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jkwilson
Explorer II
Jul 17, 2020

Custom truck bed

Was just out at a nearby gas station near an Interstate exit. As I was pulling in, a 5th wheel was pulling out. It was a 32-34’ or thereabouts rig being pulled by an SRW Superduty.

I was checking out the rig, when I noticed he had maybe a foot of clearance above his bed rails and I could see the hitch. I only got a quick glance, but it looked like somebody had “chopped” the factory box. Anybody seen a commercial product like this or is it maybe a custom job or even a response to a dropping or pin box contact incident?

It looked a little odd, but I’d think it would be much more multipurpose than a typical 5th wheel bed.
  • Check a company called Herrin Haulers out of East Texas (Kilgore maybe?).
  • This still had some bed sides. Looked basically like they cut 6” out of the bed sides and then lowered the bed rails. Had I been a minute earlier I’d have asked them or at least gotten a good look at it.
  • I built a hauler bed with low sides and it's a great all-purpose bed. I saw a hot-shotter with a g-neck full of beds that must have just comes from a body shop. They looked nearly stock but had the sides cut down and rolled similar to the stock contour... great idea but I'm sure not cheap Craig
    This bed is now on my 12.