Flatbed Information Thread

I don't mind rivets. Would prefer welds, but rivets are easier to modify in the future.

 

Do you (or anyone else) have detailed shots of the hitch most companies are using?

I need a hitch, but want it to be as high as possible to clear rocks/shenanigans. My current high clearance rear bumper puts the hitch in line with the frame rails.

 

What do you mean? From what i can tell, the BF bed has a hitch set to OEM height, which is a little below the frame rails

 

Okay, that's what I was expecting.

So if I wanted the hitch to stay up and out of the way, I'd have to make a custom one that bolts into the frame.

 

Wow. Now that is interesting. Looks like stainless steel, unless oxidized aluminum was used there. But super thin to be aluminum.. That's the under structure of the deck... And then it looks riveted to the deck floor. Which tells me in must be stainless. I can see how they made it a universal mounting system which is smart.

If you have a second or third gen, there's some high clearance hitches on the market already for your truck that bolt on. Not rated for towing, but give you greater clearance.

 

Not sure how it is on a 2nd gen, but on the first gen it wouldn’t be hard to make end plates that relocate the factory hitch up higher since it’s all bolted together. They can also be flipped.


I just ended up building a bumper with a receiver welded in, should be fine for my very limited towing needs.

 

I think lethal customs makes the best looking trays on the market.

 

i just had one made, High clearance and added recovery points, hard to tell in the pictures but here is before and after

 

Good looking set up!..

 

Thank you! currently running the 3 foot canopy for camping but that's the nice thing about the Mits is it's all modular and easy to change

 

And now there is a canopy on the MITS tray

 

Looks so good!

 

I understand it's our competition, but seen this Mits for sale on the Colorado Craigslist! Seems like a dam good price to me if it's the tray and canopy together!

https://boulder.craigslist.org/rvs/d/boulder-overland-tray-and-canopy-mits/7539024861.html

 

I've been in the process of making my own flat bed and custom camper to fit on top of the flat bed.


https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/building-flatbed-and-camper.784730/#post-28071374

 

So much info on here that has been great!!

 

Glad it has helped. The flatbed build looks great!

 

thanks! the wood is temporary until i find some aluminum walls.

 

I'm selling my F250 6.7 and getting back into a Tacoma. No need for a diesel any more. I am going with a MT 4.0 trd dcsb, then will install a 6 foot ute bed on it, powder coated in semi gloss black. Here is my ute bed now.

 

Really like the black.

 

https://ddfab.co/shop/flatbed-kits/tacoma/

For those that don't want to drop a fortune