Love mine.

 

Its all about backing in to small spots. If you cant you shouldnt be drivin a truck.

 

Another vote for long bed here. I've had trucks all my life, never have owned a short bed version. Never will. I regularly haul snowmobiles and motorcycles and large loads of building materials and I can't imagine having to leave the tailgate down to carry my load, especially on a gravel road. For my purposes, a short bed would just be a very expensive very large car. Makes about as much sense as a highway tractor without a trailer.

 

LB= Practicality

SB= looks, manuverability

Personally, I have a 5x12 work trailer that far out works a LB when I need to load alot. I then disconnect and use my SB for pulling my trailer and loading enough to camping. Plus my bed looks great because I dont need to abuse it since I have a super long bed easy pull work trailer.Much better for Walmart parking, grocery shopping etc. SB for me.

My friend has a LB and keeps his shell on and pulls a little trailer like mine for real work or motorcyles. Takes him about a 1/8 acre to make a turn. NOT ME

 

Another vote for LB.

 

Real trucks don't have spark plugs or a short bed!!!

 

real trucks don't have a bed at all

 

A very good point!

Alot of good points. I prefer the short bed - even on a work truck. Two extra feet of bed space is not really much. I have trailers to do the hauling. The pickup bed is reserved for chains, binders, tow straps, tools and extra fuel.

 

The decision on SB or LB really depends on how you plan to use it mostly. I went with a SB after having a long bed for 18 years and I love it! I wanted the quad cab so the SB made sense.

But, for me, I haul a short slide in pop top camper that I can use to get out of the weather at the lakes in Colorado and I can easily drop the camper off if I want to offroad to a more remote trailhead. Dont even try to offroad with and extended cab longbed. It wont happen.

Parking in the city is a challenge even with a SB. I cant imaging a LB in a city.

For running up the canyon, I like the ride and performance of the SB. An yes, it fits in my garage

If I was pulling a 5th wheel alot I would probably go with the LB and a spare fuel tank of some sort in the bed.

Good luck on your decision.

 

SB here and no problems with the 5er.

Gooseneck hitch and offset adapter, RV2 by popup industries.

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Easy parking, manuverability, good looks, still plenty of room for the quad with the tailgate closed, and can get about an 85 degree turn. Keep an eye out on the tight ones and you'll be fine.

Wifes longbed (2001 Ford) always gets left in the driveway whenever we go somewhere, towing or not. Too **** long to cut into parking spaces in the parking lots here in Vegas, and forget about U turns.