Are there any disadvantages to having a flat bed on the truck. Hopefully I’m a few years away from having to get a truck, but I’ve debated between the two for my next truck. With a flat bed you don’t have to worry about clearance, but everything would have to be tied down.

We have been giving that a thought as well, Could replace the "Truck Box" with an additional Fuel tank, and place Side mounted tool boxes, that it seems would still give you storage, and keep a low profile and some areas for storage. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!

Do you mean you dont have to worry about clearance as far as bed height to the pin? I haven't looked closely at any builds but I would have to guess that by the time you build any type of flat bed it cant be much lower than the factory bed but I may be wrong. I think the other thing people like about a flat bed is having compartments built in.

Where I live, a flatbed is not a pickup anymore. There are licensing and insurance ramifications. YMMV.

rjxj wrote:Do you mean you dont have to worry about clearance as far as bed height to the pin? I haven't looked closely at any builds but I would have to guess that by the time you build any type of flat bed it cant be much lower than the factory bed but I may be wrong. I think the other thing people like about a flat bed is having compartments built in.Clearance from the top of the bed rails to the bottom of the fiver...

ford truck guy wrote:rjxj wrote:Do you mean you dont have to worry about clearance as far as bed height to the pin? I haven't looked closely at any builds but I would have to guess that by the time you build any type of flat bed it cant be much lower than the factory bed but I may be wrong. I think the other thing people like about a flat bed is having compartments built in.Clearance from the top of the bed rails to the bottom of the fiver...Yep, that would on longer be a problem but often people have trouble with the bed height on newer trucks. Getting rid of the rails solves contacting the rails but the FW is still often nose high. They either flip axles, build sub frames or lower the truck. I wondered if a few inches could be gained if a person got the hitch down as close to the frame as possible with a different bed design. I'l have to crawl under mine sometime and look closer.

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joebedford
Nomad II
Oct 26, 2017
Where I live, a flatbed is not a pickup anymore. There are licensing and insurance ramifications. YMMV.
azrving
Explorer
Oct 26, 2017
Do you mean you dont have to worry about clearance as far as bed height to the pin? I haven't looked closely at any builds but I would have to guess that by the time you build any type of flat bed it cant be much lower than the factory bed but I may be wrong.

I think the other thing people like about a flat bed is having compartments built in.
md_procouple
Explorer
Oct 26, 2017
We have been giving that a thought as well, Could replace the "Truck Box" with an additional Fuel tank, and place Side mounted tool boxes, that it seems would still give you storage, and keep a low profile and some areas for storage. Good Luck and Happy Camping !!

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