Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives Thinking about flat bed 4X4 instead of a new Jeep, comments ?

SamO-is that a DewEze? Can't tell from the pic. If so, they're built not far from where I live, everybody that runs beef cows around here has them on their trucks.

They work really well for loading 4-wheelers as well. A chain from one arm goes to the rear rack, the other arm gets chained to the front rack, and then you just lift it onto the bed. No ramps needed.

For hunting though, I'd rather have a conventional bed. We just haul coolers/totes/propane tanks, so a flat bed would have to be configured with side rails to hold it all in for the long trips.

If I were farming though you couldn't get me to not have a flat bed. My old boss had his set-up right. Quick release toolbox that locked to the bed from the inside of the box. Additional storage in front of and behind the wheels. Large vice mounted on the back corner. Racks for cutting tanks/torches to be secured when needed. Worked good for cowboying in the pastures as well as fixing row-crop equipment out in the field..