When America was still strong and good a pick up truck had an eight foot
bed.

I would not own a pick up truck with a four foot bed like they are selling
now.

"RickyBobby" <nascar42 (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote

It's merely an option, Dick. If you'd prefer the full 8' bed, they are
certainly available. It's not like America's truck manufacturers have
dictated "no more full 8'x8' sheets of plywood allowed'.

I'd agree that a 4' bed in a "truck" is arguably useless - but clearly there
are customers for that design.

RickyBobby wrote:
Right, if a sheet of 4' by 8' plywood will not fit in it, it is somewhat
worthless. I have an old 1995 V10 Dodge long bed (bought it new) and
also a 2005 Dakota with the short bed. We can get groceries with the
newer one but that is about it.

Don

On Oct 13, 10:03*am, "Rod's work news" <rod.graml... (AT) ualberta (DOT) ca>
wrote:
yeah city-slicking customers that want the country look without the
hassle of having to back up an 8' bed, something we were all taught at
a young age driving dad's truck around the farm. 4' bed designs, i'd
have to look at honda's "truck" the ridgeline which is either a shitty
excuse for a truck or one hell of an ugly suv. An as much as i love
the chevy avalanche (didn't originally but the 2010 ones are nice),
they have no purpose or than to haul groceries

On Oct 13, 9:42*am, Fish <godwin.da... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
There are plenty of SUVs which are more spacious than a bitty pickup
with a 4' bed, plus whatever is stowed in the back is protected from
the weather. I can't see the point, myself.

N.

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:15:30 -0500, IGot2P wrote:

i can get 4 dead bodies in the trunk of my 70 cadillac.

On Oct 13, 12:13*pm, Nancy2 <nancy-doo... (AT) uiowa (DOT) edu> wrote:
yes i agree with you here, i had the option between a short bed s10 or
an suv and i chose the suv simply because it gave me basically the
same amount of cargo room with my rear seats folded into the floor and
everything is protected and locked inside. All in all though, if i had
the money for the gas i would've chosen a full size pickup, preferably
diesel; but i am more than satisfied with my jeep cherokee

deadguy3 wrote:
Heck, I thought that '70 Cadillac's came standard with 4 dead bodies. :-)

Don

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:25:34 -0500, IGot2P wrote:

cant beat that new-car smell.

"deadguy3" <mpv (AT) sakha (DOT) net> wrote

Do they require loading immediately upon meeting their maker, .... or will
that 70's Caddy accommodate them after rigor ?? See, that's the beauty of
the 8' box .............. time is not of the essence LOLOL