Pickup Truck Beds

[TerryLL]

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My chebby van has a 14' bed, so there. I traded off my 2018 Tundra with a 6.5' bed, and don't miss it a bit.

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[SKIP KILPATRICK]

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Here’s the bed of my truck…..wait the bed in my truck!IMG_8562.jpg

[Nicholas Scheuer]

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One can tow my Albin-25 anywhere in N America. The other one can't.

[hawkeye54]

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As someone who used to tow a WW 2-stall horse trailer (with horses and tack) with a 1985 Chevy Cavalier, using a reinforced bumper hitch - perhaps the last word in #18 is better " shouldn't " , rather than "can't"

[Small boats rock]

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These were cool. '63 VW Double Cab Transporter
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Drove that exact model in my youth. Back then it felt like a totally normal car to get around in...

[David W Pratt]

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I've been whining for years that modern American pickup trucks are nothing more than
huge SUV's with a next-to-useless cargo bed.
My Jeep Cherokee with a utility trailer is more sensible than that giant truck.

One characteristic of Vermont is that there are so many people with pick up trucks you can own one with impunity, there is little to no risk that a friend will ask you to come help him move his (Fill in the Blank). A trailer, on the other hand exposes you to exactly that kind of risk, except the objects to be moved are larger.

[Nicholas Scheuer]

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As one who occasionally towed my 21 ft Dovekie with a 1.7L Horizon, I stand corrected. However, towing at 65mph while positioned between a pair of 18 wheelers would certainly suit one truck better than the other, eh?

As someone who used to tow a WW 2-stall horse trailer (with horses and tack) with a 1985 Chevy Cavalier, using a reinforced bumper hitch - perhaps the last word in #18 is better " shouldn't " , rather than "can't"

[Rich Jones]

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Horses for courses.

I have a Tundra w/crew cab because I sometimes need to haul a crew. And lately, I've also installed baby seats to ferry the bandicoots to school a few days a week. And I need a 6'+ bed because I haul sheet goods there while the lumber goes up on the roof racks. And I sleep sleep back there when I go solo to boating messabouts. And I own 7 boats, so frequently am towing a boat, not to mention clients boats going to the shop & back - which precludes a utility trailer. And a utility trailer makes it a bear to park somewhere while you pick up materials from the next supplier.

Not sensible at all. For me.

But I'm still looking for a slightly smaller version with a hybrid drivetrain... so it takes up less space and uses less gas. The latest version of the Tacoma, with crew or Xtra cab, and 6' bed, might just fit the bill...

It's good to see that this vehicle makes sense for you. Most people I know with modern trucks never use the bed.

As for owning 7 boats, my wife would say you own too many. It was the same with me.
I looked at her like she was insane. "Too many boats? There is no such thing as owning too many boats!"

[Jack Loudon]

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Horses for courses.

I have a Tundra w/crew cab because I sometimes need to haul a crew….. The latest version of the Tacoma, with crew or Xtra cab, and 6' bed, might just fit the bill...

Like David, I need back seats (big extended family) and a 6 ft bed; for lumber, sheet goods, small boats, and I just slept in the back a few nights ago. Photo below shows 12 ft 2x8s, plywood, sackcrete etc. One carport’s worth of materials in one trip to the lumberyard. I could use a bigger truck but don’t want the stigma

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[John B]

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These were cool. '63 VW Double Cab Transporter
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I remember driving my Kombi up a hill in Greece. I was overtaken by a nun on a donkey drawing a cart full of retsina.

[Nicholas Carey]

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My 1969 VW microbus had a higher payload capacity than a c. 1980 American-made 1/2-ton pickup or cargo van.

Fold down the rear seats in my old Peugeot 505 station wagon, and you could load it up with a stack of 4x8 sheet goods and close the hatch.

[Paul Pless]

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Fold down the rear seats in my old Peugeot 505 station wagon, and you could load it up with a stack of 4x8 sheet goods and close the hatch.

without damaging the carpeting, upholstery, plastic accessories, or headliner?

[Breakaway]

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My 1969 VW microbus had a higher payload capacity than a c. 1980 American-made 1/2-ton pickup or cargo van.

Fold down the rear seats in my old Peugeot 505 station wagon, and you could load it up with a stack of 4x8 sheet goods and close the hatch.

How did your VW bus manage that? The ones I have driven had difficulty maintaining speed into a headwind, or while going up a grade, even when they were empty?

Kevin

[Nicholas Carey]

How did your VW bus manage that? The ones I have driven had difficulty maintaining speed into a headwind, or while going up a grade, even when they were empty?

Kevin

Nobody said it was fast but it was spec'd at something like 2,200 pounds of payload.

[Todd Bradshaw]

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I remember going kayaking with a friend in his VW bus. Out on the interstate I noticed that the front wall on the outside was the same piece of metal as the front wall on the inside. Not much of a crumple zone.....