gregrc75
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No kids here, just a golden retriever. Had a crew cab and then went to an extended. I hated it and went back to a crew cab. The back seats fold up against the backwall and I find I can carry some large stuff home from Home Depot or elsewhere back there. Almost as useful as the truck bed since I don't have a bed cover. Also, with the crew cab I have a power rear window that goes all the way down in the back. It is nice to use in the warmer weather!
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SoCalDesertRider
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I like my crew cab. I removed the rear seat and mounted a huge 5'x2'x2' tool box in it's place and still have some floor space in front of the tool box behind the front seat to store other items that don't need to be locked up.
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fla-gypsy
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donn0128 wrote:It all boils down to greed. Manufacturers discovered there is way more profit in a crew cab than there is in an extended cab.
Yeah thats an intelligent answer, there were two big dudes on the lot that made me sign the papers when I really wanted a stinking regular cab. Dang it did I ever get "took"
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jerem0621
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It comes down to market demand. I remember back in the 90's thinking... man.. you can't hardly find a nice regular cab any more, everything is extended cabs.
Now its a good mix of extended and crew cabs, regular cabs now normally have a flatbed behind it and is in work truck trim. Nice "optioned up" regular cab trucks are getting pretty rare.
That said, My family gets along fairly well in an our extended cab F150.... Believe it or not, the rear seat in my 97 F150 is much more comfortable than my FIL F250 Super Duty extended cab.
However.. When we upgrade trucks... I am sure we will get a Crew cab of some sort.
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With my first Dodge ram, the choice was quad cab or mega cab, and I didn't want a truck 18 inches longer. Now that my son has gone past the 6 foot mark, I sympathize with the space issue. I sat in a crew cab when family were out buying a truck, and decided the move to a larger back seat was due. Mine should be here in April.
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eye8Ubutler
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Crew Cab is more practical of course.
We pull a TT so we have our TV in a crew cab short box format, helps when in a mall parking lot where there are marked parking bays.
Caution to all.............
Some manage to use crew cab TVs when towing a FIVER.
However, if one still has any warranty left on the TV be cautious when taking the TV to the shop for warranty work....why?
Well, in the TV driver's handbook it might mention that said TV is NOT designed or constructed for towing a FIVER.
So, if ones TV is in the shop and the 5th wheel hitch is still in the truck's bed....some one might notice this and decline to complete any warranty work.
As far as I know only the Ram Mega Cab has a long box.
All other Crew/Quad Cab TVs do not offer a long box.
Of course one will see Crew/Quad/ Cab TVs pulling Fivers.
However, to my mind that is unstable because....
one should want to have the 5th wheel hitch in the TVs bed as far forward/ahead of the TVs rear axle as possible for the stability I would have thought?
With a 6' or 6.5' bed the stability would be questionable?
So in general for stability and avoiding damage to the front of a towed RV the rule is.....
Fivers = Reg or Ext Cab
TT = Reg, Ext or Crew Cab
Yes, some people use a 'slider' 5th wheel hitch in their TVs short bed.
That certainly helps avoid damaging the fiver's front end when turning, but still does not improve stability.
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mudfuel07
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eye8Ubutler wrote:Crew Cab is more practical of course.
We pull a TT so we have our TV in a crew cab short box format, helps when in a mall parking lot where there are marked parking bays.
Caution to all.............
Some manage to use crew cab TVs when towing a FIVER.
However, if one still has any warranty left on the TV be cautious when taking the TV to the shop for warranty work....why?
Well, in the TV driver's handbook it might mention that said TV is NOT designed or constructed for towing a FIVER.
So, if ones TV is in the shop and the 5th wheel hitch is still in the truck's bed....some one might notice this and decline to complete any warranty work.
As far as I know only the Ram Mega Cab has a long box.
All other Crew/Quad Cab TVs do not offer a long box.
Of course one will see Crew/Quad/ Cab TVs pulling Fivers.
However, to my mind that is unstable because....
one should want to have the 5th wheel hitch in the TVs bed as far forward/ahead of the TVs rear axle as possible for the stability I would have thought?
With a 6' or 6.5' bed the stability would be questionable?
So in general for stability and avoiding damage to the front of a towed RV the rule is.....
Fivers = Reg or Ext Cab
TT = Reg, Ext or Crew Cab
Yes, some people use a 'slider' 5th wheel hitch in their TVs short bed.
That certainly helps avoid damaging the fiver's front end when turning, but still does not improve stability.
Don't know what world you're living in, but my fifth wheel hitch sits right over the axle where it should be. That's the best spot for carrying a load. Ever pulled a trailer with all of the weight on the front or the back? It acts squirrely, that's why common sense tells you to load over the axle.
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SoCalDesertRider
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The cab size doesn't have anything to do with fifth wheel towing. It's the bed size that has to do with towing a fifth wheel. Super short beds, such as those 5 footers they put on some 1/2-ton crew cabs, are just not suited to towing a fifth wheel with. It's not the cab that's the problem, it's the bed length, or lack of bed length.
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ricatic
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eye8Ubutler wrote:Crew Cab is more practical of course.
We pull a TT so we have our TV in a crew cab short box format, helps when in a mall parking lot where there are marked parking bays.
Caution to all.............
Some manage to use crew cab TVs when towing a FIVER.
However, if one still has any warranty left on the TV be cautious when taking the TV to the shop for warranty work....why?
Well, in the TV driver's handbook it might mention that said TV is NOT designed or constructed for towing a FIVER.
So, if ones TV is in the shop and the 5th wheel hitch is still in the truck's bed....some one might notice this and decline to complete any warranty work.
As far as I know only the Ram Mega Cab has a long box.
All other Crew/Quad Cab TVs do not offer a long box.
Of course one will see Crew/Quad/ Cab TVs pulling Fivers.
However, to my mind that is unstable because....
one should want to have the 5th wheel hitch in the TVs bed as far forward/ahead of the TVs rear axle as possible for the stability I would have thought?
With a 6' or 6.5' bed the stability would be questionable?
So in general for stability and avoiding damage to the front of a towed RV the rule is.....
Fivers = Reg or Ext Cab
TT = Reg, Ext or Crew Cab
Yes, some people use a 'slider' 5th wheel hitch in their TVs short bed.
That certainly helps avoid damaging the fiver's front end when turning, but still does not improve stability.
I thought we buried that dead horse...have you read the owners manual or towing guides for any HD CC SB truck of any manufacturer in the last several years. They all have fifth wheel towing information for fifth wheels. Mine clearly states I can tow up to 15,500 pounds of fiver...
Ricatic
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Mitchellg
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eye8Ubutler wrote:
Yes, some people use a 'slider' 5th wheel hitch in their TVs short bed.
That certainly helps avoid damaging the fiver's front end when turning, but still does not improve stability.
A good majority of the trucks pulling 5ers in camp grounds I've been in have been crew cabs. EVERYONE but you must be wrong.
Also all those construction companies with crew cabs and goosenecks are wrong too.
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