Love my 6.5ft Supercrew.............

 

I personally like the 5.5, that is what I have, if you need more room for stuff, get the 6.5.......

 

the ability to park anywhere, have better turning radius the 5.5' is the only way to go. if you load a lot of material and dont mind the turning radius then 6.5' is the way to go.
my last rig was a F250 SC w/ a 8' bed, I don't miss it at all.

 

Ask 9 Attorneys and you can probably get 12 opinions!

 

I would say 6.5, It does look good & gives you 1ft extra room.

 

shear looks I would have to say the 5.5 looks better... but I can't see getting such a short bed.. might as well have a sport trac... so I got the 6.5 bed on my screw. I think the 6.5 does look better lifted.. still not as good as a 5.5 And the turning radius isn't THAT much bigger with the 6.5 bed.

 

I got bored, and it looks like Photobucket shrank my pic by a lot... If you want to see it fullsize then right click - save as, and then once you have it resize it from 349x799 to 969x2220. But even if you do that it will be blurry...

It goes 5.5, 6.5, 8ft. Sorry for the good lookin trucks that ended up butchered..



-TJ

 

Six Point Five.

 

6.5 here, didn't even consider a 5.5.....and parking it really isn't hard...

 

I think the 6.5 makes the SCREW look proportional..... the bigger cab needs the longer bed to look right IMO

 

Yep you hit it right on the head. The 5.5 bed makes the truck look pushed together. The front of the truck is not in proportion with the back. It really does look more like a sport trac. And as for the load the extra foot makes for a lot more room. As for the turning, you have to be kidding me you bought a truck. If you are worried about your turn radius you should have bought a foreign truck or no truck at all.

 

Real full-sized trucks start at 6.5' and go up from there (8.0'). The 5.5' is not properly proportionate to the cab. The 5.5" looks like it got cut off. As far as turning diameter and parking, if you have to think about this you shouldn't be driving a truck. If you have problems parking in the garage, this is poor planning and you should obtain a garage that is room enough to properly store your truck. At least with a 6.5' bed you can put the tail gate down and still haul plywood with out it sticking over the edge.

 

Wow, quite ignorant. 4x8 sheet hang off by <6" with the 5.5' bed. Big deal. Tailgate down for 5.5' or 6.5' bed, who cares is it hangs off by 6"? No difference in payload capacity, actually, lower for the 6.5' bed sicne the springs/GVWR is the same.

If a 12" longer wheelbase means an already 3-point turn now means a 5 point turn to get into normal parking places, how is that not a factor? The occasional 3-point turn is something I'm willing to handle for the capabilities of a pickup and carry a family. If you can find me another vehicle that can carry 1600 pounds of payload including 5 adults with shorter turning diameter than a crew cab pickup, let me know.

So if everything else about a house is great and the garage is 21 foot deep, I should buy an inferior house/land because the onlything better is garage? One truck fits and the other doesn't. Everyone should build their own home and appropriate garage?

I've had over 2500 pounds in my 5.5' bed. How is the 6.5' bed better? It's shape allows for some items to fit with the tailgate up that would not in the 5.5' bed. If that's common for someone, then the 6.5' bed should be considered. Otherwise, weight is the same and tailgate down means 10' or 12' cargo hangs off. Who cares by how much?

Life is about compromise. I'd love an 8' bed, but the I use the rear seat every day. And having both in something like a Superduty means I could not park in any single parking space.

 

Good lord! That's a lota lovin!

 

I dont know what I have ( Seriously) but whatever I do have, is the one I like.