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I currently have a 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4, but am thinking about upgrading to a 2500 crew cab standard box. My current truck is crew cab short box and fits in my garage ok with a little room to spare on length and height, but not much. My garage is 22ft long and I have 7ft door. Measuring it out I should have about an inch or 2 on height and about the same on length. Was wondering if anyone on here had the same set up for a garage and has made it work or not?  Unfortunately due to the truck shortages, I don’t have any close local dealers that have one in stock for me to bring home and test the fit before purchasing and I don’t want to buy bigger and have it sit outside because it doesn’t fit. I appreciate any feedback from everyone. 

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What year are you looking at? A 2021 GMC 2500 AT4 CCSB dimensions are 79.82 high and 250.1 inches long. This would give you around 4 inches in height and over a foot in length to play with. I'm personally not a fan of those numbers since one long work day and forgetting I have a hitch on there and I'd put a hole in my wall. I'd imagine you are a lot more graceful than me, so maybe you wouldn't have that problem. You technically have enough room if you are willing to do it.

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On 7/18/2021 at 10:29 AM, SuperDuper said:

I currently have a 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4, but am thinking about upgrading to a 2500 crew cab standard box. My current truck is crew cab short box and fits in my garage ok with a little room to spare on length and height, but not much. My garage is 22ft long and I have 7ft door. Measuring it out I should have about an inch or 2 on height and about the same on length. Was wondering if anyone on here had the same set up for a garage and has made it work or not?  Unfortunately due to the truck shortages, I don’t have any close local dealers that have one in stock for me to bring home and test the fit before purchasing and I don’t want to buy bigger and have it sit outside because it doesn’t fit. I appreciate any feedback from everyone. 

 

Can  tell you this.  I have a crew cab standard box 2500 (2021)  garage is 28x28 with 10w x 9H doors.  I wish my garage was bigger, it fits though.

 

Only you can determine if fits or not.  Based on what you said three options,  different truck as your current truck probably barely fits,  2.  Build a different garage  3.  park the truck outside.

 

If it were me Im not playing around with inches to spare,  Id want at least 2-3 feet at least all around it, and I guess height doesnt matter as much.   Those dimensions are begging for damage down the road.

 

Realistically if you have a 22ft garage thats outside corner to outside corner unless you factored that in,  if you didnt your garage is probably more like 20/21  x 20/21.  That truck is 80in wide or 6'8" and your going to want at a minumum of of 2ft around it to open doors and walk. 

 

Standard garages these days should be 26 by 28 at a minumum,  I cringe with new houses going up with 24s or sometimes smaller garages.  adding 3-4ft is pennies.

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On 7/18/2021 at 8:29 AM, SuperDuper said:

I currently have a 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 AT4, but am thinking about upgrading to a 2500 crew cab standard box. My current truck is crew cab short box and fits in my garage ok with a little room to spare on length and height, but not much. My garage is 22ft long and I have 7ft door. Measuring it out I should have about an inch or 2 on height and about the same on length. Was wondering if anyone on here had the same set up for a garage and has made it work or not?  Unfortunately due to the truck shortages, I don’t have any close local dealers that have one in stock for me to bring home and test the fit before purchasing and I don’t want to buy bigger and have it sit outside because it doesn’t fit. I appreciate any feedback from everyone. 

I have a 2021 2500 crew cab standard box And my garage door is about 82 inches to the weather strip and 24’ deep. My driveway gently slopes away from garage and I have about a 2 inch ledge/slope from garage floor to driveway. When backing truck in I have about 4 inches of clearance. 
 

I also tried it at my buddies house with with again 82” to the weather strip and his driveway is about level with garage floor if not a touch higher. I fit in his garage with about 2 inches to spare when backing in. 
 

hope these examples help! This was a huge criteria for me as well. Hate to see it sit outside.  Another thing to take into account is the arm that connect the garage door to the opener. 

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Thanks everyone for the replies. As luck would have it, one of my friends just got a Chevy 1 ton crew cab standard box and came over with it. I was able to get it in the garage and close the door. There wasn’t much room from front to back, maybe an inch or 2 both directions. Good news is that it wouldn’t have to sit outside, but not sure I want to deal with that tight of tolerances. 

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10 hours ago, SuperDuper said:

Thanks everyone for the replies. As luck would have it, one of my friends just got a Chevy 1 ton crew cab standard box and came over with it. I was able to get it in the garage and close the door. There wasn’t much room from front to back, maybe an inch or 2 both directions. Good news is that it wouldn’t have to sit outside, but not sure I want to deal with that tight of tolerances. 

In the long run your not going to want to deal with inches.  Eventually something will get hit.  Even if you dont the stress of in and out and the fact you cant get around the vehicle would be enough.  TBH  my garage is big enough and I keep the truck outside in the summer, just easier.  I move it in the garage in the winter, theres a lot less movement in and out the garage.

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I use these parking mats to put me in the same place every time.

 

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Those methods may not be quite precise enough when you have to get the bumper to an inch from the wall in order to close the door. 
 

I have a garage that is just over 23 feet long inside and I can fit my 3500 CCLB in it when I need to, but with only about 3-4 inches to spare. I made a long pendulum device out of plastic pipe that hangs between the studs of the wall and has foam around it at bumper level.  I creep up to the wall until I see it move, and that tells me I’m 1.5 inches from the studs.  
 

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If you decide to build something like this, note that I weighted the bottom of the pipe with about 18 inches of 1/2 inch rebar. 

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You're probably better off building some sort of pad for the wall and let the truck come to rest against it.  I do the tennis ball trick also and find that if I'm backing in and shift to P once I touch the ball with the rear glass, the truck will still roll back a couple inches as the slack comes out of the driveline.  I suppose I could trigger the parking brake whenever I park, but that's kindof annoying.

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As long as your creeping in you can also use a heavy wheel chock like the semi's use. Get the truck where you want it, place the clock at the wheel and make an outline of the chock with a marker in case you kick by accident and can put it back where it should be.

 

If you're within inches of the garage door you cut a piece of foam pipe insulation in half and place it over the ribs of the garage door so that if it hits you have some protection factor for the finish.

 

When spaces are extremely tight "it's not a matter of if, but when". Sooner or later it will happen so have some additional mitigation strategies.

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