Marc i have a question on the flat bed.
(i posted this over at another forum, but it seems more appropriate here?)
My wife and i will be purchasing a new 2011 Ford SuperDuty next spring. So far we are looking at a crew cab chassis cab F350 or above. I am assuming that you have specs to share as the super duty cabs require more room from flatbed to top-of-cab.
Do you have design parameters that you can share so i can pass this info onto a local builder of flatbeds? (
Highway Producs of Medford Oregon). I'm in the planning stages of the purchase with a local ford fleet buyer and trying to coordinate the upfitment including the flat bed in the cost of the truck purchase for better financing. I would consider purchasing the XP flatbed mentioned at your site if they waived the taxes, though a quote from the oregon builder above comes in at ~$6500 for all aluminum construction with boxes below. I have purchased various vehicles in Nevada and California as an Oregon resident and never paid sales tax.
Thanks in advance for your thoughts/reply.
Thom
Hey Thom,
Welcome to the board! I'm an Oregonian as well and I would prefer to buy a local product. Looking at the page you linked, I would be concerned that the extra width on that flatbed is going to mean that the camper is not going to be flush with the flatbed. I'd be interested to know if they built a narrower version with square corners to better accommodate a camper.
Ute delivers to dealers in Oregon so I don't think there is any tax involved. Ute is primarily a distributor and I don't think they do installations themselves at all.
Regarding the cab height - the XPcamper has a frame between the composite part of the camper and the flatbed. I would assume that the frame is fabricated to whatever specifications needed to fit your truck - IE if your cab is taller then the frame is built to be a bit taller.
Marc should be along to give you some real answers. I've been drooling over the XP for a while now and thought I'd pass along the info I have learned over the last few months.