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crabbelle

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is having a flat bed instead of a oem bed make any diff. i found a cheap 5 speed 4x4 truck but it has a flat bed. would i be better off selling it for parts or keep it. also its made outa steel with a wood deck
 
Id leave it alone unless you just want a regular bed. Flatbeds always pull good from what i have seen. Some will say you cant hang hardly as much weight, but i dont think it makes a lot of difference.

Eric
 
I think you should sell it to me! I need a good tow rig.

Most flat beds I've seen do good where aluminum. I have seen steel beds weigh 2,000lbs +. thats a lot of weight that cant be hung out front.
 
If you are pulling in a class that you can not hang weight it will help you get closer to the weight limit. If you can hang weight it will give you less weight to hang. I personally think it is a double edged sword.
 
there are a few flat beds that pull around here. and most of them always performs very well. though i think some haven't noticed, but a few of them have an awfully short rearend to hitch point length. I believe thats why a few orginizations have added a minimum rear axle to hitch point length to the rules. Most rules state minimum 46"
 
some of the gas guys around here take sheet metal and make box and wrap it with leather and call it a flat bed. one guy said his only weighed 50lbs.
 
thanks for the info, ill see how much it wieghts when i get it, the truck is a 1st gen ext cab
 
crabbelle said:
is having a flat bed instead of a oem bed make any diff. i found a cheap 5 speed 4x4 truck but it has a flat bed. would i be better off selling it for parts or keep it. also its made outa steel with a wood deck
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i pull a 11 ft plate bed truck and i have had some wild exsperiences when i took it off to try something new and came to find out if you ever plan on pulling with wide open u cant us that bed because it is made out of wood . there are no wooden beds allowed just thought i would give ya the heads up
 
i talked to the seller and the bed is all steel. there going to get back to me about wieght
 
Wouldnt a strong flat bed stiffen the frame and reduce flex? That would give a big advantage.
 
The problem with the heavy steel flatbeds is that they put the weight on the wrong end of the truck, and the trucks tend to bounce a lot coming out of the hole.. Both Fords and Dodges w/ flatbeds.

I'm questioning the same thing though.. except mine is a dually w/ auto. I'll give it a shot this summer sometime..
 
Honestly, I believe weight over the rear end doesent hurt anything. There are tires under the rear end too, and they pull just like the front ones do.
 
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