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Question on Long Bed or Short Bed...

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by Shig, Nov 30, 2020.

  1. Dec 1, 2020 at 2:56 PM
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    Shig

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    A shitload planned...
    My wife says I do... I call it "compact".
     
  2. Dec 1, 2020 at 3:19 PM
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    Hobbs

    Hobbs Anti-Lander from way back…

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    Yep…
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    As long as she is happy! ;)
     
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  3. Dec 1, 2020 at 3:25 PM
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  4. Dec 1, 2020 at 3:42 PM
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    A shitload planned...
    I never said she was happy... she tolerates well tho.
     
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    If you figure out how to make her happy, please let me know...
     
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  7. Dec 1, 2020 at 4:48 PM
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    A shitload planned...
    may never happen brutha... I'll be dead and long gone before I even remotely get to the 1% line.

    IMG_3570.jpg
     
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  8. Dec 1, 2020 at 5:39 PM
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    I've been divorced 10 years now. I get it!
     
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  9. Dec 1, 2020 at 5:41 PM
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    Tacoma nomenclature is very misleading. The two bed options are "short bed" or "standard bed" haha. There is no "long bed" option on a Tacoma.
     
  10. Dec 1, 2020 at 6:23 PM
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    What the fungus? Very misleading!
     
  11. Dec 1, 2020 at 6:40 PM
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  13. Dec 1, 2020 at 7:44 PM
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    I don’t see 8 feet anywhere.

    I can say my brother is short so comparatively I am tall. Truth is I’m barely average height.


    5’ bed is short, 6’(-6.5’) is just middle of the road standard, 8’+ bed is a Long Bed. Been that way since before us and will be after haha.
     
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  14. Dec 1, 2020 at 7:53 PM
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  15. Dec 1, 2020 at 7:55 PM
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    The two bed options for a Tacoma are, as you can see, a standard 5’ bed and a 6’ long bed. So there is, in fact, an option for a long bed - that being a 6’ bed.
     
  17. Dec 1, 2020 at 8:34 PM
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    You may have missed the point haha.

    cheers.
     
  18. Dec 1, 2020 at 9:15 PM
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    Never regretted going with the longbed!
     
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  19. Dec 2, 2020 at 7:02 AM
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    when i want to do "truck" things i borrow my dads 2500 with a 8 foot box, the 6 foot box is equally useless
     
  20. Dec 2, 2020 at 7:25 AM
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