Remove box for flat bed...Why not?
I was thinking, I realize that I wouldn't improve carrying capacity, but why not remove my truck bed....and add an aluminum flat bed and have a better more useable surface for camper and boxes for sto...
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I considered a flatbed conversion on F250, but felt it tempted me to just overload an already heavily loaded setup even if I could get some weight savings removing the OEM bed.
When I was shopping for my flat bed for my chassis cab, I could not find manufacturer that had a stock aluminum bed that could tie down a 3-ton TC (since I want a triple slide model). There were ones that could customize a bed, but estimates were twice as much as Fastbrit's. Most of the worries were about the anchor points and flex they would create rather than the weight on the bed. I went with a low sill steel bed and was able to get the lower storage boxes, 30K gooseneck and 30K SuperHitch all for less than I was quoted for a custom aluminum bed.
Comparing overall height is little bit apples to oranges since I went from a from a Ford F250 4wd pickup to a Ram 5500 4wd chassis cab, but I had to add two steps to my scissor setup when using the same TC.
When I was shopping for my flat bed for my chassis cab, I could not find manufacturer that had a stock aluminum bed that could tie down a 3-ton TC (since I want a triple slide model). There were ones that could customize a bed, but estimates were twice as much as Fastbrit's. Most of the worries were about the anchor points and flex they would create rather than the weight on the bed. I went with a low sill steel bed and was able to get the lower storage boxes, 30K gooseneck and 30K SuperHitch all for less than I was quoted for a custom aluminum bed.
Comparing overall height is little bit apples to oranges since I went from a from a Ford F250 4wd pickup to a Ram 5500 4wd chassis cab, but I had to add two steps to my scissor setup when using the same TC.
