Great work on the bed/body! I need a place to safely store all my recovery gear and tools and your design/ideas look ideal!pawleyk said:
Hey Bill,Advmoto18 said:Great work on the bed/body! I need a place to safely store all my recovery gear and tools and your design/ideas look ideal!
Please don't interpret the following as a critical statement...not such at all! More my inquisitive nature as I decide if I want to go the flatbed route or come up with a bed such as yours.
Would it have been feasible or even a good I idea to have flared the side panel boxes up and outwards so they would have met and been flush with the outer/bottom edges of the camper?
I'm quite envious of the Baja trip this time of year. We are heading down in March.
Bill
Removable floor is brilliant. Stall mat, yup my rubber is 100lb - crazy.pawleyk said:I just used 3/4" marine ply set into the perimeter frame as a bed floor. It's just bolted to the stringers, so it's easily removable for access to repair items (fuel pump and tank specifically) below the bed, which is a huge plus for me. I ordered some roll-on rubber from Amazon that I'll completely coat the ply with to seal it up from the elements and give the camper a bit more "squish and stick" sitting on the bed. My hope is that it sits well enough that I can eliminates the large heavy stall mat I've been using.
That's terrific. I figure my AL deck with sides is twice that. Of course it's a function of material used but you are in the UTE LTD range. Theirs, an absolute minimum tray - yours, with so much more going on.pawleyk said:Oh, and the completed bed with all the boxes weighs right around 300lbs.
I did actually just use the stock turnbuckes. I like that they're proven, and I like that I can loosen one corner in the really twisty stuff to give things even more flex. I can also remove the camper really quickly since I can reach all four turnbuckles from outside the truck. I was originally planning to bolt it on, but the only real advantage I could think of was that it would gain me a bit more space.kmacafee said:That looks great. How did you secure the camper to the bed -- did you use FWC's turnbuckles or did you bolt it down somehow?
Thanks man! I never really compared it to the weights of those others, I couldn't really afford the nice aluminum trays and they weren't exactly what I was looking for so didn't do that much research into them.klahanie said:Removable floor is brilliant. Stall mat, yup my rubber is 100lb - crazy.
That's terrific. I figure my AL deck with sides is twice that. Of course it's a function of material used but you are in the UTE LTD range. Theirs, an absolute minimum tray - yours, with so much more going on.
Dynomite !
Thanks for sharing
A-l-u-m-i-n-e-s-s you say?cherbinger@frontiernet.net said:Maybe try Aluminess rear bumper with swinging boxes. Look them up online