2009 Dodge Ram 1500: Bed Questions Answered

It will fit but will hang off the edge of the tailgate needing to be tied down.

It will fit a couple of sheets until you get up the the fixed tie down loops near the bottom of the bed, then you have to put the sheetrock on top of the tie down loops. That'll probably crack the sheetrock though.

@titancrew:
That is a really good point. It would be a lot of weight, anyway. A 20" stack of drywall is going to be about a ton, maybe more.

This is certainly usable as a work truck, but it would not be my first choice as a contractor vehicle.

Yup, with a 49.5" bed width 4x8 paneling will lie flat on the bed floor. With the tailgate down, it will hang over the lowered tailgate edge a bit, as has been noted.

The key here is to somehow secure the paneling, so that you don't leave on the road when starting from a dead stop. Don't laugh, I saw that happen once. A guy with a short-bed F-150 had a load of plywood and 2x4s in the bed, unsecured, and left the whole load in the middle of the road upon starting off at a stop light. It was a pretty funny sight. :)

You'd be able to fit a few sheets in the bottom of the bed, up to the height of the tie-downs. After that, you're sunk. But I'd wager you'd prolly get bout 4-5 sheets. That's not a lot though. Not even enough to do a decent sized wall.

4-5 sheets? I'd say it's more like 30+ sheets of 1/2" plywood, assuming that doesn't overload the vehicle's payload/GVW.

Thanks for the pic & info!

there seems to be a big gap between the arguments for how much sheetrock (or whatever 4x sheets) can fit in the bed. i think what the 30+ sheet crowd is missing is that there are tie downs welded to the bed walls very near the floor (see the red loops up by the bottom corners of the bed extender? and yes there is a pair at the front and the back of the bed), and the width of the bed between those is not 48" i assume based on titancrew's statements. in addition, the bed doesn't have a clean 90 degree angle where the floor meets the walls, but a 45 degree cut corner, which ends almost right at the bottom of the tie down. so unless you want 4 notches carved in your drywall, i'd say the answer to this question may in fact be "almost none". of course bryn mackinnon could have simply gone to the store and ponied up for a single piece of drywall and tried to stick it in the bed and actually answered the questions. but that would have been too easy, right? i guess our only other option is for someone who actually owns one to speak up.

Good point about the tie-downs at the bottom of the bed. No, I did not see them. They should be recessed into the bed wall. Bummer...