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Originally Posted by Matt Man
Nice truck. I would like to pick up this body style but would prefer a 3500hd. But as you mentioned, it is hard to find a regular cab pickup now it is only me and my dog so no need for a 4 door.
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This one rides so rough that I would hate to drive a 3500 unless it had a couple or three tons in the bed. I did let the rear tires down from 75 to about 60 psi which helped a lot. I don't remember my 1973 K/20 riding anywhere near as rough as this pickup does.
It's kind of a pinch right now because we don't have the topper yet. Like yesterday after we bought the steps, I put the box in the cab when we both went into the ranch store. Probably no one would have bothered it (hard to even see unless you walk up to the rail and look down inside the bed) but I just wanted to lock it up.
But the plan is to build a full width 6' long sleeping platform inside the topper, and still have room for a footwell in the back by the tailgate. That's why we absolutely wanted an eight foot bed and did
not want an extended or crew cab in addition to the long bed. We had a setup like that up until 1990 when we traded the 71 pickup and camper shell for a Suburban because the twins were getting bigger.