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Re:Tesla Cybertruck by sixothree on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:58PM (#21602738)
My question: Can it fit a sheet of plywood in the bed.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by zaroth on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:53AM (#21603138)
"The Cybertruck is 230.9 inches long and sports a 149.9-inch wheelbase with a 6.5-foot-long, 57-inch-wide bed out back." By comparison, an F-150 has 50.6" between the wheelhouses.

Here's a picture of the bed, just before the ATV drives up to it. Note the wheelhouses don't impinge upon the cargo bed at all.

https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5dd768642c8...

Re:Tesla Cybertruck by elihu on Friday November 22, 2019 @01:51AM (#21603413)
So... maybe?

If you can put a 4x8 sheet of plywood in at a slope, the high end would be about 4.66 feet above the bed, if the bed is 6.5 feet long. There probably isn't enough vertical clearance for that, but it would be close. On the other hand, maybe the rear window opens and is at least four feet wide.

Re:Tesla Cybertruck by zaroth on Friday November 22, 2019 @09:18AM (#21605713)
You don’t close the tailgate if you’re hauling plywood. It hangs out the back. Just like every other passenger truck out there. Most F-150s sold have a 5’ or a 6.5’ bed.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by sixothree on Friday November 22, 2019 @06:58PM (#21611368)
Thank you. But why is the bed width not listed on the site.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by ctdonath on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:14AM (#21602867)
Can it haul a "fifth wheel" trailer?
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by gimmeThaBeet on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:02AM (#21602773)
in some orientation? most likely. but not flat, the bed is 6.5' long, so no 4x8s.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by hcurtiss on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:17AM (#21602890)
That’s true of most trucks sold these days. The question is whether it’s 4’ between the wheel wells.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by gimmeThaBeet on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:28AM (#21602975)
I see 57 inches. It looks like a ridgeline et al. the wells don't look like they protrude into the bed at all.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by BRAlNlAC on Friday November 22, 2019 @01:38AM (#21603351)
>Bed is 6.5' long

Such a disappointment personally, I hope they add a chassis option with an 8' bed and two seats, or maybe make the back seats removable? also they need a lumber rack. seriously, pickup trucks have lumber racks. I think they are missing out on a significant market segment of trades people by not offering it with an 8' bed(or a rack), and a foreseeable second-order effect is that it will give the Cybertruck the repute of being a poser vehicle. I like everything about it, except that it has a huge cab and a small bed.

Re:Tesla Cybertruck by sixothree on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:31AM (#21602988)
How wide is the bed?
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by newnewpdro on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:11AM (#21602842)
It's not a work truck.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by elihu on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:02AM (#21603453)
It's a work truck if that's what someone wants to use it for.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by kaonashi on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:46PM (#21609890)
which will be aprox 2% of the people who buy it… and they'll be the dissatisfied ones
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by bluthru on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:19AM (#21602906)
220v, compressed air hookup, and lots of torque. It's a work truck.
Re:Tesla Cybertruck by newnewpdro on Friday November 22, 2019 @03:11AM (#21603771)
Every Tesla has gobs of torque, it doesn't qualify any of them as work trucks.

It's a toy, this is a recreational vehicle hence the ATV. Off-roaders often need compressed air to refill tires after deflating for traction in exceptional conditions like sand and snow.

The decision to have sloped bed-rails prevents mounting toolboxes anywhere on this thing, nor can you place oversized loads across them without sliding off. That alone precludes the vast majority of work truck applications. The 1st gen Honda Ridgeline had the same defect, to a lesser degree.