New Truck Bed Installed

SilverRhino

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2013

• #1

After damaging my pickup box and not being able to find a replacement........decided to have a new bed fabricated. Contacted Larry Herrin at Herrin Haulers in Kilgore, TX and for about the same cost as having the bed repaired, we ended up with a new bed that is much more RV friendly!

 

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FiremanBill

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2013

• #2

Re: New Bed Installed

Very nice!

 

TravelTiger

Founding Texas-West Chapter Leaders-Retired

• Feb 10, 2013

• #3

Re: New Bed Installed

Sweeeet! Hope to see it at a Rally sometime.

 

JWalker

Northeast Region Director-Retired

• Feb 10, 2013

• #4

Re: New Bed Installed

That is Nice!!

 

Sumo

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2013

• #5

Re: New Bed Installed

So let me get this straight. All I have to do to get a SWEET bed like yours is drop my trailer on my truck. LOL.

I wish I had your kind of luck.

 

jayc

Texas-South Chapter Leaders

• Feb 10, 2013

• #6

Re: New Bed Installed

NICE!!! I would love to do something like that.

 

SilverRhino

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2013

• #7

Re: New Bed Installed

Sumo said:

So let me get this straight. All I have to do to get a SWEET bed like yours is drop my trailer on my truck. LOL.

I wish I had your kind of luck.

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The end result is great.......but........Not worth all the "beating up" I did to myself for being so foolish!! The other part that was very hard to deal were the looks on my DW and Grandsons faces when it happened. This was for sure not the best way to go about "selling" the wife on another modification to the truck.

 

oscar

Well-known member

• Feb 12, 2013

• #8

Re: New Bed Installed

SilverRhino said:

This was for sure not the best way to go about "selling" the wife on another modification to the truck.

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Yeah, but it worked.....

 

crazybanshee

Well-known member

• Feb 12, 2013

• #9

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Looks great!!!!! Larry does nice work.

 

mattpopp

Trouble Maker

• Feb 15, 2013

• #10

Re: New Bed Installed

I like this more then the CM beds. Very nice. If you don't mind what does the color matched bed like this run?


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SilverRhino

Well-known member

• Feb 17, 2013

• #11

Re: New Bed Installed

There are a lot of variables in pricing......best bet would be to contact Larry at Herrin Welding in Kilgore, TX. He can give you a quote on your truck and what you want in just a few minutes. I will tell you this, the CM bed that I looked at was cheaper.....but not by much and you get what you pay for!

Larry Herrin
Herrin Welding Welding Service
903-984-7139

www.herrinhauler.com

 

SouthernNights

Past South Carolina Chapter Leader

• Feb 17, 2013

• #12

Re: New Bed Installed

Looks really good Randy. In fact, it looked so good when you originally posted the pictures I called Herrin and got a quote. Gonna have to make a side trip in the fall.
How much do you think it increased your storage by? I cant remember if you had a tool box on your original bed.

 

SilverRhino

Well-known member

• Feb 17, 2013

• #13

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Larry;

I did have a cross bed UWS tool box on my previous bed. Currently my hauler bed has four compartments.....two that are 14" deep X 24" wide X 21.5" high on the front of each side and two that are 14" deep X 15.5" wide X 15.5" high at the rear of each side. I will be adding a box up at the back of the cab that will be 46" wide X 19" deep X 16" high. I need the utility box to mount my on board air system.

So.....to answer the original question.....everything I had in the cross bed box will fit in the compartments so storage without the utility chest is about the same....with the chest it will be almost twice as much. Still trying to figure out exactly where things will go! One option that Larry offers that I did not get, which I may regret, is the cross tunnel between the front compartments.....great place to store longer items or just more stuff.

 

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mobilcastle

Well-known member

• Feb 17, 2013

• #14

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Super sharp-Wow what a stroke of good luck when the 5ver slipped!

 

SouthernNights

Past South Carolina Chapter Leader

• Feb 20, 2013

• #15

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Thanks Randy. Any idea on how much weight the hauler bed added? I forgot to ask Herrin. Not worried just more curious

 

Nabo

Southeast Region Director-Retired

• Feb 20, 2013

• #16

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Gosh that looks good. Well done.

 

SilverRhino

Well-known member

• Feb 20, 2013

• #17

Re: New Bed Installed

SouthernNights said:

Thanks Randy. Any idea on how much weight the hauler bed added? I forgot to ask Herrin. Not worried just more curious

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According to Larry my bed ran about 1300#.

 

SouthernNights

Past South Carolina Chapter Leader

• Feb 20, 2013

• #18

Ok, thanks

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rick_debbie_gallant

Well-known member

• Feb 20, 2013

• #19

I have Been trying to guess myself how much such a thing would cost. How close Is my five grand guess. Also, was there any help from an insurance company.
Thanks in advance is an awesome truck.


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porthole

Retired

• Feb 21, 2013

• #20

rick_debbie_gallant said:

guess myself how much such a thing would cost. How close Is my five grand guess.

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Rick, I got a quote from Classy Chassis last year while at Goshen - $20K PLUS my complete bed!
Hence the reason I still have the factory Ford box.