My shop landlord buys and sells trucks from auction. He showed me a 2006 Ford F-250 with brand new Knapheide service bed with 133k on it from Arizona without a drop of rust on it. He’s selling it for $7500 which means he got a sweeeet deal on it most likely.
So if you’re in the market for a new truck, getting your dealers license or making friends with someone who does might be a financially wise move.
This question is for @Innocentbystander: the bed in the pictures is on a 90’s era Chevy 3500 dually with the biggest frame I’ve ever seen. He’s going to sell it to me for $250, but before I make space for it can I put it on the F-250 without too much headache? Also a knapheide
Knaps a tr e pretty much universal. You will have less problems than Akex had but his was done quickly. You don’t want that one though. Can’t mount anything on the tops because of hinges openings. If I’m seeing it correctly
I’m going to buy it regardless just because they go for 600 to 800 bucks around here pretty consistently. But I was also thinking I need to make a ladder rack for it so I’d probably just make some tubing “shelves” to mount stuff to and not use the top tool boxes.
Personally, I only like then because the sides make perfect places for machines, reels, fuel tanks. If not mounting them here, outs a lot of wasted space.
I just went back up there and took measurements. I bought it. It’s 12” wider than the flatbed, 10” longer than the flatbed, but the wheel wells line up. The F250’s frame is 2” wider, but there’s another 6 inches of space to play with between the boxes.
I got into the top tool boxes and it wouldn’t be that difficult to build an angle iron frame and just bolt it to the top. It’s easy to make flat.
@Steve I’m so tired of the trailer lol. Or that’s an awesome idea.
I’m going to look for a bucket lift to put in it if all works out on the install.
You can but you have to make brackets across the bed so it won’t interfere with opening the top. I love my top compartments and after having them wouldn’t want to do without them
Some guys are like that. There is an electrician across from my shop who is constantly buying and selling service vans. Sometimes I think he’d be happier as a car salesman than an electrical contractor.
Not only do I have to trust someone to drive a full size truck but load up and pull a trailer around town. I don’t even like people sitting in my truck yet alone driving it…
I saw a ranger flatbed the other day and I though wow that would make a nice house wash rig. Especially for just one employee… trying to throw double of everything on there might get tight
Yeah would be a one man show for sure. Perfect for residential work and some small commercial. Not many use rangers surprisingly hard to see builds that have been done.
A flatbed is the way to go on a compact/midsize pickup, imo. Build it up vertically with stacking reels, ladder rack, vertical water tanks, underbody boxes, etc.
Get an extended cab for a little bit of weatherproof storage space behind the seats.
Here’s my Truck Norris build. It’s a Tacoma, not a Ranger (which would’ve been so much more fitting… Walker, Texas Ranger) but same concepts apply.
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