Utility bed compartments
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Utility bed compartments
Hi, I want to buy an F250 w/ a utility bed for a pool service truck.
I'm wondering how much weight the side compartments can handle without worrying about the bottoms busting out.
Anyone here have a utility bed that carries 150 lbs or more in the side compartments?
Thanks
I'm wondering how much weight the side compartments can handle without worrying about the bottoms busting out.
Anyone here have a utility bed that carries 150 lbs or more in the side compartments?
Thanks
Laughing Gas
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From: Dallas, Oregon
It depends on the manufacturer of the box. Most are quite stout.
I carried around a lot of tools and parts in a couple of different bodies. I'm sure that each shelf was loaded over 150 lbs. regularly, and each compartment was loaded over 500 lbs. at times. I welded angle iron into a compartment on each one that I mounted a large tool box onto. The box weighs about 250 lbs. when filled with tools. I never had a problem with the structure flexing or breaking down, even though I drove on gravel roads a lot and around a rock quarry daily.
Expect to add a lot of weight with the service body. They have to be quite stout to withstand the abuse they take.
I carried around a lot of tools and parts in a couple of different bodies. I'm sure that each shelf was loaded over 150 lbs. regularly, and each compartment was loaded over 500 lbs. at times. I welded angle iron into a compartment on each one that I mounted a large tool box onto. The box weighs about 250 lbs. when filled with tools. I never had a problem with the structure flexing or breaking down, even though I drove on gravel roads a lot and around a rock quarry daily.
Expect to add a lot of weight with the service body. They have to be quite stout to withstand the abuse they take.
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