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33 | 30.00% |
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69 | 62.73% |
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8 | 7.27% |
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Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Simple question. Just curious what the community has to say on this burning issue.
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Long, it's unique and I have even seen a 1 ton single tire one, when it comes to weight capabilities, the more the merrier!
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Short! They just look cool!
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Of course SHORT...because I have one
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Im sorry but IMO long bed stepsides should never have been made, sooo ugly
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Short bed for a cruiser, show truck
long bed for a work truck my preference short bed all day...
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Why did they even make long bed step sides, if you need the bed space of a longbed, why would you buy a stepside that cuts down the bed capacity so much?
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
long bed step sides look like fido's a_ _ IMHO!
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Looks good at 20-ft .....
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
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Think about trying to stack bales of hay into a fleetside around the fenderwells (I've done it, & it ain't so easy), or having to deal with a broken-leg cow after she fell down in a truck bed while you were hauling her, because of the darn fenderwells there in a fleet bed. Same "livestock hauling deal" with steel bed floors Vs. wood floors, I'd think. That steel's gonna be slick when it's covered with what the animals leave in there .......... These trucks were built for WORK. Remember when we (some of us) were young & out in the country, you never ever saw a pickup that didn't have a Knapheide brand wood slat "rack" about 5 ft high sides installed on the bed. That's what those stake holes are there in the bedsides for. Now we enjoy these trucks for their classic & nostalgic beauty, but that's not why they were built. |
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
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You can still slide the same object between the wheel wells of a fleet side just like you can a step side, you just have extra space in front of, and behind, and above them, that you loose on a step side. I've used trucks for my profession for years, and i always just figured people liked the looks of a step side, cause for work there a hindrance.
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OK, time for me to chime in .........
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And what you said about the space in front of the wheel well on a fleetside is exactly what creates the problem. In a step side you have a big rectangular bed with STRAIGHT sides. No wheel wells to hold up sliding your load out the back. As an example, I have a large property to maintain with a lot of trees. So I am always taking yard waste & branches to the landfill. All I have to do is drop the tailgate & push the load out the back all in one swipe. I'm in and out of there in a couple minutes. Other guys at the landfill with fleetsides & similar loads are envious of that. Having owned both fleetsides and steps, gotta say steppers are much better for what I use my truck for. As always, it is a matter of personal preference, and the owner's intentions for the truck. Personally, I like them all. ![]()
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Shortbed. To many the proportions are just more pleasing to the eye.
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
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You nailed it. That is the reason I took the plunge on my LWB C20. If it had been a SWB C10, I probably could have walked away from it, but something in me has always wanted a 3/4 ton or larger. Living in the country, there is always a need to haul feed, hay bales, fencing, animals, etc, and a long bed lets you haul more of it. Then there is materials, wood will not rust, or deform like metal, has higher pressure allowances, and simply looks better.
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
short...i have it
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
My granddad had a long step on his farm. That truck is the reason I'm into these trucks. I'm building a short step now. I love them both.
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
I have had both and both can be made to look great! Just depends how you do it..
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
Short! All the points being made about a stepside bed being better for farm work are probably valid (I grew up and worked on a farm). But, I "play with trucks" now (as the wife puts it), so I'm not too concerned about how many animals I can haul!
Bottom line: Long stepsides simply do not have very nice lines, they look awkward - that's the PC version. My version is they're just butt ugly!
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
gotta be a longbed...I can throw sheet rock and plywood or 8' 2x4 in the bed and just drive away
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Great thread so far. Keep those opinions coming.
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
I have never liked a step side until I saw a 9 foot long one. Those look good.
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
yeah the longhorn steppers are cool
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
long fleet, short step....
just my $0.02 Dano
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Re: Step side - Long or short bed? Opinions. What do you prefer and why?
I like em both on different rigs, long beds on a 4x4 tow rig or a work truck.
short beds on a light duty utility truck or a hot rod. |
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