long bed or not?

[WS6]

You have to be careful with not only size by brand. For instance, Ford and Chevy are the only ones that make crew cab trucks with long beds(8'). Dodge doesn't make one. Their quadcabs are not full size rear doors. The Megacab doesn't have a long bed available. Maybe they've started to but in the 02-06 year ranges they don't. Then you throw the many different options in there for the 1500s across all makes and you can get some weird combinations. Avalanches have four full size doors but a short bed for example. Ford made or still makes a four door smaller than normal bed 1500 too. Dodge's lack of a long bed option and my dislike of the Fords is why I'm set on a 2500/3500 Duramax.

We have a "pool" truck that's a Chevy 2500 crew cab long bed 4x4. It's an older one and beat up but I honestly prefer that to the new F250 and 350s that we have. My boss laughed and said I couldn't have it when I asked. At 120k hard miles, the thing still pulls a heavy 5th wheel with ease and comfort. I'm sold on diesels because of that truck.