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10-29-2004, 09:58 AM
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beds or boxes
Just an observation. But I've noticed on here, and in magazines published in the states, everyone refers to that thing on the back of a truck as a "bed". In the part of Canada where I live Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,,,( go ahead try and say it) everyone I talk to calls them "boxes". Not trying to stirr anything up,, just an observation.
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10-29-2004, 10:08 AM
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I've heard bed's, i've heard boxes.
Mostly bed's though. That's what I call them.
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10-29-2004, 10:17 AM
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Beds, sometimes "box, but always prefix with "pickup" as in pickup box.
I've heard: Throw it in the bed Throw it in the pickup box Flatbed But never Throw it in the box. Flatbox Boxes belong at shipping stores, bags belong in grocery stores 
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10-29-2004, 10:20 AM
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This, is my BOOMSTICK!
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Throwing it in the box is good too. Especially on a nice cold night with lots of blankets.
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10-29-2004, 10:31 AM
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Around these parts, it's pretty simple. The "bed" is whatever's behind the cab of the truck, and "boxes" are what you put in/on the "bed".
- JK...Actually, I suspect it's related to a larger population of bigger/heavier trucks in common/personal use, like farms, ranches, etc. Many of them have "flatbeds", and calling them boxes just wouldn't work. Anyway, interesting question...SSOW 
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10-29-2004, 10:21 AM
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Stirred Not Shaken
I've always heard it refered to as a "bed" and a panel,burb or delivery truck in that area called a "box",I guess it doesnt matter atleast to me...
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10-29-2004, 01:53 PM
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you can put a box in bed ( rear of truck)
you can put a bed in a box (same thing) how about we call it a cargo carrying enclosure? but then again that wouldnt be right if you had already put a bed in your box. oh!, oh!, oh!, I got an idea! lets call it a bex. or even better yet call it a bod. I have a steel bod! ok, now I'm confused. what were we talking about?
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10-29-2004, 06:50 PM
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The trucks with a big box on the back are box trucks but the pick-up bed is a place to haul boxes.
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10-30-2004, 12:09 AM
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I have also noticed people calling truck caps "toppers"...very different from what I am used to as well.
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10-30-2004, 12:08 AM
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what have I started!?
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10-30-2004, 12:17 AM
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well i call the part on my truck a bed and the back of the ambulance a box
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