Ram utility/service body info?
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Ram utility/service body info?
I'm looking to up-fit my 2014 2500 longhorn Crew-short box to a Aluminum utility body.
Sounds like Ram/Dodge trucks are not as easy to up-fit as Ford or GM.
Reading makes one I've looked at. TruckCraft /Lance is another.
Any info on this? I've got top side boxes on my 2003 3500 and hate them, to high up. The 2014 is a few inches taller than the 2003. I'm located in MA if that has any bearing on anything.
Sounds like Ram/Dodge trucks are not as easy to up-fit as Ford or GM.
Reading makes one I've looked at. TruckCraft /Lance is another.
Any info on this? I've got top side boxes on my 2003 3500 and hate them, to high up. The 2014 is a few inches taller than the 2003. I'm located in MA if that has any bearing on anything.
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Update: from what I'm being told, No one makes a utility box for the short box Ram truck.
The 8' bed trucks have a different cab than the short bed trucks. Short bed truck cab is rounded in the back, long bed is not. A cab chassis truck has the flat back cab also. This is why you do not see short box 4th gen Rams up fitted to a utility body. GM & Ford have flat backed cabs so you see them up-fitted. GM & Ford also have a 40" cab axle, Ram is 39" then the cabs rounded back pushes the box back further, the wheel is not centered in the wheel well. The side of the box does not meet the cab side because the cab is rounded vertically also.
The 8' bed trucks have a different cab than the short bed trucks. Short bed truck cab is rounded in the back, long bed is not. A cab chassis truck has the flat back cab also. This is why you do not see short box 4th gen Rams up fitted to a utility body. GM & Ford have flat backed cabs so you see them up-fitted. GM & Ford also have a 40" cab axle, Ram is 39" then the cabs rounded back pushes the box back further, the wheel is not centered in the wheel well. The side of the box does not meet the cab side because the cab is rounded vertically also.
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