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<p>[QUOTE="crocky, post: 11679068, member: 200207"]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'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't have to drill a billion holes in the frame to make the DOT cry.. 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. 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's mounted.</p><p><br /></p><p>A closer look at how it's built and how the 5th wheel mounts. I ended up going with the store-bought rear fenders this go around because I didn'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>
[QUOTE="crocky, post: 11679068, member: 200207"]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.. 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. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/OP34oxp.jpg[/IMG] Anyway, I bought the truck in Jan but haven'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. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/V5XMaqW.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/hhUPLKz.jpg[/IMG] The idea is to build a hotshot style bed that I can attach everything to it, so I don't have to drill a billion holes in the frame to make the DOT cry.. 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. Then it will get toolboxes mounted on each side. 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's mounted. A closer look at how it's built and how the 5th wheel mounts. I ended up going with the store-bought rear fenders this go around because I didn't have time to rebuild a different set. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/2yzT7mi.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/YULXc4r.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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