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That being said though, i just couldnt live with a bed that short. I haul hay, firewood, dirt, stuff like that. A rangers 7 ft bed is the shortest id ever wanna go. No way id buy a fullsize with a shortbox, be further ahead with a expediton/suburban with a 10ft trailer.
According to my calculations a 10' trailer is bigger than a fullsize 8' pickup box. And being lower is easier to load and unload.

When we did small square bales we just used the car trailer to haul them in. Easier to load and unload than the truck and if you want you can just back it inside and drop the trailer of and the truck is instantly free. Or not even use the truck. A regular rack would be ideal but we didn't have one. We do big rounds now so it is all a non issue.
I don't haul a lot of big stuff in a truck. I do haul messy stuff. The NP205 for my Ranger drooled some oil out on the way home. Who the heck wants old 80/90 gear oil in the back of their SUV? Same with gas cans. Deer hunter? Tractor tires? Yeah, that would be fun too.
Towing capacity concerns me more than bed size.
You do your thing and let others do theirs, everybody does different things with their trucks.