75% of truck owners tow 1/year or less?

[LittleBill21]

I'm glad you did, but that doesn't make me feel better about being called a liar, if only indirectly.

I've never served either, but do know enough about vehicles in general to know about details like that. Easy for me maybe, since I've been interested (very much so) pretty much all of my life. Well, except the first year and a half or so.

I've owned a crap load of them, and learned a bit from every one. Including, but not limited to, what I feel they're good for...and more importantly not.

lol i was a mechanic for years and never ran across one of these or any of these terms. you took the comment too personally, I simply had no idea what you were talking about.

 

[ultrarunner]

Nothing found but only looked in car.

 

[Mud2Money]

A truck bed offers the ability to load from the top and sides. Can’t do that with a car or SUV.

That’s why I have a flat bed. I swear after having a flat bed I will never go back to a regular bed. Way to limiting.

 

[WinterDeere]

That’s why I have a flat bed. I swear after having a flat bed I will never go back to a regular bed.

But how do you keep the wife and kids from rolling out, when the dog is riding up front with you?

 

[Hay Dude]

That’s why I have a flat bed. I swear after having a flat bed I will never go back to a regular bed. Way to limiting.

I tend to agree. I like the looks of a pickup bed. Its a classic.
Where a flat bed is great is for gooseneck towing. I put tool boxes down the sides, to help hold in cargo and of course for tools.

I like some of the pre-fab flatbeds with tool boxes above and below. Really like the “Western” hauler bodies.

 

[paulsharvey]

lol i was a mechanic for years and never ran across one of these or any of these terms. you took the comment too personally, I simply had no idea what you were talking about.

There is some odd stuff out there, E450, K2500 Blazer, K1500 with a 6.5 diesel, a 2500 (not HD) with a crew cab and 5.5 ft bed (that had a Mex tag). Son has an 8 lug 6.0 gas 1500HD. 16.5" wheels on a SRW F350, ect. I have heard people refer to 5/4T but generally they meant F450/Ram 4500 types. Anyone remember Fords F250 built with a F150 body, maybe 1997? Or Ford 7 lug wheels. Anyone remember the Lincoln pickup, Blackwood or something.

 

[Mud2Money]

But how do you keep the wife and kids from rolling out, when the dog is riding up front with you?

Ha no kids yet. My f350 is a single cab. I swapped the bench seat for captains chairs. The dogos ride in the middle on the nice big flat floor space. I made sides for the bed. Having a 10’ beds the life. I’ve even stuffed the Harley rake on Infront of the gooseneck.

 

[Mud2Money]

I tend to agree. I like the looks of a pickup bed. Its a classic.
Where a flat bed is great is for gooseneck towing. I put tool boxes down the sides, to help hold in cargo and of course for tools.

I like some of the pre-fab flatbeds with tool boxes above and below. Really like the “Western” hauler bodies.

Yep eventually I’ll have this bed setup up how I want it. I’ve been looking for a aluminum saddle tank off a truck to put under one side for a fuel cell. I need new under body boxes. I put a nice box and chain rack in the gooseneck to hold most the straps and tools. I loaded the headache rack with rubber quick clamps for all my hand tools.

 

[Runner]

I tend to agree. I like the looks of a pickup bed. Its a classic.
Where a flat bed is great is for gooseneck towing. I put tool boxes down the sides, to help hold in cargo and of course for tools.

I like some of the pre-fab flatbeds with tool boxes above and below. Really like the “Western” hauler bodies.

Plus, you can always put wood sideboards on them if needed to keep stuff in place.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yes, you can