Park that ^^^ beside this and you will see the difference. We have been supersizing everything for 20 years.
Having previously owned two single cabs, personally I wouldn't own another.
The OP said 2017/18 in his original post. If he's going used, he can find one, and it would probably be cheaper, too.
No way even a 5'5" box crew cab would fit in many garages here. I don't it would have fit any any garage I've had.
To offer some context that might be useful here, I should mention that I manage to somehow avoid having an awful lot of the problems that internet people warn each other about. Really remarkable I must be super smartor else maybe 99.9% of the fearmongering and cautionary tales exchanged on forums are kinda horse dookie.
To wit, I mean that I've been told from the day I bought my first car that I simply need to drag extra seats and doors around with me everywhere I go for all the stuff and offspring and other people I'm supposed to be packed full of at all times like a good consumer.
In practice in the real world it hasn't been any kind of a concern, not ever.
Part of it is that I just don't bring the dang world with me. I learned a long time ago that within the USA and Canada there's nowhere you can go that's more than a couple hours from a cold drink and a sandwich. We're not crossing Antarctica. If I'm going somewhere to hike then everything I need has to fit in a backpack anyway. If I'm going somewhere to drive... well every 50 miles or less there's a convenience store. Why would I need to carry all that stuff with me? Why do I need a separate set of luggage for backpacking that I do for car camping? When I'm spending days away from town I go vegan, or nearly vegan to avoid needing to worry about any kind of food that spoils. Eating Silk Road style (tabouli, falafel, etc) means all I need is lightweight dry foods, a little bit of vegetable oil and a source of water. That stuff takes up no space and makes almost no scent to draw curious wildlife. Easy on the inside of a sleeping bag ? too.
While it's true that a RCSB is the same width as any other truck, the 120" wheelbase does turn around easier and it's also easier to keep rocker panels off the ground. I've equipped both front and rear cameras & can maneuver around pretty easily including those 10-point turnarounds one sometimes has to make when the road changes character too far in to back out. Another 2 feet of truck would complicate that. I can also park fully inside my garage, that would have been impossible in a 4 door truck I have about 4 inches on either end with the door closed.
The 6.5' bed is nice too, long enough to sleep in comfortably. Long enough to fit a motorcycle and otherwise use as a real truck. I have never had to live with a 5' bed but I've "just barely" fit plenty of things in this one so it's been a good compromise vs. having a full 8' bed.
My truck is a 2015 Ram 1500 which is lifted about 2" using a combination of parts, and running 285/70R17 tires. I get told it needs 35's by a lot of people but they're the same people who think I need 4 doors and none of them have ever offered to buy 35's for me so I'll just keep not having problems with the less expensive and more fuel efficient "too small" tires
I hope this is helpful.
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To offer some context that might be useful here, I should mention that I manage to somehow avoid having an awful lot of the problems that internet people warn each other about. Really remarkable I must be super smart
To wit, I mean that I've been told from the day I bought my first car that I simply need to drag extra seats and doors around with me everywhere I go for all the stuff and offspring and other people I'm supposed to be packed full of at all times like a good consumer.
In practice in the real world it hasn't been any kind of a concern, not ever.
Part of it is that I just don't bring the dang world with me. I learned a long time ago that within the USA and Canada there's nowhere you can go that's more than a couple hours from a cold drink and a sandwich. We're not crossing Antarctica. If I'm going somewhere to hike then everything I need has to fit in a backpack anyway. If I'm going somewhere to drive... well every 50 miles or less there's a convenience store. Why would I need to carry all that stuff with me? Why do I need a separate set of luggage for backpacking that I do for car camping? When I'm spending days away from town I go vegan, or nearly vegan to avoid needing to worry about any kind of food that spoils. Eating Silk Road style (tabouli, falafel, etc) means all I need is lightweight dry foods, a little bit of vegetable oil and a source of water. That stuff takes up no space and makes almost no scent to draw curious wildlife. Easy on the inside of a sleeping bag ? too.
While it's true that a RCSB is the same width as any other truck, the 120" wheelbase does turn around easier and it's also easier to keep rocker panels off the ground. I've equipped both front and rear cameras & can maneuver around pretty easily including those 10-point turnarounds one sometimes has to make when the road changes character too far in to back out. Another 2 feet of truck would complicate that. I can also park fully inside my garage, that would have been impossible in a 4 door truck I have about 4 inches on either end with the door closed.
The 6.5' bed is nice too, long enough to sleep in comfortably. Long enough to fit a motorcycle and otherwise use as a real truck. I have never had to live with a 5' bed but I've "just barely" fit plenty of things in this one so it's been a good compromise vs. having a full 8' bed.
My truck is a 2015 Ram 1500 which is lifted about 2" using a combination of parts, and running 285/70R17 tires. I get told it needs 35's by a lot of people but they're the same people who think I need 4 doors and none of them have ever offered to buy 35's for me so I'll just keep not having problems with the less expensive and more fuel efficient "too small" tires
I hope this is helpful.
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