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Re: [RC] truck lengths - Joe LongOn Wed, 21 May 2003 15:18:59 EDT, LRN8554@xxxxxxx wrote: I'm wading in with my 2 cents worth. My best ridding buddy and I have identical trucks, except mine is the mid length, extended cab and hers is the full 8 ft., 4 door. Both Ford 250 Diesels. We trailer to the mountains here in East Tennessee 2 or 3 times a week and take turns pulling her 3 horse, slant load with the cab over bed and dressing room. Her truck is by far the more comfortable for the people riding in it and my truck is by far the best when the going gets narrow and the turns sharp. I can't believe the difference those few inches make in the turning radius of the truck. I will never buy the long wheel base because of where I live and the roads I tow on. Linda Norton I had a crew-cab dually with 8' bed years ago. Manuevering in tight places was rather a bit of a challenge. When we bought our truck and gooseneck trailer last year, my requirements for the truck were "super" cab (extended, not full crew cab), and short bed (also turbo deisel and 4WD). For the trailer, a tapered gooseneck. The amount of taper is mild (it's a featherlite w/camper conversion), but that's plenty to keep us clear on even the sharpest turns. No part of the trailer comes close to the cab at any amount of turn up to a full ninety degrees between truck and trailer. With a full eight-foot-wide, square-nosed trailer, we'd have a problem. Although there are offset hitches that can alleviate that somewhat. The high bed, due to having four-wheel-drive, is more of a problem. Our clearance between bed and the bottom of the gooseneck is marginal, we have to be careful when off-road. -- Joe Long jlong@xxxxxxxx http://www.rnbw.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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