Why flatbeds

This may not be the correct forum, but what is the advantage of a flat bed truck for off roading? I would think you would want the bedsides to help hold in your contents.

 

What I see most people do it for around these parts in snow mobiles, but I've never seen a taco with a flat bed, just dmaxes and such.
I think it looks awful but if it had a purpose can't bash it

 

off road they are nice as they dont damage as easy as a bed.

 

You also gain a couple of feet in bed width It's tough to carry 8x4s in smaller trucks, so with the bed sides extending over the wheels that no longer a problem.

 

Now that's badass!

 

Badass rig. Tons of trucks with flat beds here in Texas. I'd like to have one someday

 

I'm guessing that in many cases it was cheaper to replace a damaged bed with a flat bed than go back original.

 

@Ackrite

 

http://www.fourwh.com/product/fleet-flat-bed-popup-truck-camper-tray-tacoma/

That's why I want one anyways.

 

can fit bigger tires in the rear easier too

 

Not a Tacoma nor is it complete, but here is mine. It is minimalistic and holds whatever I need to go wheeling. A full bed would be the first thing to get wrecked. A flatbed is modular. I can weld anything to it in the location I need it, whether it be tie down points, storage, mounts (spare, hi-lift).

 

You still understood my point!

 

@Robertocritser

 

Yeah. You tagged me 'splain myself. Or at least the concept and some reasoning for the inquiring minds. Lol.

 

Here is mine. I kinda did a "truggy" bed but I used grating for the floor material as it has an infinite amount of tie down points
I used to also be a long bed but I didn't like the wheel base so I shortened it up which mentioned I had to ditch the bed anyways.

 

I would love to have a flatbed, my bed is rusted to shit.

 

Mine was going to be a bobbed bed, but then as I was taking the bed off to work on the rear end, I realized the last thing I want to do I lift that bitch back over the rear and then have to deal with replacing stripped 30 year old mounting bolts.

It worked out as I had a shitload of spare 2"x2" tubing to make the bed frame.

 

I like it. My little bro had a lifted '86, got rear ended and the bed actually came off, everything was a rusty mess.

 

My old flat bed truck.