Long bed vs short bed?

cool

 

DCLB FTMFW

 

Have fun turning! But this truck has a great turning radius to begin with I suppose.

 

Anyone who has trouble turning or parking a dclb probably shouldn't be driving a truck anyway.

 

You need to record the SAS on that same spot to compare! SAS is going to make that trail seem like the MALL parking lot

 

Bed bed.

 

I ended up getting the DCSB, even though I was sure I wanted the LB to haul stuff. The bottom line for me was MT versus AT. I traded in a BMW M3 for this truck and the drop in power from the M to the Tacoma was about 1/2. I figured I could still have fun by shifting at least. And of course I have my dreams of adding the supercharger at some point.

 

Short beds displace the weight distribution better... Because racecar.

 

Wow this thread was started a long time ago and still going. Here was my deciding points. I haul stuff on a regular basis and the 1ft is a definite bonus. I am stepping down in truck size from a crew cab dually ford f350 so this is a tiny truck for me. With the lift and topper the proportions look much better. In stock trim I think the DCSB looks a lot better and they do have their place. I think the DCSB is more practical for those who want to do some serious wheeling and who will occasionally haul something. I am very utilitarian so the LB made more sense to me and more appealing. Do you loose turning radius sure how much I'm not sure but I can get my truck into some tight places really easily. Learn to back into parking spaces and tight areas you'll find it's much easier in any length vehicle.

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-sos-report-the-full-story.348932/page-4#post-9337900

That thread alone is reason enough for me to never wheel a DCLB. I'll be using a DCSB for as long as I need a truck. If I need an extra foot I'll put the tailgate down, and if I can't fit something then, i couldn't have really fit it well anyway with a 6 foot bed. A trailer really serves me better anyway than a truck bed for large or heavy things because you don't have to lift into it, you just roll, or drag whatever you're transporting. Things like a heavy power washer, dryer, fridge, become one-man jobs instead of a 2 person job.

 

I agree with you that this trail is extreme for a long box as far as doing the switchbacks, but this trail is pretty gnarly for everyone, war stories for sure.
If this is what your doing then as short a wheelbase as possible is great. Most owners won't be doing this kind of shit your pants trail.
Anything half way normal a 6 foot box is fine. I'd like to have a bit more cargo room.
On Dirt Everyday TV they took a full size stock Tundra to Moab and did Hells revenge with stock tires. They go up it around the 13 min mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbwPmL11JI8

 

A long bed was a hard requirement for my truck. Need to sleep under a canopy with the tailgate up.

There will always be a trail that a 6' bed can't handle, just as there will always be a road that a 5' bed can't handle; everything has limits.

Understand what you require and accept the limits that accompany those requirements, and you'll be one happy wheeler.