Anyone install a flatbed yet?
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Anyone install a flatbed yet?
I have seen a few but most people don't seem to be converting these over.
I would like to put a nice simple deck on my f350 cc lariat. If anyone has put on on their trucks yet please post up and share your setup.
thanks.
I would like to put a nice simple deck on my f350 cc lariat. If anyone has put on on their trucks yet please post up and share your setup.
thanks.
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I've got one. The dealer screwed me and the truck was way late in showing up. The flatbed was a rush job because of that and it ended up sitting a couple inches higher than I'd have liked and weighing a couple hundred pounds more than it should have. Overall I am pretty happy with it though.
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I've got one. The dealer screwed me and the truck was way late in showing up. The flatbed was a rush job because of that and it ended up sitting a couple inches higher than I'd have liked and weighing a couple hundred pounds more than it should have. Overall I am pretty happy with it though.
Beautiful truck,, and just the right welder
One of the best field welders in the industryBed looks very beefy..almost medium duty beefy. I understand what you're saying about height.. looks like you wanted the headache rack bar to line up with the body line...and the toolbox to line up with the lower body line... but in the end.. you've built a really nice usable rig
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Are you guys doing a bed delete or ordering the cab & chassis with the de-rated 6.7 PS? I am contemplating doing the bed delete but in the end I think that will end up costing me too much. The hp & torque #'s on the 6.7 PS cab & chassis are similar to my '15 D-max so I can live with that. Any experience with the de-tuned engine? Thanks.
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Are you guys doing a bed delete or ordering the cab & chassis with the de-rated 6.7 PS? I am contemplating doing the bed delete but in the end I think that will end up costing me too much. The hp & torque #'s on the 6.7 PS cab & chassis are similar to my '15 D-max so I can live with that. Any experience with the de-tuned engine? Thanks.
Beautiful truck,, and just the right welder One of the best field welders in the industry
Bed looks very beefy..almost medium duty beefy. I understand what you're saying about height.. looks like you wanted the headache rack bar to line up with the body line...and the toolbox to line up with the lower body line... but in the end.. you've built a really nice usable rig
One of the best field welders in the industryBed looks very beefy..almost medium duty beefy. I understand what you're saying about height.. looks like you wanted the headache rack bar to line up with the body line...and the toolbox to line up with the lower body line... but in the end.. you've built a really nice usable rig
Thanks, I didn't build it though. I was in a big squeeze for time so a local place did it. They had it on hand. It was what they called an oil field spec bed. The diamond plate is 3/16 instead of 1/8 and there was something else heavier about it. It wasn't made for a '17 Ford. The top of frame to top of cab distance on a '17 is higher than anything else so they had to space it off the frame to get the top of the headache rack high enough. It's not ideal but it works pretty well. Hopefully I can do better on the next one in '22.
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Thanks for the info guys,
Trucks look good. I really like the functionality of a deck vs bed. The search continues. I like the idea of aluminum but not sure if steel makes more sense.
Trucks look good. I really like the functionality of a deck vs bed. The search continues. I like the idea of aluminum but not sure if steel makes more sense.
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