When you buy a truck, you have to know what you want to use your truck for. A long-bed truck works well for a farm truck because you can throw a lot of equipment or farm supplies into your truck bed. On the other hand, if you plan on taking your truck off-roading, the long wheelbase you get with a long-bed truck can cause your truck to get high-centered. Thus, a short-bed truck is the right choice for hunters, campers, and other outdoor enthusiasts who want to get out into nature. If you want to give a short-bed truck a little more usefulness, you can use a bend extender to give your bed a little more length. 

What Is a Bed Extender?

When you put the tailgate of your bed down, you add a little more length to your bed, but the tailgate can bounce, and there is not wall to hold your gear in the truck. A bed extender is a horseshoe-shaped grate made from metal tubes which connects to the sidewalls of your truck bed. 

What You Can Use a Bed Extender for

There are a lot of ways you can use a bed extender. One thing you can use a bed extender for is to make room for dirt bikes or four wheelers. With your bed extender down, you don't have to worry about hanging one wheel of your dirt bike out of the bed of your truck. You also don't have to worry that your tailgate will bounce your bike out of your truck. Besides making room for off-roading toys, you can make room for all sorts of gear. You can carry more wood to your home for a wood-burning stove, more camping supplies for a week in the mountains, etc. 

When you choose a bed extender for your truck, you want to make sure that it is built with quality equipment so that your extender can take a lot of abuse without failing. Make sure the metal tubes that make up your extender are made from a thick gage of steel and are connected with solid construction techniques. If you buy a quality extender, it might be the only one you ever have to buy. On the other hand, if you pay for a discount extender built by cutting corners, your extender can get dented and bent before you get much use out of it. If you are going to buy a bedxtender, make sure you buy a quality product so that you get your money's worth.