zb39
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Dealership called. The 5500 is here.........................
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jimh406
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Pictures or it didn't happen. Ok, joking considering the photobucket fiasco!
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mike/kellie
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Pretty cool! How long before the bed is manufactured and installed?
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billyray50
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Pics please!
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zb39
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Truck came in at 60 inches cab to axle. The bed I arranged to buy won't work. trlying to find another. I'm supposed to leave the 3rd on a trip. Not good.
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Wikel
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zb39 wrote:Truck came in at 60 inches cab to axle. The bed I arranged to buy won't work. trlying to find another. I'm supposed to leave the 3rd on a trip. Not good.
Unfortunate to hear.
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mike/kellie
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Boy, that's tough to hear. You have everything researched and in place, then this. Your truck dealer must be in shock as well. Good luck with this
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work2much
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zb39 wrote:Truck came in at 60 inches cab to axle. The bed I arranged to buy won't work. trlying to find another. I'm supposed to leave the 3rd on a trip. Not good.
I see from this thread you initially ordered the 60" and changed it later with a call to the dealer. I assume the dealer dropped the ball? If so can they find you a comparable or better equipped truck already on a lot somewhere?
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Bedlam
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Could you get a temporary tray fabricated for the base of the Host and some plastic wheel well covers so you can make your scheduled trip and deal with the details once you return?
The edges would be 2x2" angle with some cross supports. A 3/4" piece of plywood with rubber mat would finish it off. This cradle would be bolted to the frame rails and some triangular shaped camper tie down points bolted off the frame could go to your turnbuckles.
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mike/kellie
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Bedlam wrote:Could you get a temporary tray fabricated for the base of the Host and some plastic wheel well covers so you can make your scheduled trip and deal with the details once you return?
The edges would be 2x2" angle with some cross supports. A 3/4" piece of plywood with rubber mat would finish it off. This cradle would be bolted to the frame rails and some triangular shaped camper tie down points bolted off the frame could go to your turnbuckles.
This was a choice I had to make when I was faced with selling my 3500 and having only the C & C to deliver the camper to my truck bed outfitter. I actually passed on an offer to sell the GMC and kept both trucks for a couple months until it got closer to production. I had put a lot of thought into fabricating a temp. platform for an easier delivery but opted out. Man....to have a special ordered truck not right-that's not right.
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