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Preparing for the rural protesters, good for you. 
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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Is anyone daily driving a long bed Super duty or similar truck ? I spotted a used one and wondering if it’ll be a PIA to daily drive . Thanks Super Trucker. Get some stacks......
I am MAGA.
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Campfire Tracker
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The only issue I have found driving long bed extended cab Fords has been parking lots and parking garages. Pulling through or backing into a spot is fine. Driving into one nose first needs some planning and might take a couple shots to get in straight. I ovoid them like the plague. Pull through or back in. Depending on the parking garage height is a factor.
Parallel street parking is also sporty. Otherwise no harder to maneuver in traffic than anything else. Of course for close to 35 years I drove fire apparatus on the same streets so an extended cab long bed wasn’t much of a problem. YMMV
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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I don't even THINK about trying a parking garage... Around here, those are even dicey for a SRW CC short box, not to mention a LWB CC dually...
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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The new ones all have back up cameras. Mine doesn't but I installed a trailer hookup camera on the license plate that shows how much room I have back there. It helps a lot when parking.
If you get one, measure the height. Parking garages will often have a bar you drive under so you know if you're in danger of hitting something. Some have very little head room.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Our Indian casinos have higher ceilings than municipal garages. Also they are huge and you can usually find enough open spots to pull through otherwise stay on the street is good advice.
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Because it's a 450 - those have extended front axles, not only for the turning radius but for extra stability etc.. My '16 had that also, but I simply ordered that one wrong at the time..
I guess I meant are they longer/wider, so the front wheels can turn without hitting the frame? I didn't know they did that on trucks. Good idea though. My grandpa had a 7.3l F-350 DRW, supercab, 8' box to haul his camper as well. It was a damn fine truck but it did not like tight spaces!!
Camp is where you make it.
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A F350 CC 4x4 dually long bed is my daily driver, I even added a Ranch Hand bumper with a 15k wench to make things more interesting. The width is more of a hindrance than the turning radius, bit it's no big deal.
Life is good live it while you can.
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Is anyone daily driving a long bed Super duty or similar truck ? I spotted a used one and wondering if it’ll be a PIA to daily drive . Thanks Other than my motorcycles, this is my only 'daily driver': 2020 F-450 long box.. . Very easy to drive - and with the extended front axle it turns very short compared to the F-350... I just love it... ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/90YPVgdR/DSC-6952.jpg) Why didn’t you get the expensive one?
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Mines's an '08 2500 Ram. It's clumsy in town but on the highway you can sit back and relax. Lots of room in the cab and very comfortable to drive for hours. For a DD, when Mom gave up her license in '07, I bought her Pontiac Montana. It's got 200k now, still gets 22-24 mpg, and has lots of room in the back for hauling stuff as I have all the seats out. I'll drive it until something goes wrong that costs more than it's worth. ![[Linked Image from media.ed.edmunds-media.com]](https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/pontiac/montana/2004/oem/2004_pontiac_montana_passenger-minivan_base_s_oem_1_500.jpg) You’re a shoe-in for last place.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Campfire Kahuna
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Because it's a 450 - those have extended front axles, not only for the turning radius but for extra stability etc.. My '16 had that also, but I simply ordered that one wrong at the time..
I guess I meant are they longer/wider, so the front wheels can turn without hitting the frame? Exactly.. I didn't know they did that on trucks. Just on the 450s and up.. Is anyone daily driving a long bed Super duty or similar truck ? I spotted a used one and wondering if it’ll be a PIA to daily drive . Thanks Other than my motorcycles, this is my only 'daily driver': 2020 F-450 long box.. . Very easy to drive - and with the extended front axle it turns very short compared to the F-350... I just love it... Why didn’t you get the expensive one? Because... 
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Mines's an '08 2500 Ram. It's clumsy in town but on the highway you can sit back and relax. Lots of room in the cab and very comfortable to drive for hours. For a DD, when Mom gave up her license in '07, I bought her Pontiac Montana. It's got 200k now, still gets 22-24 mpg, and has lots of room in the back for hauling stuff as I have all the seats out. I'll drive it until something goes wrong that costs more than it's worth. You’re a shoe-in for last place. LMAO... That's really cold, man....
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Mines's an '08 2500 Ram. It's clumsy in town but on the highway you can sit back and relax. Lots of room in the cab and very comfortable to drive for hours. For a DD, when Mom gave up her license in '07, I bought her Pontiac Montana. It's got 200k now, still gets 22-24 mpg, and has lots of room in the back for hauling stuff as I have all the seats out. I'll drive it until something goes wrong that costs more than it's worth. You’re a shoe-in for last place. LMAO... That's really cold, man.... Nah, that's just the kind of insults you can expect from him. He gets his jollies from trying to hurt people. I just forgive him and forget it. He has to live with himself. I don't.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Campfire Sage
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Rock Chuck,
Joking about a mini-van shouldn't "hurt."
If it does, that's more your issue than my own.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
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Rock Chuck,
Joking about a mini-van shouldn't "hurt."
Agreed... 
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Campfire Ranger
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I love my beater long bed f250. It’s a single cab though. I’ll DD it for a bit, then the fuel bill hurts my feelings and it gets parked unless needed.
Never an issue getting around town or parking.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Campfire Oracle
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Nothing sissified about a minivan. We have one and it it’s suitable for a lot of reasons. Take the back seats out like RC did and one can camp in the hard-shell tent.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
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Campfire Ranger
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The heck with a tent I just sleep in the back.
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Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig around!!! This one really turns quite short - but that said, I still back into parking spaces so as to be able to get out easily.. But I've been doing that since my first dually in '97... Big mirrors and these tailgate cameras make it a snap... I hope these tires wear better than the last truck's Michelins.. Never had so much trouble with tires as I had with those damn things.. This truck wears Continental HD3s; I think they're 14 ply on 19.5" rims... Just changed a set on a 4500. They went 45k. Been runing them for ten years, we usually get 35k out of a set. But this was the first truck with an automatic transmission, which probably contributed to the longer life.
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