For anyone saying they’ve never heard people say that about crew cabs…it’s in the comments of tons of pickup videos including this one. Just scroll down and have a keyboard war with them😂. This video is just for shits, don’t get triggered lol
No they do not, you just like to 🤡 around and make content.. Lets see you do all the home work and do a video showing all those comments, and it got to be 100000 of them to make it a fact, not your fiction..
@@Cent51 ya make a video showing 1 billion comments. Make it 9 hours long, show a back story on each of the commenters.. if u don't do this u r clearly just clowning around
@@bnollbnoll2205 there are soo many variables to this question that I don't want to get into but yes a 60k ford lariat is cheaper then a Mercedes And in many cases in America you seem better of in a truck then if you where in a Mercedes
I'd choose a big Durango over a truck any day it rolls down into a bedso you can haul whatever a truck would haul and mine had the plastic removable rear for easy cleaning I loved that thing
Yep now these clowns are the reason trucks cost so fucking much. A new pickup shouldn't start at 60k and used ones shouldn't be the same price they were new 10 years ago. Markets totally fucked, and I'm sticking with the vehicles I have until the whole thing collapses.
Ong like these trucks are like 50k for an affordable one I saw two at a dealership that looked nice as hell and were like 39k so I’m thinking okay theirs a catch, when I asked the employee dude told me that theirs a 3 inch lift kit of them so the sticker price isn’t the actual price, the lift kits costed 15k extra on top of the price
@@TheLongDon Today's trucks are much more expensive to buy and to maintain, but yeah, they also won't start to rust out after 5 years and are far more reliable.
That’s all I think when I see short bed trucks. It’s like at that point you should’ve just gone with the full SUV. I’d like a crew cab personally, but like the options he showed it can add a lot onto the price tag. I just need to haul at the end of the day, don’t need the bells and whistles for an extra 8-20grand.
@@georgeporteous8201 uhh hauling appliances maybe? Freezers, fridges, washers, dryers, even furniture, or shingles and gravel and wood....you wouldn't put THOSE into a stupid Escalade. Short bed also makes for shorter wheelbase, which comes in handy for situations where you are driving over uneven terrain in the backyard.
@@madjackgamingandfitness498 uhh hauling appliances maybe? Freezers, fridges, washers, dryers, even furniture, or shingles and gravel and wood....you wouldn't put THOSE into your stupid $120k Escalade. Short bed also makes for shorter wheelbase, which comes in handy for situations where you are driving over uneven terrain in the backyard.
The targeting of the pickup truck has definitely changed. They used to be for work use. Now people buy them based on tow ratings just to drive them through the local Starbucks drive thru.
My father worked for GM for 30 years - 90-20. Data showed something like 80% plus of new pickup owners never used them for much more than a load of mulch or something in total vs the second and 3rd owners actually towing/beating up the trucks bed. Let the rich drive the new trucks - I’ll gladly take their money for the jobs they don’t know how to do
@@gholland5840 No it's not a different thing... That Cheyenne is a crew cab with an 8 foot bed; and most modern pickups still come in a crew cab + extended bed configuration.
@@gholland5840 you can haul ALOT of dirty equipment you wouldn’t want in an SUV in even the smallest of pick up beds. I’ve literally hauled factory equipment in the back of my crew max tundra. Can’t do that in an SUV.
@@Mika-ph6ku Who makes a pick up with a full crew cab and anything but a short bed? Usually to retain the same wheelbase they short in the Box, That's different if we're looking at heavy duty trucks, But for a light duty trucks they don't like to extend the bed.
@@patjohn775 uhh the bed is still useful very well back in my day i used to have a crew cab with a full size bed on my ford ...even the short bed is extremely useful
People do realize crew cab duallys are always putting in work. The crew cab can be used to haul workers and materials. Why waste money on multiple trucks that only sit 2 people when you can have a couple of crew cabs and your workers can ride with you. Idk that’s how I see it
crew cabs are absolutely amazing for dirt bike riders. being able to store your gear and tools in the rear seat while your bike, fuel, and stand are in the bed is amazing.
Exactly. I have several neighbors with big pickup trucks and legitimately never see them hauling anything, plus theyre all crew cabs yet strangely rarely see another person in the cab! Like what they hell at that point it becomes the worst choice possible for a commuter car.
@@sergeantbigmacI barely see my dads semi truck hauling loads, yet he’s out for 2 weeks at a time hauling freight, more than likely all your neighbors get off work at the same time that you do.
@@sergeantbigmacit’s good for families with young kids and stuff. Wifi mine, it is basically extra storage for shit that doesn’t belong in the garage but I bought it because I used to do construction but I retired in 2019 after 40 years of doing it. Now just waiting for it to die before I get a car lol
Yah, I’m sorry, but none of the features he highlighted make this more “trucky”. To me truck means “can haul a big heavy thing”. The features he highlighted are “can carry lots of stuff.” Still, crewcabs rock.
@The Hemwick Hag I know that some people still use pickups for work but at least 90% of the pickups I see driving around have nothing in the back and are just being used as a car lol
if you want cargo space in your pickup there’s this thing called the bed edit: obviously there are situations where crew cabs are the best option, but the majority of the time when someone buys one it's not one of those situations and a single cab or car would be fine.
@@TheToasterPope I drive my kid in my Crew Cab Ram all the damn time. My wife has an SUV and guess what has more room? My Ram. So yes anytime we all go somewhere together it's in my truck. If you're a dumbass just say that.
@cookric i don’t think using 4 cars to move 4 people is very Efficient. And most of time it will only carry 4 guys is when your going to an another jobsite or yard for like a few hours. Which is why most work trucks are regular or super cabs for the stuff you may have you want to hide.
@@PedroFerrer-vq5sw I’m saying coming from the house to the site. If you’re moving site to site, I get that; but you shouldn’t have to play “school bus” just to gather your crew.
Or kids when you got em w you, bunch of females when you can have em w you, or to keep your expensive tools and material in, listen if you just got single cab upright seat money don't knock a nice ass truck 😂😂😂😂
@@416RG No. I'm from Missouri where most houses in the 80s and 90s were in the $80K - $100K price range. (Unfortunately, a "good job" there still only pays around $50K per year.)
@@zzanatos2001 oh well that’s nice, Im 29 and in my time houses here in Toronto are a minimum of a $900,000. But realistically $1.2 million+ for a decent house and not a 200 year old shack.
My parents house we moved into in Florissant MO 1991 was 75K. 3 bedroom. Two full bathroom. Finished basement. Ranch style house. Great house to grow up in. Crazy there are vehicles more that that house.
I was using my Dads truck to help a lady move, which had an 8 foot bed (because I think that was the norm) and I was in a swanky neighborhood. A neighbor commented on how he’d never seen a bed on a truck so long before, lol!
Nope, suvs aren't body on frame anymore so that reduces the payload capacity and towing capability. Plus Suvs are only comparable to 1500 trucks. 2500 and 3500 can do much more. To my knowledge the only suv from the big 3 that's still body on frame is Suburban/Tahoe. Back in the day they made 2500 Suburbans but not anymore. Both of those "suvs" sit on modified silverado frames.
@@Cw0346 and majority of people who own trucks still wouldn't need more than an SUV based off their actual uses. Obviously there will be a select few that do, but more the most part the people buying these smaller trucks could settle for an SUV and have the same suitability or better
@@keiton9512 I disagree. You lose a lot more practicality than you might think driving an suv vs a truck. Only full size suvs offer similar practicality but it still doesn't come with 6-8 feet of bed space to haul dirt, mulch, furniture, motorcycles, snowmobiles, lawn equipment. An suv with a trailer is better than a pickup but without it, it's no contest. Anything a Suv can do, a truck can do better. Except seating
@@Cw0346 we can agree to disagree. And again, you're literally giving the situation which trucks are used for. However, most truck owners don't do use their truck for that. Either way, I much rather have an SUV but that's personal preference.
@@R0me0316 cool story bro. I bought my last car (a tesla) with cash. I can afford shitty vehicles (this truck)I just prefer to have ones that meet my actual needs. For example, I don’t pay a dime for fuel and never have to waste my time with maintenance or fueling up at the gas station…
@John Kimball no one is simping over your lies. Pretty damn sad that you would think that would make you look better. Beyond that, it made you look less intelligent by stating that you don't pay anything for fuel. Electricity costs money genius. But let me guess,you built your first solar panel at age 4 and have been net zero since age 7? Whatever you say Karen.
@@johnkimball7000 last summer when 93 was at $6/gallon, it would have cost me $7 a day in gas to drive to work. My mom let me borrow her electric fiat and it was $6 a WEEK in electricity.
@@Fhwgads11 that’s why I bought solar. I have several kids, so lots of driving, way more than just to/from work. For commuting to work there’s a bus or bike. Trucks like this are 90% of the time a huge waste. And that’s coming from someone who lives on a hobby farm that could “actually” use a truck. I pay 0$ for gas. After everything, payoff rate for solar is less than 10 years. I’m glad you were able to save so much money. Good stuff.
@@gholland5840 What about maneuverability and fatality rates? Do they increase with cab size? Are crew cab trucks less maneuverable than single cabs? I don’t think so but if you got data that says different
I have one of these, I slept in the back seat area once. Folded the seats up, extended the flat boards, and set a memory mattress pad to lay sideways. It was very cozy and comfortable. These Ram trucks are very practical and reasonably reliable.
Ironically truck guys are the only ones that wouldn't call this a truck. They dont think anything is a "truck" unless its over 30 years old and can tow 10000lbs 😂
I am a truck guy and I think unless your a big outdoorsman, if you don’t wear boots to work you don’t need a truck. Bought my first truck 25 years ago. I’ve owned 5 trucks and only one crew cab with a short bed. With the short bed I got sick of always having to use ratcheting tie downs. Standard bed or long bed for me.
@@kmacnumber2 that’s all cool and understandable however with a crew can you can still get a standard bed you just got unluckily enough to have one without however that’s one of the first things I look at is if the truck has a standard bed or not
@@Onewingedangle42 yep... If a pickup truck has less than an 8 foot bed, then it's not useful to me as a pickup. Shorter boxes are concessions to allow passenger car features while still leaving it able to fit into a standard car parking space.
@@1SqueakyWheel my 16 f150 5.0 has the 5foot 6 inch bed and it hardly fits in normal car spots around my town. But I bought it used recently. It’s perfect for the mountains and getting to back country fishing spots I wouldn’t bother taking a longbed truck in.
@@joshuastevens5910 There's nothing wrong with that. I'm not putting the little beds down, they just won't do it for me as a work truck. Btw, that's cool to hear that they were still offering the 302 in 2016... I didn't know that!
@@yamipizza8357 Sounds like the reply of someone who uses a work vehicle as a suburb daily driver. Go get yourself a Grand Caravan, you’ll never use that bed
That is my main gripe with modern trucks. But they also haul and tow more than ever and the high cab allows for a flat rear floor which is very useful. So utility depends on what you are doing with it.
That's why I don't understand why no manufacturer is even trying to make something low to the ground with a pickup bed, like the old el caminos. Old folks loved those cars, because you didn't have to reach up high to have access to the bed. And trucks are just getting taller and taller, won't someone please just think of the elderly?
@@jbthestoner5504 It ain't just the elderly. It's pretty nice picking up that generator to waist height to get it in the bed, as opposed to chest height. I don't mean to hate on 4x4 trucks, I had a late 80s 4x4 ford that had a fairly low bed height. Loved that truck. But the times that I want to reach over the bed and grab something far out weigh the number of times I use 4x4. I'll take a one-wheel peel S10 any day
That’s most of why I’m not lifting my second gen Ram. It’s already borderline too tall and all I did was go up a tire size but it’s still not as tall as new trucks
Created to haul the 4 to 6 people who are actually going to put all the 4ft x 8ft sheets of plywood and 8ft long beams in the truck bed together. Yes, it's a truck.
In the 6' bed? Right lol. You can haul a trailer with an SUV too. A suburban has the same towing capacity as the pickup .... Single cab...or extended cab 8'bed is a work truck. Crew cab with an 8' bed is a land yacht
@@swampypolitics9574 lol there’s a ton of crew cabs out there used by landscaping crews where they actually stuff the whole truck with people , they even make those trucks with the big cage with crew cabs. Crew cabs are literally just more useful , i don’t get why some hate on them
@@h_d_z8013 I would say because they are huge. I see the practicality of them for work trucks, and they're nice to drive along, but they're annoying when it's one person in it with nothing else
@@eshock9208 WTF?! Is it any of your business? It’s also annoying to hear someone else talk about how annoying it is to see one person in a truck. It’s also more annoying seeing some uppity jackass in a Tesla or a Prius thinking there saving the world when they gotta use the same fossil fuel to make electricity to fuel their conscience that I put in my big ass truck that I drive by myself.
@@aarononeal271 Slow down there. The giant pickups have their uses and their niceties like commanding view of the road. They also are a pain to park and to back up a trailer in any kind of constrained area. But why would you spend that much money on a truck and then not use it for any of the truck stuff and truck capabilities. I also find them frustratingly large on the road when not in them, because I can't see around them, they take up pretty much their whole lane and a lot of drivers don't know where the right edge of their truck is so they edge over the yellow into my lane.
If only my suburban had cooo stuff like this, the seats fold forward and that’s it lmao. But that basically makes it a longbed single cab with a canopy and nothing to separate the bed and cab
Ok, I have heard this several times, and I never discredited a crew cab truck as a truck, but what is out on the market for the last 10 years or so are mostly “over glorified grocery getters”. What I am getting at is a pick-up has become a status symbol vs the work horse of the past. If you doubt what I am saying, go to any of the truck show rooms, and find a 2022 whatever 1/2, 3/4, or 1 ton truck aside from a chassis cab, that has powered steering and brakes, “manual roll up windows “, manual door locks , and heaven for give the thought of a manual transmission! If you take a serious look at the trucks of the late 60’s through the mid 1980’s,vs the “ trucks” today, I am almost afraid to put any tools in the bed because of the cost of scratched paint or damage to a modern day status symbol!
You can order them like that btw, but why would you? I’d rather pull with my 22 ram than my 78 Chevy dually because it turns the guts out of it at 55mph…. Technology is advancing, not having manual windows and manual locks doesn’t mean it’s not made for working lmao what people choose to do with the trucks, doesn’t mean that’s what they are made for.
@@crimsonlight4205 point well taken, but if your going to beat the hell out of a truck collecting firewood, and hard manual labor… do you really want to do that with a $40,000+ truck? And also when you “special order a vehicle now a days, that also increases the purchase price, vs buying from normal production stock/ inventory! I am just saying pay attention to where things are going! The engineers are catering to the people who have money and are willing to spend it without concern on what they are doing with it, while those who have a lower standard of desires now need to custom order what they want, because society has dictated what they want over what contractors need at least on the dealership lots!
@C what does the number of doors have to do with the size of the bed? Any crew Cab 3/4 or one ton truck from the big three can be had with four doors and a long bed
@@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS Actually, you can. Did all that in my family's Honda Odyssey. Heck, my grandma carried gravel in her tiny Civic. The manure was the only time we used a truck, and technically, that was only indirectly, as we simply got a guy to deliver it for us.
Don't care how many doors it has, if it doesn't have a bed that can carry full sheets of plywood (laying flat) with the tailgate closed then it's not a real truck
Older, smaller pickups were actually more useful than these things. You would actually have a lot of space in the beds, and it was a time when people actually used the beds. Nowadays people just use their pickups and SUVs for commuting, only using the space in them once a year and almost never going off road. Not to mention how the old pickups were smaller, which is much better than the tank sized pickups.
@@crimsonlight4205 $70,000 is still too much. A fully loaded truck should never exceed $50,000. There was a time when you could get a fully loaded F250 for $40,000
@@garrettstephens91 yeah there was a time almost 20 years ago but new vehicles have a lot of nice new features you couldn’t get back then. Plus mines a Cummins as well, diesel alone makes it expensive.
@Crimson Light I don't disagree. I will say that there are a lot of "nice" features in modern trucks which (in my opinion) are unnecessary and you cannot opt out of those features because they are included in packages that contain useful features, so you are forced to pay more money.
@@garrettstephens91 yup that’s how they get you lol I’ve only bought 2 new cars. Don’t regret buying the truck since it basically loads my trailer for me and everything, but my 22 explorer blew up at 8k miles so I regret it lol
Never heard anyone say crew cab isnt a real truck. However with that being said, not doing yourself alot of favors when your displaying this like a fkin barbie dream house with 15 hidden compartments and features
@@jessesdomain444 nope, ram. Try out a hemi for 30k miles. Dealer just finished giving me a new one after 3 months....cam/lifter issues and all ya know. Junk. Its for sale if you're interested.
@@jessesdomain444 iirc, the 11s, 12s and so on werent as catastophic a failure as my 2021. Dealer got it from me 4 times, each time claiming they could not duplicate the ticking, knocking and smoke clouds on cold start in particular but at idle in traffic under load too. It cost Stellantis a fresh crate motor, tons of labor, permanent lost customer and 90 days of rental on a POS minivan. Never again.
@@edmessina8392 sorry to hear that man. My next truck is probably gonna be a Tacoma. Plenty to choose from in Texas. Still though anything is better than a ford WITH the 5.4 triton
Not everyone can afford multiple vehicles, I need my truck to take me to work Monday-Saturday, take me and my girlfriend to breakfast on Wednesday (day off), haul mulch, trash, and parts on Sunday, and still be able to carry people in the back seats when my mom wants to come to breakfast too
That's a good use, I want one because where I live people always throw out things that are still good... Sometimes I want it for me but can't bring it home because I have a tiny Toyota Corolla, or other times it's a simple fix like a table with 3 legs and the extra leg is just sitting on top of the table... I could fix it and return it if not just take it off their hands.
Around the time the four door was created. The old heads hated them and said it's not a real truck. But that was before this dude was born. The old heads love them now!
@@wieldylattice3015 Not exactly, I personally prefer a regular cab short bed, with a V8 to get around, I don’t really have friends to haul around so it’s just me my self and I lol, but I did make more power then crew or extended cabs due to having a shorter drive shaft, if that means anything to you.
@@royalflush8113 , you are saying you can measure or feel the difference in HP between driveshaft lengths? I would think the weight savings between chassis would be the difference, but that’s just me.
@@filster1934 Besides being lighter, the guys that worked on my truck and dyno tuned it told me that I made more HP then a crew cab, they think it was the shorter drive shaft. I’m not sure exactly how much of a difference it made or the physics behind it but my thinking is the length does have some play in HP and torque.
So it’s no longer a truck because of convenience? For me if anything, it holds more equipment or holds more workers for whatever job I got. Crew cab plus 8-foot bed? That’s a dream truck.
I agree... As long as it still actually has a REAL truck bed on the back too... So many "trucks" nowadays, especially 4-door ones, don't even have a useful bed on them anymore for anything besides holding a few grocery bags or something, lol! IMO, anything smaller than a 2M, (or 6.5 foot) MINIMUM length bed is practically useless for actually hauling anything as a true truck! (And an actual FULL size, 8' long bed is absolutely essential if you really use your truck for any kind of actual work, like carpentry, construction, ranch use, etc. It's really all about the usefulness of the BED when it comes to determining if something is a "real truck" or not... because that's what a TRUCK is basically for, to have a useful bed to haul really dirty or rough things whenever needed, like lumber, dirt, bricks, logs, hay, etc... Creature comforts in the cab are great to have too, but storage capacity, and practical and useful cargo hauling capacity is what ultimately makes a truck a REAL truck, regardless of whether the cab is like a "luxury car", OR NOT!
Eh, I’m a single cab bench seater guy, plenty of room in the cab for me and two others, and get a full tray in a standard length vehicle, without sacrificing your centre of gravity or ability to carry tools. I grew up driving single and dual cab, and I have to say that it’s all up to what you are like and what you do with it. I prefer single cab because it just meshes better with how I roll.
I got my first F150 in 2018 and was dead set on the SuperCab, but my wife said we needed the SuperCrew "for the dogs" lol. Well, I'm glad we went that route in the end! A full crew cab is basically like having the same storage of my previous Jeep Liberty but now with the bonus 5.5ft bed on the back for heavy lifting. Absolutely love it and just re-upped into a 2024 F150 SuperCrew!
It's possible just fold up the seats like an suv it will fit 😊 😮 and when your done you can pull out a cold one from the removeable cooler and enjoy your self with a cold beverage
@@FuzzyBrains555 you will have 7 feet in the truck and 9 feet out the back. You will need additional weight to hold it down. Even if it’s 8’ in and 8’ out, that’s still just a teeter totter. 8’ bed would let you have 10’ in and 6’ out which is ideal
I used to call them an ornament. That was then. I've had 3 Xtra Cabs and now 4 FULL doors, I want nothing to do with a mini door for the dog. Yes, it has the shorty bed but tools go back there under the cap. If I need to haul that's what the trailer is for. I can back it inside and use right off the trailer and leave my truck free always. Point is you gotta change how ya think about it because I did and actually made my life easier.
@@gweasbawl9611 makes things easier. Like if I go grocery shopping I can put everything in the back seat and not have to leave it in the bed. Great for Costco runs as I can just put food inside and the bulky items outside
I typically find I can fit nearly everything in a 6' bed, and if it is too long it goes on a ladder rack. So you can have a crew cab truck and move 21' long material pretty easy
@@samsprague6923 it's usually folks that can't handle the extra bed length that say that. 🤣 Toolbox AND a quad. Most little beds on crew cabs are under 6' now. We have no standards! 😛
I work oilfield and I would not have enough space for everything I need in an extended or single cab. I’d have to leave weight sets at home, only bring enough food for several days, leave supplements at home, only pack enough clothes for a few days, buy water in town every time I need it, pretty much guarantee multiple trips to town for stuff I could easily bring with me. In the 4 years I’ve had my current crew cab, I’ve probably only had people in the backseat 4-5 times, but I NEED that storage space.
HA! I'm a grandmother who gardens, helps folks move, all types of stuff. So....to sit 6 people comfortably, to haul mulch, dirt, household goods, plants and such... to pull whatever I need to tow behind me??? Yes sir, I'll take my crew cab anywhere. I can even get "dressed up" and drive up to a nice restaurant and not feel one bit "less than". And, mine is 10 years old, still running like a champ with over 178,000 miles on it. Make fun all you want. Climbing up into my truck makes me smile every time. Oh, and those 6'2" quarterbacks that I love? They are very comfortable, whether they're driving or sitting in the back seat. Laugh on pilgrims, laugh on. ;-)
