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Central KY | Traded trucks recently and will be putting on a new CM SK skirted bed in the next couple of weeks. I got factory side rails thrown in on the deal, but would like to figure out a way fix up a little tailgate (same height as the side rails) for the bed. I'm not sure it would hold much in, but I like the idea of just throwing something up on the bed and not worrying about it sliding off the back of the truck. My last truck had a gooseneck brand bed that was square across the back, and just welded a piece of square tubing on hinges to fold up and down. The newer CM beds have cut corners, so that's what's throwing a wrench in things on this one.
So, what are some ideas you all have come up with?
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se montana | well the "board" doesn't have to be all the way to the back does it,,maybe something across in the stake pockets? |
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Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80 | Picture from google images: (edit: now some guys can give you some better ideas, maybe)
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s.w. IA | My Bradford has slots at the back of the siderails for a 2x6. |
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Between Omaha and Des Moines, 7 miles South of I80 | something like this? (= I didn't post this picture, at first, because I think he wants something "fancier")
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s.w. IA | Exactly . Sorry I don't know how to post pictures. |
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South-central Nebraska | 1448 - 11/30/2016 09:36
My Bradford has slots at the back of the siderails for a 2x6.
+1, I painted my 2x6 black to match! |
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Oregon | I've seen some nice tailboards that just mimic the CM / Bradford / Hillsboro chamfer by cutting the same angle at the joints of the tailboard. I'd probably strengthen that wood joint with biscuits and Titebond II, but a small sheetmetal plate (mimic the angle with a brake) on the inside of both joints would work. The tailboard just drops into the notches in the side rails. (Like 1448 has illustrated).
I suppose that if you never take it off / don't use the goose / don't mind lifting, you could make something pretty bomber out of tubing or channel the same dimension as your side rails and mitre the joints to follow the rear bed line just like the wood tailboards I have seen. It wouldn't hinge like your side rails but instead would meet them at the back notch for the tailboard.
-Mike
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Elizabethtown,KY | The sides on my old flat bed are wood, my bed has stake pockets, so I took a 2"x8" board and cut some wood stakes and screwed the board to the stakes, then put 2 grab handles on with bolts so it is easy to lift out. |
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NW MN | Our employee made these up for our flat bed. I think he did a great job.
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Southeast Washington | We have a Snake River that is the regional maker that makes beds for Bradford and under their own name but cheaper and it has the slots for the 2x6.
We have a Monroe that is like the CM and didn't have anything for the tailgate so we bolted a U-shaped piece of aluminum to hold the 2x6 with rubber belting wrapped around the 2x6 to keep it from being thrown out in rough ground.
On another with the straight back welded tubing to help protect lights and add support for the stock receiver hitch with stakes sliding into that to hold the rear tailgate.
Sorry for the dirt but these are working pickups with winter weather set in.
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Osakis, MN | One that is bent to the outside dimensions of the rear of the bed would store nicely setting on the lower bumper if you made a way to fasten it there. A couple over center latches on the ends maybe. |
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Zabcikville, TX | A 1" ratchet strap across it works great, movable also. Hf213, that's got to be the best example of throwing money away. An all (or at least mostly) aluminum bed on a 90's model Chevy?? It don't even look good. But......its your money, not mine. |
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Central KY | Thanks everyone for the replies and ideas. Some ideas I've already had, and some new ones- think I can come up with a combination that will fit the need! Thanks again |
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S.E. Washington | I thought hf213 put together a nice combination of pickup an flatbed. Looks good. I'm a dodge man myself but those old gm pickups have a nice clean look to them. |
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Central KY | jmriley80 - 11/30/2016 21:13
Local cm dealer has added a third side rail, the same as the other two just bends it an adds two stake pockets on the back
Who would that local CM dealer be? Mines coming from a dealer in SEMO... |
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SE MO | Local dealer I was refuring to is floyds, but i don't think they are modifying the beds. They will sale you the extra parts to do it yourself. |
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Central KY | Floyd's is where I got mine from. Seem like really good people to work with. |
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SE MO | Yes really good people. They should have some tailgate ideas. |
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"Tailgate" ideas for flatbed
