Truck Bed Weight

stevenal wrote:
Why a flat bed? This will raise your camper and its COG significantly. There are manufacturers that build pickup beds complete with storage boxes for TCers.

Maybe you could be more specific. If you’re talking custom beds like Sherptek, those are nowhere near the “value” of a flatbed with boxes. Unless spending $30k on a custom truck bed is a priority. And they don’t look like an OEM bed, for double or more what one would need to spend on a fully optioned flatbed with boxes everywhere.
If you’re talking about that mfg that makes or used to make service bodies that look like OEM truck beds, I haven’t seen any of those in many years. And even if they were still available you don’t know if a camper would fit in them.

stevenal wrote:
Why a flat bed? This will raise your camper and its COG significantly. There are manufacturers that build pickup beds complete with storage boxes for TCers.

I agree, the flatbed with boxes from Alum-Line will add 7" of height and weigh 1000lbs, that is too much height and too much weight robbed from my cargo capacity. They claim to be custom TC systems

Most of these custom builds seem start in some sort of flatbed configuration then they build around them. I think maybe Dougless Truck Bodies in Bakersfield makes something that drops between the wheel wells to keep the height down, but they are made of steel which would be even more weight.

JimK-NY wrote:
I fail to understand all the guessing. It took me all of about 30 seconds to find the specs from Ford. Again, the weight difference in a bit under 250#.

Love to know where you found that info. I am a pretty darn good internet searcher and found nothing, hence my post.

Thanks,
Eric

Why a flat bed? This will raise your camper and its COG significantly. There are manufacturers that build pickup beds complete with storage boxes for TCers.

The 8' steel bed I removed from my 2019 Ram DRW weighed under 500lbs. I would think the Ford is probably closer to 300lbs.

mkirsch wrote:

JimK-NY wrote:
I fail to understand all the guessing. It took me all of about 30 seconds to find the specs from Ford. Again, the weight difference in a bit under 250#.

Yet you have not stated what the actual weight of the box is, or your source. I've tried google and can find nothing but other speculation in other threads in other forums, let alone anything from Ford.

OP is looking for the ACTUAL weight of the box, not the difference and some nebulous claim that you found it on Ford's website.

I found every weight out there when I googled it. It looks like they weigh about 500 to 2000 pounds. Here is an aluminum truck accessory manufacturer and it states under "weight" what I have found.

https://magnumtruckracks.com/blog/steel-vs-aluminum-truck-beds

The GMC forum "member" that I found states that the GMC bed weighs between 250 and 300 pounds for a 6.5 bed.

https://www.gmfullsize.com/threads/how-much-does-my-truck-bed-weigh.308362/

I searched many other sites and found much of the same. So a truck bed accessory manufacturer says they weigh up to 2000 pounds and a guy on the forums says it weighs 300 pounds. Who knows?

I couldn't bring myself to look at anything ford. :)

https://krostrade.com/blog/how-much-does-a-truck-bed-weigh/ They list ford.

Time to call ford.

JimK-NY wrote:
I fail to understand all the guessing. It took me all of about 30 seconds to find the specs from Ford. Again, the weight difference in a bit under 250#.

Yet you have not stated what the actual weight of the box is, or your source. I've tried google and can find nothing but other speculation in other threads in other forums, let alone anything from Ford.

OP is looking for the ACTUAL weight of the box, not the difference and some nebulous claim that you found it on Ford's website.

I fail to understand all the guessing. It took me all of about 30 seconds to find the specs from Ford. Again, the weight difference in a bit under 250#.

Supercharged111 wrote:
The steel bed on my dually can't be more than 500#. I imagine your aluminum unit is a bit lighter? I was shocked at how not heavy it was.

This is about as close as correct as you'll get I replaced my 8 foot rear bed on my Silverado dually and it took four of us to lift it and get it off. I would think about five hundred pounds.

egarant wrote:

ticki2 wrote:
1000# for an aluminum flatbed is rather high unless there are multiple tools boxes over and under .

I've been quoted by Alum-line that a flatbed with boxes under and on top would weigh about 1K#'s

That would qualify for multiple tool boxes , the flatbed alone would be half that weight