Bed Lengths - are there more than 2??????

[hammersley]

My son is out of town - he just bought a new 06 4 door SHORTBED - not a megacan. We ordered a top for him and told the guy it was a shortbed but didn't mention that it was a 4 door. Can I assume that the shortbed on a 4 door is the same as a regular cab model or is there something special about the 4 door that would make the shell different????????? I mean is the back of the window the same etc?????

 

[KCJackson]

Yes, there are only the two beds. The short (6'3") is available on Quads and is standard on Megas. There is no way to get a regular cab shortbed with the Cummins (as much as some would like one) - that configuration can only be had as a 1500.

 

[madmax4688]

the older shortbeds where 6'6" and the newer ones 03+ are 6'3".

 

[jrobinson2]

What length bed do the 03 and newer 1500 standard cab shortbeds have? I thought they were 6'6"?

 

[HOODWINK]

i think theyre all 6'3". . standard cab nowadays

 

[klenger]

As far as I'm concerned, a standard bed is 8'. A short bed is 6' 3".

 

[jrobinson2]

I had someone selling a topper off of a "04 reg cab claiming the reg cabs had the longer beds like my '99 so it would fit my '99, looks like they are also shorter...

 

[GECCO]

There are two different lengths of shortbed. I don't recall the exact numbers, but when they changed from the suicide doors to the true 4 door the cab got longer by about 6 or 8 inches and the wheelbase only increased by about 2 inches. The difference came out of the bed between the rear axle and the cab.



I found this out when researching what truck to buy. Initially stayed away from the 4 doors because I didn't want the extra wheelbase, but when I found out the difference was so slight I bought my 05 4 door.