Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

Sysop · Oct 30, 2019

24x7 so it is on hand anytime it is needed?

no...

bcp · Oct 30, 2019

A 6' ladder and a saw can make a 5.5ft ladder.

Bruce

Sysop · Oct 30, 2019

That's a lot of work to fix a poorly designed vehicle. :laughing:

In all seriousness. I need a 6' ladder all the time, occasionally longer (for which I have a rack to put them as needed), to do the work my customers require of me. To cut off a ladder to fit the bed of a truck that can't fit it would be a poor fix for buying the wrong truck. To me, a truck is a tool, and like any tool; ya buy what is required. For me that is a 6'+ bed.

two_bit_score · Oct 30, 2019

Sysop said:
That's a lot of work to fix a poorly designed vehicle. :laughing:

In all seriousness. I need a 6' ladder all the time, occasionally longer (for which I have a rack to put them as needed), to do the work my customers require of me. To cut off a ladder to fit the bed of a truck that can't fit it would be a poor fix for buying the wrong truck. To me, a truck is a tool, and like any tool; ya buy what is required. For me that is a 6'+ bed.

I haul a lot of 8 foot stuff. Thats why I have a full sized bed.

Sysop · Oct 30, 2019

I occasionally need to haul my 8' or 10' ladder to a client's location, but that is really the only long stuff I haul regularly.

My truck is a rolling toolbox and stays very close to fully loaded all the time. There is room for me and my dog in a cab that has enough seatbelts for six folk (tight fit), the rest is tool and part storage. The 6.5' bed is full of toolboxes, boxes of cables, some other boxes of small materials, and my ladder; which all fit under the tonneau cover. Headache-type rack on the front of the bed and a removable stake-pocket rack for the rear of the bed holds any longer stuff I need to carry (up to a point, then I hook up a trailer).

BigBlue1 · Oct 30, 2019

Sysop said:
That's a lot of work to fix a poorly designed vehicle. :laughing:

In all seriousness. I need a 6' ladder all the time, occasionally longer (for which I have a rack to put them as needed), to do the work my customers require of me. To cut off a ladder to fit the bed of a truck that can't fit it would be a poor fix for buying the wrong truck. To me, a truck is a tool, and like any tool; ya buy what is required. For me that is a 6'+ bed.

You know, objects longer than the sides of a rectangle can fit into said rectangle diagonally... May save the cutting.

Sysop · Oct 30, 2019

Perhaps. It would be infinitely more difficult to fit all the other square and rectangular boxes and toolboxes in with it though.

BigBlue1 · Oct 30, 2019

Sysop said:
Not lots of the full double cab trucks. Many of them come with little dinky 5.5' beds.

Those shorter truck beds are still surprisingly useful. I had a Ram 1500 for 7 year with a 5' 7" bed and I never had a problem carrying anything that I needed to... And I used it like a truck. Surprisingly, not everyone hauls 4x8 sheets of plywood all the time. The 6' 4" bed on my 2500 also does everything I need. Oh yeah, and I own a trailer, because an 8' bed is just as bad of a solution as a 6' 4" bed for something like 16' lumber.

And remember, not everyone is manly enough to be able to handle a truck with an 8' bed. Takes some pretty serious testosterone levels to own one of those vehicles. The rest of us can only hope to evoke that image. :sarcastic:

For every one person who shakes their head at other folks driving a crew-cab pickup with a 6.5' box there is another one shaking their head at the guy with the extended cab truck with 8' box that can't park it for $h1t and it hangs out 3' into the parking lot lane.

herm0016 · Oct 30, 2019

duramaxsky said:
My 6 1/2' bed extended cab works well for me. Last one was a long bed. Barley fit in the garage. I have 2 trailers if I need to haul something long.

yep. i have a 6.5 bed 4 door. Needed the 4 door to fit all the dogs in the cab in the winter!.

6.5 is a good size for me. long stuff goes on a trailer. 16 foot lumber in an 8 foot bed just as much as a 6.5.

fruitcakesa · Oct 30, 2019

Sold my 95 Cummins Dodge Regular Cab w/8 foot box five years ago [after it was so rusty it would not pass inspection without more work than I was willing or able to do] and bought a 5 x 10 utility trailer to tow behind my VW turbodiesel wagon. Rated at 2990 lbs, it handles anything I need to haul.
Since I don't have any commercial activities that requires a full time truck this has been a perfect solution plus no expensive yearly registration, insurance and inspection.
My testosterone has not been troubled by no truck ownership and the VW is a blast to drive.

groundcover · Oct 30, 2019

Oh no, not the VW with the dirty dirty diesel!?

fruitcakesa · Oct 30, 2019

groundcover said:
Oh no, not the VW with the dirty dirty diesel!?

No, a 2004 just plain dirty diesel , pre dirty dirty diesel:laughing:

4570Man · Oct 30, 2019

fruitcakesa said:
Sold my 95 Cummins Dodge Regular Cab w/8 foot box five years ago [after it was so rusty it would not pass inspection without more work than I was willing or able to do] and bought a 5 x 10 utility trailer to tow behind my VW turbodiesel wagon. Rated at 2990 lbs, it handles anything I need to haul.
Since I don't have any commercial activities that requires a full time truck this has been a perfect solution plus no expensive yearly registration, insurance and inspection.
My testosterone has not been troubled by no truck ownership and the VW is a blast to drive.

I have trucks 2 that I use pretty often but daily drive a suburban. They’re way better for most uses than a half ton truck but lack the macho effect. I can haul an 8 foot ladder or a full sheet of plywood with the glass closed. All of my tools are dry and relatively secure. I can haul a pretty limited amount of 16 foot material. For stuff that won’t fit a trailer is usually the better choice anyway. You can load way heavier stuff without help or equipment vs loading in a pickup bed and the securement opinions are way better. A little single axel 5x8 trailer will haul more in weight and volume than a half ton truck bed and is way easier to load.

3Ts · Oct 30, 2019

About the pickup truck discussion:
One of the guys in the building where I worked drove 1 hour to work each way each day. He decided he needed a new vehicle and bought an F350 dually with all the bells and whistles. ??? He was a computer engineer so he didn't need it for work, so I asked him what he hauled with it. "Nothing" Well, why'd you buy such a big truck just for commuting? "Because I can".
So, It's not something I'd do, but it pointed out to me that each of us have different desires and priorities and it doesn't make it right or wrong. If someone can afford it they can do what they want.

aeblank · Oct 30, 2019

I have a 2500 diesel. Sucks for daily driving. My seasonal road is crap this time of year and it's been in regen for 3 days since my commute is so short...

If only the 2nd car would get done at the garage.....

dragoneggs · Oct 31, 2019

My 2006 F150 Lariat supercab with 6.5ft bed has been pretty much perfect for my needs... comfort, class, towing, city driving, etc. Don't see upgrading or getting a newer fancier or bigger model ever. Maybe famous last words? Yeah would love more towing capacity but not the price tag of new P/U's!

duramaxsky · Oct 31, 2019

My 2003 2500HD diesel with a 6 1/2 foot bed works fine. No emissions garbage. Good tow rig. Good daily driver in winter when the Better are parked. I don't need an 8 foot bed. I like the extended cab. Pickups are not trucks anyway. Trucks have air brakes.

DMax82 · Nov 1, 2019

jk96 · Nov 1, 2019

Watched these two struggle to secure the recliner and lattice in the back of their truck with one strap. Solution apparently was for her to secure the chair by sitting in it and then strap the lattice around the chair. Passed them a few minutes later on the interstate with her, the recliner, and lattice all strapped together in the truck bed. Can't make this stuff up.

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