Thinking hard about putting a flatbed on my pick up, any suggestions? Thanks!!
I'd buy a CM bed. The bedes built by J&I are similar, but the quality is not as high. Both are built here in OK.
I can't give any suggestions on upfitters in NH, but i like bradford built and hillsboro flatbeds. Not sure if you'll find bradford built beds out there, but hillsboro doesn't have any dealers in NH. Here is a what google came up with. before i went to google maps i found your post on lts too. http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1... nh&esrch=FT1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl
I had a Gooseneck brand flatbed on my last truck and was very pleased with it. They seem to be built well and very heavy. The truck I have now has a J&I that was on there when I bought it and I dont like it at all. The receiver hitch they put on them from the factory is just a couple pieces of channel welded together with no structural supports tied into the frame of the bed or the truck so it is very weak. Mine bent pulling a 5000lb tractor on a small tandem trailer so now I'm gonna have to cut it all off and start over. I'm also not pleased with the side rails, they have a lip on the bottom side that catches road grit so they rust and are not very strong. I am always strapping things down to the bed and you can see where my strap hooks have bent the rails. There is a shop in Cordell, OK that makes some pretty nice beds. I have a friend in Texas who has one and I want my next one to come from there. Heres their site http://westernwelding.net/ Also heres a link to the gooseneck brand beds http://www.gooseneck.net/260138.html
Thanks guys!!
Friend of mine is a landscaper in Barrington, NH. He had Custom Welding out of Nottingham, NH build him some custom flatbeds out of rolled shapes, not sheet metal. A little heavier, but he has used them on 2 chassis cabs so far and is looking to get another chassis cab to swap the bed onto.
flatbed Check salvage yards what size truck is it what are you going to use it for
Thanks guys all good ideas. Willis I am and have been gathering fieldstone for 3,500sf of stone boundry and retaining walls I am starting this summer. Figure flatbed would hold more and hold up better. plus was hoping to put a gooseneck hitch on. But now this is on hold I bought a used yamaha grizzly 600 4x4 tonite It's older but seems to be in good condition.