Perfect truck but day cab. Is conversion worth it?

Do you really need a sleeper ? Are you gonna do OTR, regional ? With a 230wb, I wouldn’t go any bigger than a 36. My next truck is gonna have a shorty sleeper, 265 minimum wb. I can use the length for front over hang.

 

36 is not much bigger than a coffin. any way you can spend a little bit more to gain 4 or more feet back there will increase your livability that much more.

Im kinda strong on this concept, its a nice truck but not perfect yet. And I have spent time in sleepers smaller than 36 too many times to count.

 

hope you never see a pin deeper than 18”.......

 

Yeah, sounds nice, but I'd hold out, there are so many trucks out there. It can be done, just sounds like a hassle, and those conversions never go smoothly.

 

That’s why when I start looking for mine.....it’s all going to come they way I would like it. I don’t need the big sleeper, just a shorty. I’m all local, I want the similar WB I have now (265). Small sleeper for naps or for whatever(pleading the 5th).

 

Is it a factory daycab or was it converted? If it's a factory daycab I wouldn't mess with it.
My truck started life with a 63 in stand-up. I pulled the sleeper and made it a daycab. Few years later I put a sleeper back on.. guess what it's a daycab again now...

 

Im a bit biased on this in that I despise Pererbilts, but that's just me. I'd keep that one as a second option(though it will sell quickly) and continue to look for exactly what you're after. They're out there. It's a 2006, so it's an Acert. We've had more than a few 05/06 Acert's and they were problem children. We have one left, it's been worked over by a shade tree shop, and it so far has been good. But it's only got 100k on it. The rest have been sold, and every one has been rebuilt, all at under 800k miles.

Although, I will admit, a 379 with a coffin sleeper can be pretty sweet looking.