R&DScott
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Was looking at trucks on local dealers web site. Dodge offers chassis cabs. They are running 8 - 10K lower than similar equipped full pickups.
Do beds really cost 8 - 10K ???
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If you find someone to do the bed for less -you have a deal...
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Capt Skup
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Here is the rub. If they are indeed a cab chassis, the frames rails of these trucks are different than a pickup's. Different spacing(distance between frame rails) and I think length. Use to be before Ford introduced the F-450 pickup, if you wanted a stronger pickup than what you could get with a F-350 you could buy a 450/550 cab chassis and have an "upfitter" fit a standard pickup bed to your truck. Most of the time a 4" spacer was placed between the front of the bed and the truck's cab to make it look stock. Not sure of the cost but I have seen brand new truck beds for sale(from take-offs)offered at a nearby yard, Brandywine in Waldorf, MD. $10-$20K difference? I sure would look into it.
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It would depend on if you need the bed or not. You can get a "hauler" type bed put on the cab chassis truck. Don't know how much it costs though. It wouldn't be good at hualing things home from the lumber yard though.
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The "cab chassis" is exactly the same as a pick up. You can get a bed put on for 2 grand EASY. Why do you think trucks are the most profitable thing they make?
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I purchased a ready made flatbed for $3,600, pulled off the regular box. You can buy brand new removed boxes, any of the big 3 around here for under $1,000. I went with the flatbed to utalize the space under the overhang of the TC on the flatbed. The cost sounds high to me but did not price the truck we bought in the with / without option. Plan on removing flatbed and putting it on next truck and put orignal bed back on. (SEE PROFILE)
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Capt Skup wrote:If they are indeed a cab chassis, the frames rails of these trucks are different than a pickup's. Different spacing(distance between frame rails) and I think length.
This is correct. The 3500 cab/chassis is not the same as the 3500 pickup with the bed removed.
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Capt Skup
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"The "cab chassis" is exactly the same as a pick up. You can get a bed put on for 2 grand EASY. Why do you think trucks are the most profitable thing they make?"
Nope, cab/chassis frames are indeed different. I did quite a bit of research on this subject when I was looking for a strong tow vehicle to haul a heavy fiver. Almost went with a upfitted F-550 with a Charriot hauler conversion, before finding out Ford was bringing a F-450 pickup to market. When you see a cab chassis bare, with a bed, it becomes quite obvious a pickup and a cab chassis frames are quite different. Cab/chassis frames are also flat unlike a pickups, all three, Ford, GM, and Dodge are standard to allow for one size fits all upfitter equipment.
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did you guys just agree and then agree again with each other?
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As far as I can tell, we agree.
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