Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: Law Dog]
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10/11/23 08:58 AM
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They don’t make useable trucks anymore that a guy can easily work out of easily unless you’re 7 foot tall. ![[Linked Image]](https://trapperman.com/forum/attachments/usergals/2023/10/full-18408-191724-img_2853.jpeg) Trucks today are huge. You need a step ladder to get into the bed. I loved my old 87 mighty max, but I ended up selling it cheap to a friend that hit a deer with his commuter car and needed something quick. My 77 F150 has an 8 foot bed, and I lowered it 2", so it's pretty east to get into.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: OhioBoy]
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10/11/23 09:16 AM
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Green County Wisconsin
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2011 Dakota
2004 S10
although since Dodge marketed their Dakota as a mid size truck to not compete with the small trucks I guess technically it would be the S10
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: k snow]
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10/11/23 09:40 AM
10/11/23 09:40 AM
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Green County Wisconsin
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S10's never had 8 foot, they had a 7 foot bed. then I stand corrected , they called it long bed , it looked so long compared to the truck I figured it was 8
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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10/11/23 09:49 AM
10/11/23 09:49 AM
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k snow
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S10's never had 8 foot, they had a 7 foot bed. then I stand corrected , they called it long bed , it looked so long compared to the truck I figured it was 8 Yep, and the long bed was only available with the regular cab.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: MChewk]
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10/11/23 09:53 AM
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Central, SD
Law Dog
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I believe Toyota Tacoma has a 7 ft bed available. Yes my access cab has a 7 foot bed.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: OhioBoy]
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10/11/23 10:09 AM
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Green County Wisconsin
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I have an 88 s10 short bed as my little garden truck , my son ran me a bail back from the farm a large rectangular bail with it and it is a bed load and it wasn't even a wet bail just a very old dried out one for the garden.
he gets back with it and says well I can see why there aren't many long beds left , too easy to overload the short bed , every farmer around would have worked a long bead to death.
they were a popular farm truck here easy to work out of fixing fence or feeding bails especially the 4wd long beds
basically the side by side before side by sides
the chevy luv was another worked to death little truck
I stack mine with split firewood level with the cab then drive it right to the shed , very handy
I have the 5 speed
Last edited by GREENCOUNTYPETE; 10/11/23 10:10 AM.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: k snow]
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10/11/23 11:55 AM
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Yep, and the long bed was only available with the regular cab. Not true, both my '89 and '01 S-10's had the extended cab and the 7' long bed. I'll never buy another truck without the extended cab and a long bed with a liner.
Last edited by BigBob; 10/11/23 12:54 PM.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: BigBob]
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10/11/23 12:01 PM
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Yep, and the long bed was only available with the regular cab. Not true, both my '89 and '01 had the extended cab and the 7' long bed. I'll never buy another truck without the extended cab and a long bed with a liner. Interesting. I had never seen that combo. That would be a great truck.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: OhioBoy]
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10/11/23 12:41 PM
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Dont need a big long bed,just use a bed extender when hauling lots of stuff. Better than a trailer.
Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: DRF]
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10/11/23 07:23 PM
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Buck (Zandra)
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Just a guess but dodge Dakota My Dakota was a double cab which cut down on the bed length,I don't remember the length but it wasn't 8,check it wasn't even 6''.I had a '92 Jeep Comanche that had a long bed,it was either 7' or 8' long.
Last edited by Buck (Zandra); 10/11/23 07:31 PM.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: Law Dog]
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10/11/23 09:51 PM
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I believe Toyota Tacoma has a 7 ft bed available. Yes my access cab has a 7 foot bed. The tacomas long bed is 73.7 inches on the gen 2 (2005-2015) and gen 3 (2016-present). There is no option for 84 inch bed on any of the tacomas. I spent extra time shopping for the 4-door with a long box (73.7") and it was worth the wait....cant imagine dealing with the short bed.
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Re: What was the last small truck with 8' bed?
[Re: OhioBoy]
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10/12/23 12:04 PM
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My dad had a Jeep Comanche with an 8ft bed back in the day.
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