I've come up against the bed size restriction a few times. It's not a big problem - for example with Rik's short wheelbase van I had to cut both sides, but I just chose a suitably simple place to disguise the join - and because I printed in ABS it welded back together nicely.
I've been printing the Thingiverse bug boxes and there are more parts there that need cutting, the join needs to be good because it affects structural strength, and since I'm now printing in PLA I'm having to do it with superglue (ugh). Since there are variations on these I'm reprinting the same part(s) several times, and improving my cut-n-shut technique as I go: specifically I have modified the files slightly in Tinkercad to increase the surface area of the joint, which is very easy to do. Hopefully this picture explains it a bit better:
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I've positioned a new cuboid and then sliced right through it, greatly increasing the surface in contact when I glue the parts together. I've also chosen to cut the frame and the bench in different places, so that each one strengthens the point where the other is joined. Again, to increase the surfaces contact at the join in the bench, I added a strut across the frame immediately below it. I think I'll start a separate thread for my builds of the bug boxes - there are several variations on these I've now got in progress...