brancs of flatbeds
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Faster horses
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when we were in Texas and Oklahoma last fall, we looked at several.
If I remember correctly, it was the CM we liked the best and I think
the factory is near Ardmore, Oklahoma.
If I remember correctly, it was the CM we liked the best and I think
the factory is near Ardmore, Oklahoma.
Cedarcreek
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I've got a BradfordBuilt on the last pickup we got. I like it better than any of the others I've seen.
loomixguy
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Jensen in Coffeyville, KS, made a GOOD bed, but out of a Jensen, Hillsboro, Bradford, C&M, and the knockoff Hillsboro people, (Triple C, maybe?), the one I would purchase again and again is a Besler.
I have a Jensen on my old 81 K30 that I started hauling LOOMIX with, but I have a Besler on my F550, and wouldn't go with anything else unless I built it myself. If it can stand up to what I put it through every day, they'll stand up for anybody.
I have a Jensen on my old 81 K30 that I started hauling LOOMIX with, but I have a Besler on my F550, and wouldn't go with anything else unless I built it myself. If it can stand up to what I put it through every day, they'll stand up for anybody.
Soapweed
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My son put this edge around a Hydra-Bed.
It makes a nice using pickup out of a bale hauler.
The endgate comes out if needed.
These latches hold the endgate in place even when it is upside down.
nmhighdesert
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I have spent my life as a welder and CWI and have helped a friend who owns a trailer sales company with mounting factory beds. Most of them are junk. I personally would tear most of them apart going where I go with mine. I can see that soaps son has some talent. Just get him to build one.
Justin
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My vote would be for a Besler. This bed was about 3 years old when these pics were taken. The Beslers are very well built and look pretty good too. This one hauled LOOMIX most of the fall, all of winter and most of spring. Then a fuel tank and everything else you can imagine during the summer. Never had a problem with it, and still looks like new. I haven't been around one of thier bale beds, but I'm sure they are just as good.
thanks for all the replys, i would really like a hydrabed but have yet to find a way to make it pay. a spike bed would be nice also but the same problem. Biggest part of my herd is 70 miles from home where i keep everything (hay, tractor, feed etc) so i have to take a trailer.......thinking about building a hay lot down at that place but several other issues with that also. again thanks for the replys and if anyone else has any ideas or opinions they will be greatly appreciated.
Hey soapweed I have a question for you? What kind of tubing did your son use on your Hydra bed for the bed rails? Are they welded to the arms? It looks like they are, I just bought a Hydra Bed and want to make some side rails but didn't really know what to go with. Yours looks really good I like the look of it especially your brand on the back.
Soapweed
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tenbach79 said:
It is eleven guage 1" x 3" tubing welded right to the arms. He used an eartag paint pencil to do the pinstriping. I like his idea for the endgate, and how it stays put even when the arms are upside down when the bales are being loaded. He got his talent from his mother. :wink:
The only thing that maybe could have been done differently would be to make the side rails go clear back instead of angling them to accomodate the endgate. In other words, the endgate could have been the full width of the flat bed. The pickup is a 2008 Dodge 3500 dually 4x4, with a Hemi gas engine. I hauled two pallets of feed the other day, and they rode side by side. They'd have been easier to load if those back side rails hadn't been angled.