a buddy of mine bought a steel dumpbed from them about 4 years ago, it's just a regular flatbed with a hoist underneath it, it works really well, he hauls alot of gravel with it, I think he did break a pin or two in it once, but dunno if I'd blame that on the mfg. if ya know what I mean!!! LOL give Tony at T&G a call, he's a pretty down to earth guy, stays plenty busy though, so if he seems a little short that's prolly why, but I'd not be afraid to buy a dump bed from him, nothing but satisfied customers around these parts, actually considering one of his beds for my 01' in the near future, maybe steel, but painted white????? not sure just yet, anyway let us know if ya get any prices or anything, Dusty

 

Question for all the flatbed guys. How do you mount the flatbed to your truck??? Do you use the stock bed mounts? My guess is that the location is not universal between manufacturers... so what am I in for trying to get a flatbed mounted up? It sounds like T&G is the place to go, especially since I am relatively close.

Also, what size do you go with on a long bed truck?

 

The Cummins doctor, in my area, is also a stocking dealer for Gooseneck-brand steel flats, well, aluminum also.

I have helped him set several on various model Dodge trucks.

If memory serves me, he bolts four, or maybe it's six, heavy angle-iron brackets to the frame of the truck.

The steel bed has matching brackets that line up with these and they get big bolts through them.

The Gooseneck flats have gooseneck hitch, with trap-door, and receiver-hitch already made on them.

My own personal home-made flat has four-inch channel-iron that sticks down beside the rails of the flat and frame of truck.

The channel is welded to the flat and bolts go through it and the frame of truck.

My gooseneck plate is independent of the flat, and is mounted to the top surface of the double-frame of the truck; yes, I am blessed with a very heavy double frame---no flex with that baby.

As to someones question as to why anyone would want a flat-bed:

Walk around any truck with one of those flimsy sheet-metal pick-up beds, that is a couple of years old, and count the dings and dents that are real eye-sores, and require a trip to the body-shop to repair.

The flats on all my trucks look as good as the day they were first built, and they have been treated rough, fork-lifts banging into them, little old ladies backing into them, cows trying to turn the truck over, you name it.

A Dollar General Store can of black spray paint will fix any damage that they get.

 

http://www.cmtruckbeds.com/images/Tr...%20Mounted.jpg

is there any way i could put this bed on my 03? i have a body lift and wonder if this would work?

 

This is whats goin on my pickup in Januray. The same bed but for a SRW

 

Looks good... how much?

I ended up deciding to try to do this one on my own. I always wanted to learn to weld so, for a LOT less than a CM or similar flatbed I bought a chop saw, steel delivered to my door, wood for the deck, and a little Hobart flux core wire welder, wire, spare tips, helmet, etc.,... should be fun

I don't expect it'll be too pretty the first time around but hopefully functional.

 

Here is the Proline Website:

http://www.prinevillecommunity.com/proline.html

Their bumpers and flatbeds are very common sight around my area.

 

Still not done with my flatbed. I am sort of "stuck" waiting for a friend help me turn it over to finish the welds God knows how I managed to take it off of my truck by myself........ Gotta say a CM or Proline is looking pretty good right about now but in the end I got a little welder out of it so it's all good.

 

If I had a dually I'd probably get a flatbed. Did you want aluminum or steel? I can get a good steel flatbed here for pretty cheap. Aluminum is really nice looking but $$$.

 

I wanted steel - I did want it to be light by any means, and steel is easier to paint, fix,work on, etc. I think when all is said and done I will have spent about $600 on wood, D-rings, steel, bolts, lights,wiring and paint. The CM's are real purdy but I think they wanted like $1500 for it. This was more of a learning experience than anything - It'll be functional though

 

Welp, here it is...

 

Looks good. Need a headache rack now.

 

and some mud flaps!

I had a Hillsboro Aluminum Flatbed on my truck when I bought it. It wasn't too bad until I started finding cracks in the welds! So a buddy and I spent a weekend cleaning the bed and beefing it up and rewelding it. Did an acid type wash and it looked good and took care of the rattling going down the road. (louder than my engine sometimes!) I finally traded it for a regular dually bed that was the exact same color as my truck! Just make sure whenever you look at buying a flatbed you make sure on the length, mine was too long for me to pull some trailers (the corner of the bed would get into the trailer jack when turning)

 

Mud flaps are installed now

 

How much do the elite series beds run from b&w?