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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Bedlam rote
" 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)."
True...
I was advised by Martin's truck body to not attach the t\c to f\b, but to the frame of the truck only.
F\b is designed to take downward force not the opposite way.
To accommodate that I add to change the location of front tie down. The fastguns are now attached to front jack brackets.
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Bedlam rote
"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."
Never understood why Chalet only put 3 steps on a above the bed rail camper!! So we made the change for 4 steps at the same time we bought the f\b that is 2 inches taller than the reg 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)."
True...
I was advised by Martin's truck body to not attach the t\c to f\b, but to the frame of the truck only.
F\b is designed to take downward force not the opposite way.
To accommodate that I add to change the location of front tie down. The fastguns are now attached to front jack brackets.
Bedlam rote
"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."
Never understood why Chalet only put 3 steps on a above the bed rail camper!! So we made the change for 4 steps at the same time we bought the f\b that is 2 inches taller than the reg bed
