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I have a wheelbase limit of 145" to fit in the garage and still be able to drop the tailgate (Or walk around the truck). My last truck was SCab w/ 6.5' box and current is SCrew w/5.5' (SCrew for rear facing car seat). I have found myself needing to leave the tailgate down more often but not bothering me as much as I though it would.
I miss having 8' beds like back in my regular cab days. Darn kids
The only thing that stopped me from the 6.5 was my garage. Next house will have a larger garage and at that point will trade up to a 6.5. I can't imagine driving a sedan ever again.
The best thing that we did when we built the new garage was I let someone convince me to make at least one door a 10' wide door. The original plans were three 9x9 doors. Lots of people were commenting on putting a bigger door on it so I could get something big in there to work on it. I kept saying this isn't a shop, it is mainly parking though I will use the 3rd stall for tinkering on motorcycles over the winter and for my tractor to clear the driveway. If I am working on anything big it goes out in the pole barn where the shop is and that has a 12x12 door. Then someone mentioned a truck with towing mirrors so we made the change to the plans and the middle door to a 10x9. So glad I did because less than a year later we had a truck with towing mirrors. It is tight but I can back in without folding the mirrors.
Biggest thing with 157 is you have to learn to back it in most places. Which is not a big deal. Otherwise the longer bed is not that much harder to drive then a 145. I used to drive a Econoline Extended cargo van with no windows and no back home camera for years. The 157 is a cake
The best thing that we did when we built the new garage was I let someone convince me to make at least one door a 10' wide door. The original plans were three 9x9 doors. Lots of people were commenting on putting a bigger door on it so I could get something big in there to work on it. I kept saying this isn't a shop, it is mainly parking though I will use the 3rd stall for tinkering on motorcycles over the winter and for my tractor to clear the driveway. If I am working on anything big it goes out in the pole barn where the shop is and that has a 12x12 door. Then someone mentioned a truck with towing mirrors so we made the change to the plans and the middle door to a 10x9. So glad I did because less than a year later we had a truck with towing mirrors. It is tight but I can back in without folding the mirrors.
Very nice garage! I have the stupid 3 doors and have to power fold the mirrors every time. I have often considered swapping out 2 of the doors for 1 big one. My house had either option and I don't believe there are any structural changes that would need to be done on the garage frame.
Bought mine of the lot so I had limited choices. BUT,
Crew cab was a must. Grandkids, dogs.
purpose: daily driver plus towing capacity for a TT already owned.
Previous daily driver 2008 Explorer, before that had a 1998 Expedition.
SuperCrew with short bed is my SUV replacement and still 10" longer than the Expedition.
Took some getting used to pt. Throw another foot on and I'd get a lot of excercise shopping from parking in the boondocks
When I told a friend about getting a new truck, he said it wasn't a real truck anyways unless it was a 1 ton.
Last edited by Boomerweps; 05-11-2020 at 11:48 AM.
Very nice garage! I have the stupid 3 doors and have to power fold the mirrors every time. I have often considered swapping out 2 of the doors for 1 big one. My house had either option and I don't believe there are any structural changes that would need to be done on the garage frame.
I wanted the 3 doors. It forces the separation between vehicles and you don't have to worry about the kids flinging open a door and dinging the vehicle next to it. In past homes I hated having to do the angle the vehicles to have enough room to fully open doors. It always felt cramped and since we were 40' wide we had the room. To make a single door you would likely need a header either way. If on the end of the building there isn't likely a structural load on it but they normally still put one in. In our case the trusses run the other way so it was a load bearing wall.
When I told a friend about getting a new truck, he said it wasn't a real truck anyways unless it was a 1 ton.
Lol, truck guys are funny. You have the guys that think mid-size trucks aren’t real trucks, the guys that think 4x2’s aren’t real trucks, the guys that think crew cabs aren’t real trucks, the guys that think it isn’t a real truck if it doesn’t have a V8, the guys that think the full-size trucks with Japanese nameplates aren’t real trucks, and apparently a less-than-a-one-ton is not a real truck either.
Truth is, there’s something out there for everybody, and I think Ford does that better than anybody with their seemingly infinite configuration options. I guess it’s human nature for some people to think that the one they have is the best while sh*tting on all the others.
The best thing that we did when we built the new garage was I let someone convince me to make at least one door a 10' wide door. The original plans were three 9x9 doors. Lots of people were commenting on putting a bigger door on it so I could get something big in there to work on it. I kept saying this isn't a shop, it is mainly parking though I will use the 3rd stall for tinkering on motorcycles over the winter and for my tractor to clear the driveway. If I am working on anything big it goes out in the pole barn where the shop is and that has a 12x12 door. Then someone mentioned a truck with towing mirrors so we made the change to the plans and the middle door to a 10x9. So glad I did because less than a year later we had a truck with towing mirrors. It is tight but I can back in without folding the mirrors.
Wow, I have garage envy! Nice setup.
I have standard mirrors and still need to fold one in, along with getting a shorter 27" antenna.
Even then, I don't have much wiggle room. Don't mind my "old man" step
I have standard mirrors and still need to fold one in, along with getting a shorter 27" antenna.
Even then, I don't have much wiggle room. Don't mind my "old man" step
Thanks, it has been a long process with the build. We have several garages but this spot and the pole barn/shop are the only two that it will fit in. The in floor heat and trench drain are the two that we like the most over the other garages.
Biggest thing with 157 is you have to learn to back it in most places. Which is not a big deal. Otherwise the longer bed is not that much harder to drive then a 145. I used to drive a Econoline Extended cargo van with no windows and no back home camera for years. The 157 is a cake
Yeah, I don't know what it is about backing in that is so much easier than pulling in but I agree. I always back in. Not like turning radius is better in reverse than forward.
05-11-2020, 11:24 AM
