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Old 01-28-2005, 09:27 AM
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what exactly is the length of a short bed? is it the 6.5 feet long or is there something shorter? all i can find is 6.5 feet long beds or extended cabs with short beds.

there are a few 6.5 regular beds around here but they are very very rare. almost all regular cabs are long beds.
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Originally Posted by jeremys
what exactly is the length of a short bed? is it the 6.5 feet long or is there something shorter? all i can find is 6.5 feet long beds or extended cabs with short beds.

there are a few 6.5 regular beds around here but they are very very rare. almost all regular cabs are long beds.

yeah the 6 footer is the short bed and yes rcsb's are rare

there is a shorter bed for the crew cabs but you cant get it with the rc. just bite the bullet order exactly what you want and wait the 2 months to get it
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the bed sizes are : 5'8" for the crew cab 1500 only, 6'6" for the regular short box trucks, and 8' for the long box. we have quite a few regular cab short box trucks just sitting around at work, seems like they'd be easy to find. where are you located?
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RCSB's are (surprisingly) quite rare here in Massacusetts. So aren't 2wd's.
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I had to special order mine.
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When I got mine there were a few RCSBs on the lot (used, non- Chevy dealer), but I see them quite often up here actualy. As for 2WDs, they def. are rare in New England, for good reason
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Our dealers don't even bring 2wd trucks in. Only way to get one would be to order it.
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I was lucky to find mine. I really wanted a different color, but I knew that would mean ordering one. Oddly enough, the salesman had the truck for a while because no one wanted to pay for the 5.3 option. They all wanted 4.8's.
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Come to the west coast, they are all over the place
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we used to only have work truck regular cabs here at work, but i've pushed our sales manager into having better stuff. we usually have a few 5.3 2wd rcsb's with 3.73's and G80's and one or two of them will have add on's like corsa exhaust, carriage works grille, series 77 k and n, different wheels, etc. a good dealer will stock trucks like that and 4x4's with the same except 4.10's.


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