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03-19-2003, 11:47 PM
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Semper Fidelis
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what the?
What is a SWB stepside? SWB is short wide bed, right? If it is wide can it be step? I have seen a long step bed once but not a wide step bed. Who is off base, me or the posts I read?
 I need to know since I have two short bed trucks.
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03-19-2003, 11:50 PM
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racedvl's text above his avatar should have the answer you are looking for...
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03-20-2003, 12:11 AM
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There are many debates about this, but SWB does not stand for short/wide bed because what would a stepside be called then? Short/narrow bed? SWB stands for short wheel base, and LWB is long wheel base. So a SWB stepside is a short/step. Get it?
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03-20-2003, 12:11 AM
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short wheel base. wow, learn something every day. Anyone disagree?
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03-20-2003, 12:15 AM
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Read above my avatir. . .
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03-20-2003, 12:18 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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There are some people who disagree and will call a short step a SNB (short narrow bed) or a LNB...
even J.C.Whitney gets it right. I mentioned it once at the dealership while picking up parts and they laughed so hard it was embarasing. |
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03-20-2003, 09:48 AM
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I've heard it called.................
SWB..........Short Wide Box SNB............Short Narrow Box Lost some where in translations..........
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03-20-2003, 10:19 AM
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Not this again
 Did we vote last time over what people consider SWB and LWB to mean? What were the results? |
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03-20-2003, 10:23 AM
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If GM refers to Wheel Base as SWB & LWB, then its good enough for me.
GM also refers to bed sizes this way: -Short Step -Long Step -Short Fleet -Long Fleet & - Longhorns as Longhorns. Last edited by Shane; 03-20-2003 at 11:59 AM. |
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03-20-2003, 10:37 AM
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What would longhorns be...RLWB, Really long wide bed!
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03-20-2003, 10:39 AM
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Somebody actually wrote GM when this came up before, and they said it was wheel base. I would believe GM over anybody telling me it's "wide bed". Do a search, you'll find it fast enough.
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03-20-2003, 11:13 AM
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SWB does mean short wheel base. How ever I like to call mine a short wide. To each his own.
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03-21-2003, 12:43 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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03-21-2003, 10:27 AM
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Was there a longhorn step made. I have a book showing a 1 ton stepside with a 9 ft box and fleetside with a 8.5 ft box?
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03-21-2003, 11:50 AM
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its all about the +6 inches
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The step side wasn't a longhorn...it was just a one ton step side truck. That was the only bed you could get on a one ton untill the longhorn came out in march of 68.
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03-21-2003, 12:57 PM
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Around here we call short fleet's shortwides, and short steps stepsides. Long beds are called longwides.. Thats just how it's always been.
Now if I saw SWB somewhere I always knew it meant short wheelbase and also LWB long wheelbase etc. I agree, if GM says it's one thing I have to tend to agree with them.
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