Cargo bed mounts

[txturbo]

Anyone have pictures of the mounts on a cargo bed and what diameter the bolt holes are? I bought a 5 ton that originally had a fifth wheel and the guy took that off and has a cargo bed to go on it. I need some idea before I drive two hours to mount this thing before I drive it home.

 

[98G]

Anyone have pictures of the mounts on a cargo bed and what diameter the bolt holes are? I bought a 5 ton that originally had a fifth wheel and the guy took that off and has a cargo bed to go on it. I need some idea before I drive two hours to mount this thing before I drive it home.

Putting a cargo bed on a truck tractor generally requires a bit of fab work. The wheelbase isn't the same length between the cargo trucks and the truck tractors.

Cutting the bed down to 12' works well if you remove the spare carrier and air lines and go right up to the cab.

 

[txturbo]

Putting a cargo bed on a truck tractor generally requires a bit of fab work. The wheelbase isn't the same length between the cargo trucks and the truck tractors.

Cutting the bed down to 12' works well if you remove the spare carrier and air lines and go right up to the cab.

I’m aware. I just need the pictures.

 

[98G]

I’m aware. I just need the pictures.

Sorry, I don't have any.

What I did for mounting brackets was 3/8" plate 3x8" and drilled a hole to line up with an existing hole on the truck frame. Once the bed was in place, i bolted the plate to the truck and then welded the bracket to the bed rail with the bed already positioned.

 

[Jbulach]

Rear mount. Had 3/4x2-3/4” bolts from the factory.

Mid mount, the same.

The front mount had two captured double springs with two 5/8x9-3/4” bolts per side.

Let me know if you need anything else, I finally have my truck back at the house for the summer.

 

[Jbulach]

Anyone have pictures of the mounts on a cargo bed and what diameter the bolt holes are? I bought a 5 ton that originally had a fifth wheel and the guy took that off and has a cargo bed to go on it. I need some idea before I drive two hours to mount this thing before I drive it home.

Poke.

 

[txturbo]

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Rear mount. Had 3/4x2-3/4” bolts from the factory.
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Mid mount, the same.
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The front mount had two captured double springs with two 5/8x9-3/4” bolts per side.
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Let me know if you need anything else, I finally have my truck back at the house for the summer.

Thank you sir. That’s what I needed.

 

[txturbo]

Poke.

I’m going to have to fabricate those frame mounts. Can I get the hole size for those frame mount bolt holes?

 

[Jbulach]

Where they’re riveted to the frame? I can only guess without grinding one off, 3/8” min, 1/2” max…

 

[chucky]

There is a fella on here that made it so his bed had a kingpin welded under in so he could latch the bed to his fifth wheel truck same as a trailer but take it off to use other bed implements when bed wasnt needed ! He was at the windrock rally the last 2 years and i think his name was john others in here will know who im talking about ! A really kool idea if you need 1 truck to do many tasks !