Flatbed Information Thread

I apologize if I missed this information posted elsewhere but does anyone have any info on the value of the stock bed and tailgate or where to sell them? I'm taking steps towards having a flatbed installed and my big hang-up is what to do with everything that's removed.

 

My bed was scrapped since it was damaged.

a good step would be to go on car-part.com and see what salvage yards in your area are selling them for.

 

i sold my stock bed on ebay

 

For anyone building your own flatbed, what are you doing for a drawer or the under bed tool boxes?

 

I have a flatbed now!



Need to make time to install it and fab a rear tow hitch.

Also: where have you sourced a rear trundle drawer and angled tool boxes?
I’m looking for a long aluminum drawer setup to mount under the flatbed deck between the frame rails. 24-34” wide, ~8-9” tall, ~48” long

 

When it was installed previously:



So yeah, need drawers and under bed angled tool boxes.

 

https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...?spm=a2700.shop_plgr.41413.103.1c107121iX2zNo

This seems to fit the bill for a drawer. Price isn’t cheap, but similar steel drawers are much heavier.

 

FYI: Summit Expedition Trucks lists their drawer as for sale, but in reality they will not sell it separately - you have to also purchase one of their flatbeds.

https://setoverland.com/drawer-trundle-drawer/


Website is extremely misleading.

 

Does anyone have the dimensions for a 4 door 5ft Tacoma bed just trying to quote out metal before I commit to anything

 

can really make it what ever you want in regards to dimension when you are building it. Believe mines 6 feet long and 70” wide if I recall. I ordered mine and wasn’t aware they had the slimmer version but so far so good. Only had one or two issues in the trees.

I am a dclb however the same bed can be adapted to short beds as well. Some photos floating around of that.

 

SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD

*This ad is for the canopy only, not the entire MITS ALLOY tray and canopy setup*

I have a MITS ALLOY canopy for sale in Washington state. Looking for $10k, new one with these options is $18k +however long it takes to show up from Australia.

Canopy details:

1500mm length
Dual pass thru gullwing doors
Powder coated aluminum w/internal unistrut design
Single Jerry can cage
Folding ladder
Up to a 37” spare tire carrier (35’s shown in pics)
Roof rack
3 awning brackets
Clear view fridge drop slide
Interior drawer/table combo

I will include a Dometic 75DZ like new condition, a Yakima 270 major shady like new condition, 4 jack brackets and 4 jacks.

The canopy is in great shape, like new condition.

More details can be found here: https://dasmule.com/pages/mits-canopy

 

Very nice setup. Good luck with the sale.

 

Thanks!

 

Little more work on the flatbed.

 

A tree fell on the back of my truck last December. I had to get the frame straightened and then I ended up going with the Double Diamond Fab flatbed. Super happy with it . SK Welding in Graham WA did the work. He did a great job!

 

Finally getting more work done on it. Still need to get it tabbed out for the diamond plate, add a rail around the outside for strapping stuff down, find some lights for it and figure out how to mount them, and build some kind of tailgate. (What do you all think, fold down or swing out for the tailgate??). Any other ideas of stuff to put on before I blast and coat?

 

looks great. I like fold down since you can get an extra work surface if you do it as a tailgate style. If you are doing a drawer under the deck though a swing out with a table can accomplish the same deal. I miss having the tailgate as a work surface from the stock bed.

 

I keep trying to figure out an aftermarket solution to a dual action swing out and drop down tailgate. Aka, Ridgeline tailgate.

 

Thanks. Its coming along. I'm leaning towards the fold down too. Would make it easier getting on top to the tent as well. One of the guys here at work just suggested building a whole bedslide for the box so I don't have to crawl in to get my fishing gear haha so I might add that to the list as well.

 

That would be a pretty slick idea. I don't know if I could fab one of those without it shaking like a rattle trap haha.