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Originally Posted by Ken / Claudia

Well until each company, Ford, GM and Ram go public and say why they put the numbers of 3/4 and 1 tons we can guess all day long. Until then we must use that White and Yellow sticker to determine what we should be loading and pulling with the vehicles.
I suspect that if you really dug down into your states vehicle code you would find it like Oregon. Many 3/4 ton vehicles need TRUCK licenses. It's all about what it is used for. And that has been beaten to death also, but in 1 sentence is it a comm. use vehicle or private vehicle. As just 1 example: Ambulances. They are a comm. vehicle hired to transport people no matter the GVW or GVWR.
The long bed vs short bed, I agree the short bed looks better. I owned 1 and never will another. It's not one is better then the other just different. I buy stuff that is 8 ft long and like leaving the tailgate closed. Also it holds more stuff by volume when using it as a truck.

Ken a little lost on Oregon “Truck” license!
I have never seen reference to a truck license except on commercial trucks.