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Head room in a flat top?

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Deezl Smoke, Oct 28, 2013.

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  1. Oct 28, 2013 #1
    Deezl Smoke

    Deezl Smoke Medium Load Member

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    I searched, but could not find this question.
    Can a 5'11" man stand up in a flat top without his hat? Looking at a Pete 377 sbfa with a 63" flat top. It appears to be a unibilt style too, is that possible?
     
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  3. Oct 28, 2013 #2
    Cowmobile

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    No, you won't be able to stand up, not without hunching over.
     
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  4. Oct 28, 2013 #3
    PackRatTDI

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    Nope. Peterbilt flat tops are true flat tops. If you want to be able to stand up in a "flat top", I'd suggest a Kenworth Aerocab with a single bunk.
     
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  5. Oct 29, 2013 #4
    Deezl Smoke

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    Thanks for the replies. I was afraid of that. I may just have to keep looking and let this one go.
     
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  7. Oct 29, 2013 #5
    wore out

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    I'm not even 5'11 closer to 5'7 with out my boots on I cant stand up in my 63 inch without bending some where. Mine isn't a unibilt not sure if floor is lower in a unibilt or not. It would take a lot of difference to make it work for you. My wife is something like 5'5 and her head touches headliner barefoot. hope this helps
     
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  8. Oct 29, 2013 #6
    Deezl Smoke

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    I'd really like to find one of the rare Able body manufactured sleepers. But in the unibilt 63" that I have now, I can stand with my hat and have to reach to touch the ceiling. From the outside, without a tape measure, the difference between the flat top and rr does not look all that great. But it must illusion. Thanks.
     
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  9. Oct 29, 2013 #7
    wore out

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    Mine may be shorter keep in mind my cab is so narrow I can roll down passenger window while driving. But I have seen unibilts on 359's. The only unibilt I have ever driven on a 379 was a 36 inch. Bed came to front wall. lol
     
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  10. Oct 29, 2013 #8
    Cowmobile

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    The unibilt flat tops are no taller, at least not enough to make a difference. The unibilts just have the wide sleeper opening instead of the square hole between the seats.
     
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  11. Oct 29, 2013 #9
    Semi Crazy

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    If he wears a stovepipe hat he's in trouble!
     
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  12. Oct 29, 2013 #10
    Ezrider_48501

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    no, im 5'7 and cant stand all the way up in any flat top iv ever drivin
     
    Ezrider_48501, Oct 29, 2013
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