Krucyfyx

Have always had the 145" wheelbase Screws.

Nothing wrong with the longer bed, in fact it would probably be preferable for a lot of people.

My reasoning is the shorter wheel base allows me to get into more areas when I'm off the beaten path, and i just don't haul enough to need such a long bed. 10 or 15 eight foot 2x4's will fit in the bed of my pickup and all i need to do is tie some orange to it.

One of those to each their own type of deals.

TuxBlackEB

I believe it comes down to your personal needs. My first EB was a 5.5' SC. After a couple years, I realized a 6.5' bed better suited my family's needs (towing our trailer and being able to put five bikes in the truck bed, doing lots of weekend trips, plus the occasional hauling of miscellaneous stuff). Both configurations look great!

Spiky

I just can't get over the short box. Reminds me of the Sport Trac. I figure out parking, it doesn't figure me out. I'll park at the end of the row to be less obvious about the extra length. It's a mindset that comes from me, as well. I don't fit in this world designed for 5'5"-5'10" people. Neither does my truck. So be it.

Siber Express

For the amount of people that get into the back seat of my truck I went with a SCab with 6.5 and not the SCrew. It is bad enough that I still have stuff that is too long for the bed now, but the 5.5 nothing would fit. To me the SCrew with the 6.5 looks too long.
I am also 1 that took from the 97 Model Year until 03 to get my last pick up since I really didn't like the too flat looking sides and then went with a Flareside with the 03, so now it has been since the 2004 model year to 2017 to buy my 2013.

SquareHeadLights

SCREW with 6.5, looks better and can fit 8 ft boards at an angle with out having the tailgate open.

bassJAM

If you have trouble parking a long bed because of the turning radius, I don't think the shorter box will help you much. A tighter radius a foot or 2 probably isn't going to make much of a difference in the real world.

The numbers posted earlier are the turning diameter. The turning radius is 23.5' for the 5.5 and 25.2' for the 6.5.

marshallr

I've owned trucks with 5', 5.5', 6',6.5',7' and 8' beds. The 5' bed on the Tacoma made things a little difficult at times. But I've never found anything that I could fit in a 6.5 or 7' bed that wouldn't go in a 5.5' bed. I don't see any advantage until you get to an 8' bed. With my tailgate down I have 8' of length and can always use ratchet straps to hold stuff down. The 5' bed on the Toyota is just over 6' with the tailgate down and does present challenges at times. That is why I have a 10'X5' utility trailer.

With the Screw and 5.5' bed I'm at the same wheelbase as a regular cab and 8' bed. Almost everyone with regular cabs bolts a toolbox to the bed. Since I have the double cab I don't need a box mounted in the bed and actually have the same usable bed length as an 8' bed with a toolbox.

I CAN park a longer truck, but choose not to. I'll take the 5.5' bed unless I need to pull a gooseneck trailer.

marshallr

I do that all the time with my 5.5' bed

bassJAM

I had a Frontier with a 5' bed for 11 years, and I still maintain that I probably hauled more in that truck in any given year than most people ever haul in their 1/2 ton trucks. Once you figure out how to manage with a bed that short, anything larger is just icing on the cake!

Unless someone's running a business with their truck, they probably don't really need the 6.5 bed. And if they are running a business, they probably actually need an 8' bed.

SteveLord

No joke, I saw. 5.5ft bed screw pulling a fifth wheel last week. Thought it was tricky enough to do on a 6.5ft bed.