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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;crocky, post: 11679068, member: 200207&quot;]A few months back I posted pictures of the rear fenders I built for my Chevy 5500. They looked nice but embarrassingly they lasted 2 trips before the road destroyed them. Broke one in Arizona then finished the other off in Michigan..</p><p><br /></p><p>It was these.. The way I attached them to my hitch plate allowed for bouncing and they beat themselves apart. Had I connected them from side to side they would have mostly been ok, but they were not permanent anyway was just a temp set up just more temporary than I expected.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/OP34oxp.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I bought the truck in Jan but haven&#039;t had the time to convert it as I intended. I wanted to install a Semi 5th wheel which I already owned and put a sleeper on the truck plus add side boxes. Over Thanksgiving, I was finally able to get the basics done and I built the subframe for the hitch section, so I could mount the hitch and get new fenders put on.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/V5XMaqW.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/hhUPLKz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The idea is to build a hotshot style bed that I can attach everything to it, so I don&#039;t have to drill a billion holes in the frame to make the DOT cry..&nbsp; This is the rear section and it will still get covered with some diamond plate steel and get a rear bumper with a receiver so I can bumper drag if need be.&nbsp; Then it will get toolboxes mounted on each side.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where the toolboxes are now will be another separate frame that attaches to this one to mount the sleeper onto. I built it in 2 sections because if I decide to remove this bed to put on another truck later the current section will be the right length for say a crew cab extended frame truck. That or I can always remove this frame and still leave the sleeper on this truck once it&#039;s mounted.</p><p><br /></p><p>A closer look at how it&#039;s built and how the 5th wheel mounts. I ended up going with the store-bought rear fenders this go around because I didn&#039;t have time to rebuild a different set.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/2yzT7mi.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/YULXc4r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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