gunnie

hey guys, i'm thinking of installing a flat bed on my 00 2500, what all will need to be done to install dual rears?
thanks

Dusty Ratcliff

you'll need spacers such as the ones sold by arrowcraft, but if it were me I'd try & find a rear axle form a wrecked cab & chassis truck, my cuz did this to a 99' quad cab 2500 & it turned out nice. we first put the spacers on it & the rear wheels looked like they were way too far apart, & the bed didn't even cover the outside wheel/tire, but then we put a narrow cab/chassis rear axle in it & changed the emblems & had a quad cab, cab/chassis something DC didn't even offer, even the dually axles such as mine are wider than the cab/chassis axles & take a wider than standard flatbed, but mine's gonna get one real soon anyway , hope this helps, Dusty

rush47

Dusty is right, my truck is a chassis cab and it has a much narrower track on it's outer dual tires. I allways looked at dually pickups as having training wheels cause there so wide. When you put a flatbed on them it even makes it look worse. Switch to a chassis cab narrow track rear end and it will look more balanced. IMO

grant

10HAAP

You can purchase flat beds in various widths. An 8' wide bed will cover dually tires. I have one that is 8' wide and 9' long and think it looks fine.
Steve