Alum. flatbed input.
New Guy here. A little background. I owned a 1996 Dodge extended cab 4x4 with 5.9 cummins. Hauled an older Coachman 11.5 slide in. ( which had the best floor plan i've seen) pulled a CJ 7 on car ha...
Forum Discussion
Scooter , no advice on the setup. I just got a little pickup truck with a camper , lol.
But congrats in advance on the new setup. It’s pretty much exactly what I’d be wanting once we have more time to recreate than work. Flatbeds are jsut uber useful!
Couple comments though, I wouldn’t let YOUR insurance co be the determining factor in what truck you buy unless ALL ins co are just as expensive in all states. You’ll be full timing so tailor your situation to your advantage.
On the storage/side boxes. Good cases for either hard mounted toolboxes or portable stuff. If you don’t need be extrabed width that the tool boxes take up then I would 100% do tool boxes for weather, dirt and theft deterrence. Yes you can secure coolers and storage bins from theft pretty effectively with side boards and the camper as a lid. But once you remove the camper you have virtually no way to secure those items and going FT I would presume a good amount of base camp camping where the truck is being used bobtail.
But congrats in advance on the new setup. It’s pretty much exactly what I’d be wanting once we have more time to recreate than work. Flatbeds are jsut uber useful!
Couple comments though, I wouldn’t let YOUR insurance co be the determining factor in what truck you buy unless ALL ins co are just as expensive in all states. You’ll be full timing so tailor your situation to your advantage.
On the storage/side boxes. Good cases for either hard mounted toolboxes or portable stuff. If you don’t need be extrabed width that the tool boxes take up then I would 100% do tool boxes for weather, dirt and theft deterrence. Yes you can secure coolers and storage bins from theft pretty effectively with side boards and the camper as a lid. But once you remove the camper you have virtually no way to secure those items and going FT I would presume a good amount of base camp camping where the truck is being used bobtail.
