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Have any more pics of that setup?I love stuff like this, to the point that I obsess about functionality and ease of use when I build a truck or trailer. I’ll post some more, but here’s my favorite flatbed looks wise.
Some ideas I plan to use when I build one:
1. Slots in the top of the headache rack with hand knobs to carry chainsaws by the bars.
2. A back wall on the headache rack that creates a pocket for holding a pair of ramps
3. Those same ramps can slide in to create besides for hauling firewood, bags of concrete, etc.
4. E-track pockets on the back wall of the headache rack to allow tying down 5 gallon buckets and gas cans.
Only a couple tie down points. Bed doesn't look like it dumps. Rack takes up twice as much space as it needs to. Rim/tire choice and hitch/bumper seem perfectly positioned for making life difficult if you're trying to load an objects that's too big for the forklift you're using (this is the one that would piss me off the most if I had to use it everyday). Doesn't look very functional for the work involved in building it but I guess it's a step up from a sheetmetal bed.I love stuff like this, to the point that I obsess about functionality and ease of use when I build a truck or trailer. I’ll post some more, but here’s my favorite flatbed looks wise.
Some ideas I plan to use when I build one:
1. Slots in the top of the headache rack with hand knobs to carry chainsaws by the bars.
2. A back wall on the headache rack that creates a pocket for holding a pair of ramps
3. Those same ramps can slide in to create besides for hauling firewood, bags of concrete, etc.
4. E-track pockets on the back wall of the headache rack to allow tying down 5 gallon buckets and gas cans.
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have a link to those little pod lites? Or a pic of them on at night? i like the size, thinking for my tractorHere’s a couple shots from a 7x16 7k trailer I redid for my best friend years ago. We added 2x2 angle between the vertical parts of the rails to make it easy to strap stuff down. Also added 4 D rings to use vehicle straps. I made some tail light boxes to keep the lights safe then added some nice wiring, all LED marker lights and reverse lights. We coated the trailer with Chassis saver and then Monstaliner.
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They were just a couple we picked up from amazon. nothing special really, they are flood pattern and they light things up pretty good. my next one will have more reverse lights for sure but those two alone are much better than none at all.
I added some cheap Amazon LED pod lights to the neck of my gooseneck this spring.. runs off the charge circuit on the 7way cord so the truck needs to be plugged in for the lights to work but if I am loading the trailer in the dark then the truck will be hooked up. I think I am into it for less $40 for lights and water resistant toggle switch. made loading up and strapping down the SXSs in the dark on vacation a helluva lot easier.
I work for a truck equipment manufacturer but we build square shit. We are about 10 steps up from your normal on the yard flatbed that everybody has. We have a good name in the business for such a small company. Figured you want to build your own but maybe you’ll find some inspiration
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Bonus points if your rock sliders overlap with the bed so it's a nice clean transition from slider to bed without touching sheet metal.Those are pretty
I personally like a taper behind the cab, even if it's a 45 from cab width to drw width, looks clean, cuts wind drag, and makes gate posts and bollards lean over instead of wiping out the truck and or ripping them out of the ground
Not long ago I helped a buddy mount a new flatbed on his Dodge that looked very much like this, with the flip down sides and all, might have even been this brand, I'll look for pics and add them in if I can find any.I love stuff like this, to the point that I obsess about functionality and ease of use when I build a truck or trailer. I’ll post some more, but here’s my favorite flatbed looks wise.
Some ideas I plan to use when I build one:
1. Slots in the top of the headache rack with hand knobs to carry chainsaws by the bars.
2. A back wall on the headache rack that creates a pocket for holding a pair of ramps
3. Those same ramps can slide in to create besides for hauling firewood, bags of concrete, etc.
4. E-track pockets on the back wall of the headache rack to allow tying down 5 gallon buckets and gas cans.
Not long ago I helped a buddy mount a new flatbed on his Dodge that looked very much like this, with the flip down sides and all, might have even been this brand, I'll look for pics and add them in if I can find any.
Edit, ok not the same brand. I thought it was a pretty cool flatbed though for what it is. I'd rather have a service body, but I haul too many goosenecks at work, so I guess something like this is what I'd have to pick as well if i got rid of my stock bed.
We have one of your beds, real fuckin nice. its lasted well.I work for a truck equipment manufacturer but we build square shit. We are about 10 steps up from your normal on the yard flatbed that everybody has. We have a good name in the business for such a small company. Figured you want to build your own but maybe you’ll find some inspiration
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fwiw the bradford built flat bed i installed a few months ago looked nice but it was built very cheap/weak, some of the cross members underneath didnt even extend to the outer edge, and the sheet metal deck was built so that it was also the outer edge(deck was folded over to be the side) where the fold down side rails were welded to with no reinforcement of any kind. im used to overbuilding flat beds myself so maybe im just a flat bed snobNot long ago I helped a buddy mount a new flatbed on his Dodge that looked very much like this, with the flip down sides and all, might have even been this brand, I'll look for pics and add them in if I can find any.
Edit, ok not the same brand. I thought it was a pretty cool flatbed though for what it is. I'd rather have a service body, but I haul too many goosenecks at work, so I guess something like this is what I'd have to pick as well if i got rid of my stock bed.
mine kinda do that, they sit just below and just out past the boxBonus points if your rock sliders overlap with the bed so it's a nice clean transition from slider to bed without touching sheet metal.
