Check out our "Must Have" video about what we were looking for in our new truck. th-cam.com/video/pdNEBD7Ao00/w-d-xo.html And here's a playlist with lots of videos about our F350 Super Duty. th-cam.com/play/PLJy7cj0ut2cAX9GxlZywZ8KrL0oeMkGFj.html
The advantage of “keep the heck away from my truck so I don’t scrape your little SUV” is worth it! Most people kept away from my 2001 ram crew cab with 8’ bed! Great explanation and with all your toys it’s probably more of an ADVANTAGE than disadvantage. Really like that you try to listen to subs about content, you’re a great channel to watch.
Thanks! We love when we are given questions that make good video content ideas. I've noticed a lot of road respect for the larger vehicles disappearing. I can't tell you how many times small cars have pulled out right in front of me in the F350 - even when I'm towing the 12,500 lb trailer behind me. But I do remember those days when the smaller vehicles gave my truck a wider berth.
Always had longbeds. It wasnt bad until we went to a full crewcab four door. At 60 I will probably stay with longbeds for the reasons you stated. I might go to a gas engine though
Thanks for sharing your experience - the long bed was definitely something we really debated about when searching for this truck! The advantages certainly are nice. But it does feel somewhat like driving around a school bus. :)
I owned both a 2022 F350 crew cab long bed and a 2022 F350 crew cab short bed. The extra space is nice and the bigger fuel tank is also. I kept the short bed in the end and got rid of the long bed. We use a slider hitch for the fifth wheel to help with tight turns backing up. I was amazed how different the two trucks drove with one only being 16 inches longer but it is noticeable for sure. You can get a 58 gallon after market tank from transfer flow if you want to pony up the cash. Hauling long items on occasion would be nicer with the long bed but a flatbed 12 foot trailer negates that the few times a year I really need to haul anything longer than the bed of the truck. In the end it’s personal preference. The short bed crew cab is still a pretty long truck and still takes up more than one standard parking space unless you leave it hanging in way out one end.
You're 100% right about a CCSB - still a really long truck! When I drive the Ford Ranger around, I feel like parking spots are massive. When I'm in "the big truck", I feel like they're extremely small. It was the same in the long bed and the short bed. In addition to the parking spots, just navigating around a parking lot can be difficult. Prime example - the Walmart grocery pickup area has such short distance between the front row and the back row, that if someone parks in a spot across the row behind me, I can't back and turn out of my spot. I looked into that tank from Transfer Flow - but it seemed like (maybe it's different now) it was only available for diesel fuel, not gasoline. Thanks for watching!
Transfer flow came out with that 58 gallon tank only a little over a year ago, but as I stated, it's very pricy. Not worth it to me yet, for the few times a year that I have to deal with wiggling into a pump to fill when I'm towing. That's one negative to the gasser over the diesel, you can't go fill up where the big trucks fill up anymore when you have load behind you. There's always a compromise somewhere. How's the Transmission doing? Mines a little glitchy once in a while but have not experienced losing reverse like yo did. At least not yet. @@PurpleCollarLife
I have been debating this with myself… I would do transfer flow ( a friend did one on his tundra replacing the stock tank)… but from what I see TF only makes an in the bed tank for this… I would do it if it were under in place of the stock tank ( because I want to put a cap on the bed)
I agree, Heath. I didn't think I'd like the long bed as much as I do either. I knew I'd like the advantages, but I wasn't sure I'd be comfortable with the aspects I knew would be negatives. But they're easily overcome with some planning and patience (parking, etc.) Thanks for watching!
Excellent video and comparison! 👍 And you're right, that 05 was sharp! I'll always like the look of the Ford pickups from that time period. Thanks for sharing, Chad!
That 2005 might be the only Lariat trim level vehicle I ever own. It was fancy and comfortable. But trucks at that level today cost more than I paid for my house! :)
I have a 2022 f250 8ft bed super cab , it’s about 15 inches shorter than yours & it’s still a pain to park but I love my 8 ft bed & yes I pull a fifth wheel . The only thing you did not talk about is you only get the 45 gallon tank with an 8ft bed & a crew cab . If you have a super cab & a 8ft bed your stuck with the 35 gallon tank. I should have got the crew cab to get the 45 gallon tank . I got the super cab because I did not need the bigger cab & wanted to keep it shorter . Great video
I just finished watching your video on f250 vs f350 and this one because I've just gotten my first rv (GD Momentum 38.5ft 16,800 lbs gvwr) to live in full time. Ill probably be staying several weeks or months at time to start with. All my research aims me to diesel and in the F350 or a 3500. I have driven a 4wd Ram Hemi V8 1500 short bed for years and love it. Yes maneuvering is a pain but give me a backup camera and I'm good to go lol! Im on the fence about dually vs single wheel. I don't want to be cutting any of my limits (payload, gvwr, or gcvwr ) close. Id rather have room to spare. Yes the truck will also be my daily driver but i would almost swear the ford dually looks like the narrowest of all rear wheel axles hard to verify that without measuring each dually i see in ny park. Whats your opinion?
Thanks for watching our videos! If I were going to be full-time RVing, traveling long distances and towing often - I would go with the diesel too. And with your trailer size, I think you're on the right path with a F350 or a 3500 size. The dually does add some additional capacity to the truck - but does have some drawbacks too (width, extra tires). I've never owned a dually - so I can't speak to the differences between the SRW and DRW setup as far as driving and towing. I did test drive both F350 and F450 dually trucks before eventually picking this one. Since this single-rear wheel setup could handle our 5th wheel within it's payload capacity, I ruled out the DRW trucks. They would not have fit in my garage without replacing the garage door with a wider door. This truck fits in as long as I fold in the mirrors. Keep us posted on what you decide and on your experiences as a full-time RVer!
Thanks for such a quick reply! Not sure if it was you or another video but how does going from short bed 350 to long bed for instance affect the payload capacity if any? You did say in this video though that you felt more stability than in the short bed? In your other video you did an excellent job of explaining the 250 vs 350 and I really appreciate how often you stressed that we all needed to verify the numbers inside the door and on manufacturer spreadsheets because every option seems to add or subtract from the truck ability. Too bad not many search engines or dealerships don't actually list all the numbers on their adds.
Ha! I did exactly the same. f250 vs f350 then this video! LOL. I'm considering getting a LWB dually though. I know I'm probably in a world of trouble with that thing but I have other cars to drive for comfort and ease. If I have to buy a truck... I'm getting one that can do anything.
Love the 8 foot bed, it just looks right. Need to lay flat a lot of 4x8 plywood & drywall. (Even my 2010 Odyssey can do that!) Somehow, the short bed always looks compromised for what a pick-up is supposed to be able to do. (For same reason, never liked the old quarter ton pickups of yesteryear.)
We have such similar trucks and nearly identical last trucks. Love my 7.3 and it's throaty sound, but to me nothing sounds better then a 6 Oh No. Thanks for the video
Parking in some places is nearly impossible. I often drop Jennifer off at the door of wherever we are going, and then take the truck out to the end of the parking lot to find a wide open space. :)
Excellent video, thanks for putting it together, I found it very helpful. I need to replace one of my vehicles soon, and considering getting a new gas F350 7.3L SuperCab XLT SRW in the near future, equipped with what I need so that I can easily tow reasonably sized travel trailers or fifth wheels without a lot of drama. To do that I'm looking at getting the 8 ft bed and the factory fifth wheel prep package along with a fixed fifth wheel hitch compatible with the Ford puck system. My thought is to rent a couple of different size travel trailers and fifth wheels and see what suits us best before investing in my own trailer. Thanks again, best of luck to you.
Enjoy the vehicle shopping. And as far as the puck system - we love it in our F350! We’ve got videos about two different hitch types - the Andersen, and the B&W. We like both.
@@PurpleCollarLife true true. They have a 68 gallon one for the diesel longbeds. It would be nice to see them offer a similar sized one for the long beds.
The steering radius of the F450 Long Bed is the same as the F350 Short Bed due to the Front Suspension setup. Just something to think about. I would have gone with an F550, but they don't offer the King Ranch in an F550 and didn't want to search for a wrecked King Ranch and mash them together. Maybe I'll find one somewhere someday
I really considered a F450 due to that turning radius. But I had some concerns with the 450 - mainly the commercial tires. Here in the snow belt - I wanted the ability to put studded winter tires on.
Funny, I went from a long bed F-250 crew cab power stroke to a short bed F-250 crew cab 7.3 Godzilla gas. Did you use the slider fifth wheel when you had a 6’ bed?
We did have a sliding 5th wheel hitch. But it wasn't an automatic slider. It had a lever you could pull to allow the hitch to slide back, specifically for backing into a spot with a tight turn. I found that it was difficult to use - because when you slide the hitch back, it required the tailgate to be down so that the camper 5th wheel kingpin plastic shroud didn't hit the tailgate.
My trucks have been standard cab long beds but my next one will be a newer, but slightly used F-350 extended cab diesel with a 8’ box. From what I’ve seen I should be able to get one with less than 50,000 miles for around $47,000 or so and I can handle that.
Interesting -- QUESTION -- Can you go through a fast food drive thru (they often have winding pathways/driveways with raised concrete edges). Does it go through those like McDonalds and Starkuvcks and Bank drive thru?
Good question - NO - the truck and trailer won't fit through a drive through. In fact, they won't even fit through most gas stations. I try to always find large truck stations to get gas.
That's the Ford brand bug deflector. Dealer-installed before we purchased the truck. It works great! I don't notice any rubbing on the hood at this point.
What about not getting a factory truck bed and picking out a bed that's flat or low sides, some even have stakes available for pockets on the sides to haul lose materials. Then you don't have to worry about crushing your factory truck bed. One place I worked got the bed on the truck then they hung them from the trusses in the shop (out of the way) so if they needed it they'd have it because the bed delete was like half of the cost to replace it. They have some pretty nice truck bodies available for towing fifth wheel and gooseneck trailers with nice tool boxes etc. Not sure if it would change the need for a long bed over a shortbed though. Did you get a camper that's winter rated?
We've got some trips planned with the F350 towing the boats and 5th wheel this summer. That will be the test. We didn't have any issues all winter with the truck -but we weren't towing anything.
It really depends on the use. If I were towing every day, I would go with the diesel. But with our use, I prefer the gas engine. We had a lot of issues with our previous diesel.
Great question. It's probably a subjective answer - no scientific basis. But I'd say if the ride quality (when towing) in our 2005 F350 Lariat (with leather seats) was a 7 for a truck, our new XLT (with cloth seats) is an 8. Note - Jennifer disagrees. She says the old truck was more comfortable - mainly because of the seats.
Do truck stops have gasoline pumps in the diesel area? I own a 2023 F350 with the Godzilla gas engine. We plan on traveling with our new Brinkley 5th wheel Z3100 camper. My concern is maneuvering my truck and 5th wheel camper near the gasoline pumps with the cars. Obviously the area for large commercial truck and large camper rigs have more maneuvering room.
We have found that this can be a problem. When traveling long distance towing the 5th wheel - not many of the plazas along the interstate have gasoline pumps in the high-bay areas. We have to really plan ahead. Thankfully - the long bed with the larger fuel tank helps extend that range between stops.
Look at Flying J truck stops & some Pilots. Some have RV fueling lanes. Tye, TX & Lordsburg, NM are fav stop of ours. They're off to the side, usually close to propane & dump.
Long beds are for work.. you can fit wood, drywall, tools, air compressors all at the same time. A short bed is for off-roading and you can’t really fit that much in it.
@@PurpleCollarLife overall would you have bought the 2005 f250 with a gas engine again ? I was watching some old videos and was just wondering because it did not sound like you we satisfied with the diesel
Subsequent generations of Super Duty lengthen by almost 2 inches, so your previous truck in the Crew Cab, Long Bed configuration would probably be shorter by 3-4 inches, but it probably wouldn't fit in the garage anyway ;-) I have a question: do you see any significant differences in visibility from the inside out between the old F350 and the new F350?
I bought my first pickup truck 2 months ago, an 84 GMC High Sierra long bed. I went with a long bed because I couldnt afford the standard bed (everyone wants 5k to 8k for a rusted out parts truck now) and because I do general woodworking as a hobby. No more having to drive with pine sticking out the passenger window of my Crown Victoria. I don't plan to drive it more than once a week if that. I didn't even consider a short bed because ive seen how useless my friends and families short bed trucks are.
I've had that truck - a 2000 F250 regular cab with long bed. But with a crew cab, I have room for our dog, or extra passengers, or tools that I want to store inside.
Check out our "Must Have" video about what we were looking for in our new truck. th-cam.com/video/pdNEBD7Ao00/w-d-xo.html
And here's a playlist with lots of videos about our F350 Super Duty. th-cam.com/play/PLJy7cj0ut2cAX9GxlZywZ8KrL0oeMkGFj.html
I love the usefulness of the 8ft bed, but love the looks of the short bed.
I 100% agree.
The advantage of “keep the heck away from my truck so I don’t scrape your little SUV” is worth it! Most people kept away from my 2001 ram crew cab with 8’ bed! Great explanation and with all your toys it’s probably more of an ADVANTAGE than disadvantage. Really like that you try to listen to subs about content, you’re a great channel to watch.
Thanks! We love when we are given questions that make good video content ideas. I've noticed a lot of road respect for the larger vehicles disappearing. I can't tell you how many times small cars have pulled out right in front of me in the F350 - even when I'm towing the 12,500 lb trailer behind me.
But I do remember those days when the smaller vehicles gave my truck a wider berth.
A very good tutorial. Good content, no attempts at humor, a friendly and very knowledgeable host.
Thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it!
Always had longbeds. It wasnt bad until we went to a full crewcab four door.
At 60 I will probably stay with longbeds for the reasons you stated. I might go to a gas engine though
Thanks for sharing your experience - the long bed was definitely something we really debated about when searching for this truck! The advantages certainly are nice. But it does feel somewhat like driving around a school bus. :)
I owned both a 2022 F350 crew cab long bed and a 2022 F350 crew cab short bed. The extra space is nice and the bigger fuel tank is also. I kept the short bed in the end and got rid of the long bed. We use a slider hitch for the fifth wheel to help with tight turns backing up. I was amazed how different the two trucks drove with one only being 16 inches longer but it is noticeable for sure. You can get a 58 gallon after market tank from transfer flow if you want to pony up the cash. Hauling long items on occasion would be nicer with the long bed but a flatbed 12 foot trailer negates that the few times a year I really need to haul anything longer than the bed of the truck. In the end it’s personal preference. The short bed crew cab is still a pretty long truck and still takes up more than one standard parking space unless you leave it hanging in way out one end.
You're 100% right about a CCSB - still a really long truck! When I drive the Ford Ranger around, I feel like parking spots are massive. When I'm in "the big truck", I feel like they're extremely small. It was the same in the long bed and the short bed. In addition to the parking spots, just navigating around a parking lot can be difficult. Prime example - the Walmart grocery pickup area has such short distance between the front row and the back row, that if someone parks in a spot across the row behind me, I can't back and turn out of my spot.
I looked into that tank from Transfer Flow - but it seemed like (maybe it's different now) it was only available for diesel fuel, not gasoline.
Thanks for watching!
Transfer flow came out with that 58 gallon tank only a little over a year ago, but as I stated, it's very pricy. Not worth it to me yet, for the few times a year that I have to deal with wiggling into a pump to fill when I'm towing. That's one negative to the gasser over the diesel, you can't go fill up where the big trucks fill up anymore when you have load behind you. There's always a compromise somewhere. How's the Transmission doing? Mines a little glitchy once in a while but have not experienced losing reverse like yo did. At least not yet.
@@PurpleCollarLife
I have been debating this with myself… I would do transfer flow ( a friend did one on his tundra replacing the stock tank)… but from what I see TF only makes an in the bed tank for this… I would do it if it were under in place of the stock tank ( because I want to put a cap on the bed)
I love my long bed on our 2500HD some camping trip I wish it was 12' with the kids bikes and stuff.
That's the truth! Lots of stuff to take camping.
I love my long beds!! In my 1/2 ton and my 1 ton dually! Didn’t think I’d like them but I do!
I agree, Heath. I didn't think I'd like the long bed as much as I do either. I knew I'd like the advantages, but I wasn't sure I'd be comfortable with the aspects I knew would be negatives. But they're easily overcome with some planning and patience (parking, etc.) Thanks for watching!
@@PurpleCollarLife I definitely pick spots a little further out with the Dually but it’s usually only another 20yds or so. We’ll worth it!
Excellent video and comparison! 👍 And you're right, that 05 was sharp! I'll always like the look of the Ford pickups from that time period. Thanks for sharing, Chad!
That 2005 might be the only Lariat trim level vehicle I ever own. It was fancy and comfortable. But trucks at that level today cost more than I paid for my house! :)
I have a 2022 f250 8ft bed super cab , it’s about 15 inches shorter than yours & it’s still a pain to park but I love my 8 ft bed & yes I pull a fifth wheel . The only thing you did not talk about is you only get the 45 gallon tank with an 8ft bed & a crew cab . If you have a super cab & a 8ft bed your stuck with the 35 gallon tank. I should have got the crew cab to get the 45 gallon tank . I got the super cab because I did not need the bigger cab & wanted to keep it shorter . Great video
Good Evening Sir, I totally agree with you about the advantages of having 8 feet long bed 😇👍👌 Cheers 🍻🍻
Thanks, Dave!
I just finished watching your video on f250 vs f350 and this one because I've just gotten my first rv (GD Momentum 38.5ft 16,800 lbs gvwr) to live in full time. Ill probably be staying several weeks or months at time to start with. All my research aims me to diesel and in the F350 or a 3500. I have driven a 4wd Ram Hemi V8 1500 short bed for years and love it. Yes maneuvering is a pain but give me a backup camera and I'm good to go lol! Im on the fence about dually vs single wheel. I don't want to be cutting any of my limits (payload, gvwr, or gcvwr ) close. Id rather have room to spare. Yes the truck will also be my daily driver but i would almost swear the ford dually looks like the narrowest of all rear wheel axles hard to verify that without measuring each dually i see in ny park. Whats your opinion?
Thanks for watching our videos! If I were going to be full-time RVing, traveling long distances and towing often - I would go with the diesel too. And with your trailer size, I think you're on the right path with a F350 or a 3500 size. The dually does add some additional capacity to the truck - but does have some drawbacks too (width, extra tires). I've never owned a dually - so I can't speak to the differences between the SRW and DRW setup as far as driving and towing.
I did test drive both F350 and F450 dually trucks before eventually picking this one. Since this single-rear wheel setup could handle our 5th wheel within it's payload capacity, I ruled out the DRW trucks. They would not have fit in my garage without replacing the garage door with a wider door. This truck fits in as long as I fold in the mirrors. Keep us posted on what you decide and on your experiences as a full-time RVer!
Thanks for such a quick reply! Not sure if it was you or another video but how does going from short bed 350 to long bed for instance affect the payload capacity if any? You did say in this video though that you felt more stability than in the short bed? In your other video you did an excellent job of explaining the 250 vs 350 and I really appreciate how often you stressed that we all needed to verify the numbers inside the door and on manufacturer spreadsheets because every option seems to add or subtract from the truck ability. Too bad not many search engines or dealerships don't actually list all the numbers on their adds.
Ha! I did exactly the same. f250 vs f350 then this video! LOL. I'm considering getting a LWB dually though. I know I'm probably in a world of trouble with that thing but I have other cars to drive for comfort and ease. If I have to buy a truck... I'm getting one that can do anything.
Love the 8 foot bed, it just looks right. Need to lay flat a lot of 4x8 plywood & drywall. (Even my 2010 Odyssey can do that!) Somehow, the short bed always looks compromised for what a pick-up is supposed to be able to do. (For same reason, never liked the old quarter ton pickups of yesteryear.)
Thanks for watching!
We have such similar trucks and nearly identical last trucks.
Love my 7.3 and it's throaty sound, but to me nothing sounds better then a 6 Oh No.
Thanks for the video
Right on!
Wich one goes better?? Old 6.0 or new 7.3 ??
Great video I'm still getting used to parking my 6 3/4 bed coming from a 1/2 pickup.
Parking in some places is nearly impossible. I often drop Jennifer off at the door of wherever we are going, and then take the truck out to the end of the parking lot to find a wide open space. :)
I have a Ram 1500 crew cab, short bed. For work I've been driving a Ford F250 crew cab, long bed. Big difference. It's like driving a bus.
I agree - big difference!
Excellent video, thanks for putting it together, I found it very helpful. I need to replace one of my vehicles soon, and considering getting a new gas F350 7.3L SuperCab XLT SRW in the near future, equipped with what I need so that I can easily tow reasonably sized travel trailers or fifth wheels without a lot of drama. To do that I'm looking at getting the 8 ft bed and the factory fifth wheel prep package along with a fixed fifth wheel hitch compatible with the Ford puck system. My thought is to rent a couple of different size travel trailers and fifth wheels and see what suits us best before investing in my own trailer. Thanks again, best of luck to you.
Enjoy the vehicle shopping. And as far as the puck system - we love it in our F350! We’ve got videos about two different hitch types - the Andersen, and the B&W. We like both.
Just a heads up. Transfer Flow offers a 58gal replacement tank for the CCSB 7.3 gassers. Its pricey but also gives you a ton of range.
I just saw that about a month ago. That's amazing! You're right though - for 10 more gallons than my stock tank, it's quite the investment.
@@PurpleCollarLife true true. They have a 68 gallon one for the diesel longbeds. It would be nice to see them offer a similar sized one for the long beds.
You’ve had some nice trucks my man.
Thanks 👍
I wish Ford would put the wide stance front axle from the 450 on single rear wheel trucks
That would be great for turning radius!!
The steering radius of the F450 Long Bed is the same as the F350 Short Bed due to the Front Suspension setup. Just something to think about.
I would have gone with an F550, but they don't offer the King Ranch in an F550 and didn't want to search for a wrecked King Ranch and mash them together. Maybe I'll find one somewhere someday
I really considered a F450 due to that turning radius. But I had some concerns with the 450 - mainly the commercial tires. Here in the snow belt - I wanted the ability to put studded winter tires on.
@@PurpleCollarLife that is a common concern and valid
Funny, I went from a long bed F-250 crew cab power stroke to a short bed F-250 crew cab 7.3 Godzilla gas. Did you use the slider fifth wheel when you had a 6’ bed?
We did have a sliding 5th wheel hitch. But it wasn't an automatic slider. It had a lever you could pull to allow the hitch to slide back, specifically for backing into a spot with a tight turn. I found that it was difficult to use - because when you slide the hitch back, it required the tailgate to be down so that the camper 5th wheel kingpin plastic shroud didn't hit the tailgate.
@@PurpleCollarLife Ah, gotcha. Thanks!
I suggest that you try to get a four-way splitting wedge that meets your specifications for the split thickness desired.
Thanks for watching.
My trucks have been standard cab long beds but my next one will be a newer, but slightly used F-350 extended cab diesel with a 8’ box. From what I’ve seen I should be able to get one with less than 50,000 miles for around $47,000 or so and I can handle that.
Interesting -- QUESTION -- Can you go through a fast food drive thru (they often have winding pathways/driveways with raised concrete edges). Does it go through those like McDonalds and Starkuvcks and Bank drive thru?
Good question - NO - the truck and trailer won't fit through a drive through. In fact, they won't even fit through most gas stations. I try to always find large truck stations to get gas.
Hi, off subject, the hood deflector you have, what brand is it ? Any chance it can rub paint off the hood? Do you like having it? Thanks
That's the Ford brand bug deflector. Dealer-installed before we purchased the truck. It works great! I don't notice any rubbing on the hood at this point.
What about not getting a factory truck bed and picking out a bed that's flat or low sides, some even have stakes available for pockets on the sides to haul lose materials. Then you don't have to worry about crushing your factory truck bed. One place I worked got the bed on the truck then they hung them from the trusses in the shop (out of the way) so if they needed it they'd have it because the bed delete was like half of the cost to replace it. They have some pretty nice truck bodies available for towing fifth wheel and gooseneck trailers with nice tool boxes etc. Not sure if it would change the need for a long bed over a shortbed though. Did you get a camper that's winter rated?
Anymore videos of your ford coming? Still waiting on a follow up video on your 10 speed transmission
We've got some trips planned with the F350 towing the boats and 5th wheel this summer. That will be the test. We didn't have any issues all winter with the truck -but we weren't towing anything.
What do you like better... They diesel or gas engine? I know there are a lot of horror stories on all the new emissions with diesel.
It really depends on the use. If I were towing every day, I would go with the diesel. But with our use, I prefer the gas engine. We had a lot of issues with our previous diesel.
On a scale of 1-10, how much better is the ride quality from your old rig to the new one? Thanks!
Great question. It's probably a subjective answer - no scientific basis. But I'd say if the ride quality (when towing) in our 2005 F350 Lariat (with leather seats) was a 7 for a truck, our new XLT (with cloth seats) is an 8. Note - Jennifer disagrees. She says the old truck was more comfortable - mainly because of the seats.
Do truck stops have gasoline pumps in the diesel area?
I own a 2023 F350 with the Godzilla gas engine. We plan on traveling with our new Brinkley 5th wheel Z3100 camper.
My concern is maneuvering my truck and 5th wheel camper near the gasoline pumps with the cars. Obviously the area for large commercial truck and large camper rigs have more maneuvering room.
We have found that this can be a problem. When traveling long distance towing the 5th wheel - not many of the plazas along the interstate have gasoline pumps in the high-bay areas. We have to really plan ahead. Thankfully - the long bed with the larger fuel tank helps extend that range between stops.
Look at Flying J truck stops & some Pilots. Some have RV fueling lanes. Tye, TX & Lordsburg, NM are fav stop of ours. They're off to the side, usually close to propane & dump.
Do you actually need a crew cab or will a club cab suffice?
We like the crew cab for the additional passenger ( and Great Dane) space.
Long beds are for work.. you can fit wood, drywall, tools, air compressors all at the same time. A short bed is for off-roading and you can’t really fit that much in it.
Thanks for watching!
Long bed 👍
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
You are very articulate in the way you speak, I like that.😉
Thank you!
Big game Monday bills vs steeler who you going with
I am hoping it's not a total blowout by the Bills - but I do want the Bills to win without debate.
@@PurpleCollarLife overall would you have bought the 2005 f250 with a gas engine again ? I was watching some old videos and was just wondering because it did not sound like you we satisfied with the diesel
@@alloutdoors1277 - For our use - I'd definitely get the gas engine again instead of the diesel.
Subsequent generations of Super Duty lengthen by almost 2 inches, so your previous truck in the Crew Cab, Long Bed configuration would probably be shorter by 3-4 inches, but it probably wouldn't fit in the garage anyway ;-)
I have a question: do you see any significant differences in visibility from the inside out between the old F350 and the new F350?
I bought my first pickup truck 2 months ago, an 84 GMC High Sierra long bed. I went with a long bed because I couldnt afford the standard bed (everyone wants 5k to 8k for a rusted out parts truck now) and because I do general woodworking as a hobby. No more having to drive with pine sticking out the passenger window of my Crown Victoria. I don't plan to drive it more than once a week if that. I didn't even consider a short bed because ive seen how useless my friends and families short bed trucks are.
Everyone who get these trucks should get the 8ft bed.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching!
A real truck is a regular cab with an 8 foot long box, period.
I've had that truck - a 2000 F250 regular cab with long bed. But with a crew cab, I have room for our dog, or extra passengers, or tools that I want to store inside.