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all the 3/4 ton trucks I've had I went with an 8ft. bed. growing up on a farm gives you definite ideas what a pu should do.
if you can't close the gate on an 8' piece of plywood, you got something other than a working truck imo. course with the ext. cab it IS like driving a damned school bus specially in parking lots.
but I hear the guys on off road use, that's where my Taco comes in, it'll go down a path a wide azzed indian cleared out.