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Doubt it will be anything other than a traditional bed extender. If you need a bigger bed they will expect you to buy a Ranger or F series.
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Boy do I feel you on plywood prices. I love working with decent plywood and just bought a house. I had basically been using $50 per sheet for mental shorthand for plywood forever than got hit with a cost estimate whammy when I checked current prices. I have some modified Ikea bookshelves as they went from being a bit cheaper than building them myself (and I'd trade that for quality) to being less than half the cost.So are you guys saying/thinking the bed can handle a now-priced-at-$90-per-piece-here-in-Texas full sheet of plywood? Assuming 54.5" bed length + 18" tailgate down + 12" tailgate slider?
Putting a few 4x8 sheets at an angle is nothing. Throw a strap around it and off you go. I've had 12'+ boards hanging out the back of my 6.5' bed. However. we've seen in spy shots that the bed has the typical notches for 2x4s across the bed to put sheet goods on and I don't know about that. If it's a 4.5' bed then that notch can't be too much more than the midpoint of the sheet. Maybe the bed is a little longer than people are thinking or that's a little dicey. Maybe they just want you to stack up half sheets.So are you guys saying/thinking the bed can handle a now-priced-at-$90-per-piece-here-in-Texas full sheet of plywood? Assuming 54.5" bed length + 18" tailgate down + 12" tailgate slider?
Yep. The only reason I need a truck at all is to haul my dirtbike or my ATV somewhere.My interest in the vehicle would be for hauling my dirt bike. I'd prefer a two door with a longer bed but a small flat rail type of sliding ramp would work. Maybe a two layer setup where the top section slides out to make a ramp and then once the bike is on it, slide it back in where the ramp gives you the extended lenght.
How well does the Kodiak fit around the Canyon's wheelarches in the bed?So do I just go ahead any buy a car that I want and accept that I have to tow? Or do I wait to be disappointed by Ford in finding out the Maverick box will not be useable for a small ATV (Kodiak 450) or a couple dirt bikes?
Yep. The only reason I need a truck at all is to haul my dirtbike or my ATV somewhere.
A current F150 is no good. Not only is it too expensive and uses too much fuel, but it is too high. It is dangerous to load and hard to reach over the box to strap stuff in. Lots of F150 owners tow trailers to move their toys. If I am going to tow a trailer anyway, then I will buy a car or SUV.
I have an Acura Sportwagen with almost 165,000 miles on it and the back seats have been used maybe a dozen times. I could care less how much room is back there or how comfortable the seats are. Since both the Maverick and Santa Cruz are gonna be 4 doors, I'm thinking about just getting a trailer now.
It fits perfectly. Just squeezes in between the wheel wells.How well does the Kodiak fit around the Canyon's wheelarches in the bed?
We had heard this would be a feature of the Santa Cruz but it looks like that didn't make it to the final design.Hopefully a rear slider to get longer stuff in when necessary
I believe they said the rear window will be a slide down in the final version of the Santa Cruz kind of like the 4Runner has. Thats a ridiculously cool feature I wish the Maverick had but i think itll just have the tiny and mostly useless sliding piece.We had heard this would be a feature of the Santa Cruz but it looks like that didn't make it to the final design.
Oh very cool! I wouldn't expect it to fit between the wheelhouses. How wide is the Kodiak, sidewall-to-sidewall?It fits perfectly. Just squeezes in between the wheel wells.