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Originally Posted by bennelson
I looked under the back of the truck, and it does look like there is a decent amount of space under the bed between the differential and the bumper.
(Much of that space comes from NOT carrying a spare tire. I throw it in the bed for out-of-town trips.)
If a person ever did want to do a Hybrid pickup, that would be a great space for the batteries, without having to work around the gas tank, exhaust, or anything else.
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I always kinda thought that if you could find batteries that would fit, the considerate place to put them would be in battery boxes between the frame rails, under the bed of the truck.
In this way, they're covered, so you don't have to worry too much about debris and crap getting to them, you can still have your box space, (oh, precious box space...
) and it adds weight to the rear end of the truck, helping to balance the front/rear bias and making it handle better
(faster cornering = less acceleration!)
Even better, with a larger, open-flange type frame, you could mount them *inside* the channel of the frame rails. Take up space that is otherwise mostly wasted.
