind me, I can't back and turn out of my spot.
I looked into that tank from Transfer Flow - but it seemed like (maybe it's different now) it was only available for diesel fuel, not gasoline.
Thanks for watching!
Transfer flow came out with that 58 gallon tank only a little over a year ago, but as I stated, it's very pricy. Not worth it to me yet, for the few times a year that I have to deal with wiggling into a pump to fill when I'm towing. That's one negative to the gasser over the diesel, you can't go fill up where the big trucks fill up anymore when you have load behind you. There's always a compromise somewhere. How's the Transmission doing? Mines a little glitchy once in a while but have not experienced losing reverse like yo did. At least not yet.
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I have been debating this with myself… I would do transfer flow ( a friend did one on his tundra replacing the stock tank)… but from what I see TF only makes an in the bed tank for this… I would do it if it were under in place of the stock tank ( because I want to put a cap on the bed)
I have a 2022 f250 8ft bed super cab , it’s about 15 inches shorter than yours & it’s still a pain to park but I love my 8 ft bed & yes I pull a fifth wheel . The only thing you did not talk about is you only get the 45 gallon tank with an 8ft bed & a crew cab . If you have a super cab & a 8ft bed your stuck with the 35 gallon tank. I should have got the crew cab to get the 45 gallon tank . I got the super cab because I did not need the bigger cab & wanted to keep it shorter . Great video
I love the usefulness of the 8ft bed, but love the looks of the short bed.
I 100% agree.
We have such similar trucks and nearly identical last trucks.
Love my 7.3 and it's throaty sound, but to me nothing sounds better then a 6 Oh No.
Thanks for the video
Right on!
Great video I'm still getting used to parking my 6 3/4 bed coming from a 1/2 pickup.
Parking in some places is nearly impossible. I often drop Jennifer off at the door of wherever we are going, and then take the truck out to the end of the parking lot to find a wide open space. :)
I have a Ram 1500 crew cab, short bed. For work I've been driving a Ford F250 crew cab, long bed. Big difference. It's like driving a bus.
I agree - big difference!
Anymore videos of your ford coming? Still waiting on a follow up video on your 10 speed transmission
We've got some trips planned with the F350 towing the boats and 5th wheel this summer. That will be the test. We didn't have any issues all winter with the truck -but we weren't towing anything.
What about not getting a factory truck bed and picking out a bed that's flat or low sides, some even have stakes available for pockets on the sides to haul lose materials. Then you don't have to worry about crushing your factory truck bed. One place I worked got the bed on the truck then they hung them from the trusses in the shop (out of the way) so if they needed it they'd have it because the bed delete was like half of the cost to replace it. They have some pretty nice truck bodies available for towing fifth wheel and gooseneck trailers with nice tool boxes etc. Not sure if it would change the need for a long bed over a shortbed though. Did you get a camper that's winter rated?
I just finished watching your video on f250 vs f350 and this one because I've just gotten my first rv (GD Momentum 38.5ft 16,800 lbs gvwr) to live in full time. Ill probably be staying several weeks or months at time to start with. All my research aims me to diesel and in the F350 or a 3500. I have driven a 4wd Ram Hemi V8 1500 short bed for years and love it. Yes maneuvering is a pain but give me a backup camera and I'm good to go lol! Im on the fence about dually vs single wheel. I don't want to be cutting any of my limits (payload, gvwr, or gcvwr ) close. Id rather have room to spare. Yes the truck will also be my daily driver but i would almost swear the ford dually looks like the narrowest of all rear wheel axles hard to verify that without measuring each dually i see in ny park. Whats your opinion?
Thanks for watching our videos! If I were going to be full-time RVing, traveling long distances and towing often - I would go with the diesel too. And with your trailer size, I think you're on the right path with a F350 or a 3500 size. The dually does add some additional capacity to the truck - but does have some drawbacks too (width, extra tires). I've never owned a dually - so I can't speak to the differences between the SRW and DRW setup as far as driving and towing.
I did test drive both F350 and F450 dually trucks before eventually picking this one. Since this single-rear wheel setup could handle our 5th wheel within it's payload capacity, I ruled out the DRW trucks. They would not have fit in my garage without replacing the garage door with a wider door. This truck fits in as long as I fold in the mirrors. Keep us posted on what you decide and on your experiences as a full-time RVer!
Thanks for such a quick reply! Not sure if it was you or another video but how does going from short bed 350 to long bed for instance affect the payload capacity if any? You did say in this video though that you felt more stability than in the short bed? In your other video you did an excellent job of explaining the 250 vs 350 and I really appreciate how often you stressed that we all needed to verify the numbers inside the door and on manufacturer spreadsheets because every option seems to add or subtract from the truck ability. Too bad not many search engines or dealerships don't actually list all the numbers on their adds.
I suggest that you try to get a four-way splitting wedge that meets your specifications for the split thickness desired.
Thanks for watching.
You are very articulate in the way you speak, I like that.😉
Thank you!
Long beds are for work.. you can fit wood, drywall, tools, air compressors all at the same time. A short bed is for off-roading and you can’t really fit that much in it.
Thanks for watching!
Interesting -- QUESTION -- Can you go through a fast food drive thru (they often have winding pathways/driveways with raised concrete edges). Does it go through those like McDonalds and Starkuvcks and Bank drive thru?
Good question - NO - the truck and trailer won't fit through a drive through. In fact, they won't even fit through most gas stations. I try to always find large truck stations to get gas.
Do truck stops have gasoline pumps in the diesel area?
I own a 2023 F350 with the Godzilla gas engine. We plan on traveling with our new Brinkley 5th wheel Z3100 camper.
My concern is maneuvering my truck and 5th wheel camper near the gasoline pumps with the cars. Obviously the area for large commercial truck and large camper rigs have more maneuvering room.
We have found that this can be a problem. When traveling long distance towing the 5th wheel - not many of the plazas along the interstate have gasoline pumps in the high-bay areas. We have to really plan ahead. Thankfully - the long bed with the larger fuel tank helps extend that range between stops.
Hi, off subject, the hood deflector you have, what brand is it ? Any chance it can rub paint off the hood? Do you like having it? Thanks
That's the Ford brand bug deflector. Dealer-installed before we purchased the truck. It works great! I don't notice any rubbing on the hood at this point.
The long bed is fine, very useful. I'll be getting one in my new SD. If length is a problem (and it will be) then you should be getting a nice, balanced super-cab instead of some ridiculous 4-door taxicab bus anyway. 4-door taxicabs are for crew work trucks in industrial and rural areas and for crown vics. You won't see the supervisor driving one of those around.
And no, you don't get the extra size factory tank with a long box, only with the 4-door taxicab and a LB. But guess what? People have been using slip tanks for generations. A Tidy-tank will hold a heck of a lot more than 14 extra gallons - actually ten times that much. A couple of jerry-cans work pretty good too, if you really need to be dragging around so much extra weight in fuel. But I'd prefer to stop for gas instead, after driving for 5 hours straight.
A long box with a good cap on it holds huge volume, if you need to keep things out of the weather. Same deal with a tonneau cover, even a split one if you're running a gooseneck hitch. You can carry a full sling of 10- or maybe 12-foot 2x8s or 2x6s and keep it well-balanced and secure in the box with the gate down. Or haul a big bike with the gate up.
Transferflow offers a 58 gallon tank that mounts in the factory location if you want the supercab and want a larger tank....I think that would be a good alternative, although expensive LOL.
I have the "short" bed on my 99 F250, a long bed would have been great, but couldn't pass up the $4500 price for a 4x4 HD truck in my area is a damn good deal. The "short" bed is like 6-3/4 feet. If I recall when I measured it, it comes out to be 6 feet 10 inches so no too bad....I have an 87 long bed Ford Ranger which has a 7 foot bed.
Funny, I went from a long bed F-250 crew cab power stroke to a short bed F-250 crew cab 7.3 Godzilla gas. Did you use the slider fifth wheel when you had a 6’ bed?
We did have a sliding 5th wheel hitch. But it wasn't an automatic slider. It had a lever you could pull to allow the hitch to slide back, specifically for backing into a spot with a tight turn. I found that it was difficult to use - because when you slide the hitch back, it required the tailgate to be down so that the camper 5th wheel kingpin plastic shroud didn't hit the tailgate.
@@PurpleCollarLife Ah, gotcha. Thanks!
On a scale of 1-10, how much better is the ride quality from your old rig to the new one? Thanks!
Great question. It's probably a subjective answer - no scientific basis. But I'd say if the ride quality (when towing) in our 2005 F350 Lariat (with leather seats) was a 7 for a truck, our new XLT (with cloth seats) is an 8. Note - Jennifer disagrees. She says the old truck was more comfortable - mainly because of the seats.
Subsequent generations of Super Duty lengthen by almost 2 inches, so your previous truck in the Crew Cab, Long Bed configuration would probably be shorter by 3-4 inches, but it probably wouldn't fit in the garage anyway ;-)
I have a question: do you see any significant differences in visibility from the inside out between the old F350 and the new F350?
What do you like better... They diesel or gas engine? I know there are a lot of horror stories on all the new emissions with diesel.
It really depends on the use. If I were towing every day, I would go with the diesel. But with our use, I prefer the gas engine. We had a lot of issues with our previous diesel.
Everyone who get these trucks should get the 8ft bed.
Thanks for watching!
Big game Monday bills vs steeler who you going with
I am hoping it's not a total blowout by the Bills - but I do want the Bills to win without debate.
@@PurpleCollarLife overall would you have bought the 2005 f250 with a gas engine again ? I was watching some old videos and was just wondering because it did not sound like you we satisfied with the diesel
@@alloutdoors1277 - For our use - I'd definitely get the gas engine again instead of the diesel.
Thanks for watching!