BillTheHiker
Senior Member
I plan to get shell model of either the AT or FWC and trying to evaluate short vs long bed version. I also have yet to buy the truck but am settled on getting a slightly used mid size, probably Nissan Frontier. To get a decent ground clearance I need to get the pro 4x and the long bed version is virtually impossible to find, and the same is true for the Colorado and Tacoma. I am wondering if I would find the short bed version too small. I mostly camp alone and do not plan to spend time in it other than sleeping and eating. I will use my portable Coleman stove, large water jugs with spigots and will make a built-in an ice box and use dry ice.
One advantage I see in the short bed is the shorter wheelbase will be better on those rough BLM, FS roads, like the ones I just drove my outback on in Capitol Reef NP -that pretty much resulted in my decision to get a truck. BTW, I do not like the full size trucks -they are so huge.
Any of you have a popup on a 5 foot truck bed and wished you had gone for the 6 foot model?
One advantage I see in the short bed is the shorter wheelbase will be better on those rough BLM, FS roads, like the ones I just drove my outback on in Capitol Reef NP -that pretty much resulted in my decision to get a truck. BTW, I do not like the full size trucks -they are so huge.
Any of you have a popup on a 5 foot truck bed and wished you had gone for the 6 foot model?