Flat bed mounting pics wanted.

[rs74]

If any of you have pics of how you mounted your flat bed then I would like to see them. Hopefully putting on a new flatbed soon and I still have the factory fuel tanks. Here are some pics of one and this is how I am looking at doing mine.

[rs74]

I have never done this and have not got the bed yet. I assume that maybe the bed will set on the frame over the rear axle and just shim in front and behind the axle. A dump bed would be nice but I think with this bed having a rear apron I can't use as a dump. I would like to keep it as a bolt on and not weld solid.

Here is what I am looking at.

[esbstuff]

Just don't weld to the frame! Thats a BIG no-no.

[Tx Firefighter]

I see a lot of flatbeds around here in ranch country. There's a good number of them installed like you're talking about.


The most common way is to use channel welded to the bed and bolted to the frame like you pictured above. The bed sets atop the frame in the middle and the channel supports it on the ends. Between the good foot or more of bed to frame contact in the middle and the channel legs front and rear they're super solid and aren't ever gonna come off.