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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 03:52 PM
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You now have an excuse to add a rear sliding window!........If life serves you Lemons, make Lemonade!..........
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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ouch man, sorry to see that. I load down my streetbike and a quad from time to time in my bed and it bent the front of the bed in towards the cab quite a bit. Kinda disappointing they are not reinforced better...
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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ouch man, sorry to see that. I load down my streetbike and a quad from time to time in my bed and it bent the front of the bed in towards the cab quite a bit. Kinda disappointing they are not reinforced better...
I wish they would reinforce that area of the bed better. Got pushed out the first time I loaded my quad in the back of the truck and happened when i started to tie down my quad. Tool box took care of that now just gotta drive with tail gate down and problem solved.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by CANNONFX4
Jolly Green- Will your ATV not fit with the toolbox, or were you trying to be able to close the tailgate?

Was trying to get the rear end weight in the bed instead of riding on the edge of the tailgate. Was trying to make it easier on the truck and pulled and epic fail.

I'm not getting a trailer as long as I live in TX. I"m not paying TX $50 a year for a little quad trailer since all of them require an annual tag to be bought. Once I move back to OK I'll be getting a trailer asap.

Took it in this afternoon and it'll be ready tomorrow just in time for me to leave on my dove trip!
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Desert Racer
I wish they would reinforce that area of the bed better. Got pushed out the first time I loaded my quad in the back of the truck and happened when i started to tie down my quad. Tool box took care of that now just gotta drive with tail gate down and problem solved.
i thought about getting some square tube and bolting it to the bed under the front rail in my old truck.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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I bent the front of my bed in pretty good, surprisingly it pulled out just as easy as it caved in, just gotta get your fingers between the cab and the bed and pull away
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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Sounds like you need a spray in bedliner to prevent this from happening again.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 10:21 PM
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You've just convinced me to never ride my dirtbike up my ramp into my truck. Not that I'd do it anyway because with my luck it'd be an epic fail as well.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 10:46 PM
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It can happen. I have some 7 or 7.5 ft ramps that fold in the middle so I can still fit them in my 6.5' bed. I strap them to the hitch when loading the ATV and climb real slow up the ramps. The ramps have a lot a space between the slats so there is plenty of grip even when the tires are muddy.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 4.6 Punisher
Sounds like you need a spray in bedliner to prevent this from happening again.
That wouldnt help the bed any.. i have one and have put large dents in the floor of the bed, and smashed up the front like everyone else here. The only thing it did was bend with it!
 
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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It never fails...if you haul 4wheelers or the like in the back of your truck enough, you will eventually end up with a bed smashed into the back of a cab, or no back window-usually both.

It happens to the best of us
 
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 01:08 AM
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That sucks bro......
 
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 4.6 Punisher
Sounds like you need a spray in bedliner to prevent this from happening again.
I have the dualliner installed in mine and I think it helps.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 06:10 PM
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No quad of mine is getting through my rack.
 
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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Wow, I like those rims nico... what are they and what size?
 
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