Hillsboro aluminum truck deck

[Absledder]

Just putting one on my Dodge 5500 right now. Overall seems like good quality, aluminum sure is nice. Too many steel decks look like crap after only a year. Personally I wouldn't shell out retail for one, but I got an absolute steal of a price, I paid like 1/3 of retail. The wiring is well done, all in loom and everything plugs together. I think if you were putting 1000lbs on the corner and it wasn't spread out well you might have issues, but other then that i'm not worried about the deck, 26,000lb gooseneck is as good as others, and I prefer getting a separate bumper hitch that is actually engineered, most decks it's just one that's rigged up with a guess for a rating. Mine is an older model, about 2 years old maybe they tweaked a few things since and improved it even. Super easy to install also because the aluminum part separates from the steel main frame with only 6 bolts. Weight savings doesn't hurt either, i'm betting on a 3500 the deck is lighter then the box. Mine is 10.5' and I bet the entire thing isn't 500lbs.

If by any chance your 3500 is a single wheel, I know a line on a cheap one, brand new still just been sitting in yard for like 2 years, same as mine. Only issue I had was I had to repaint the whole steel section, but well worth it for the price savings.

Wish I saw this a year ago when I was looking for a deck for my srw. I ended up going with a used home built deck off kijiji.

 

[Roadtripman]

I am looking at doing this I’m wondering what the outcome is her you glad you made this decision or does the deck look horrible ???

 

[freeflorider]

So far I can’t complain. T two industries did a great install. The rear camera was tilted to far up and I needed to build my own bracket to get the proper angle. I guess if I was there to see it before it came home I would of said something.
The deck is not I repeat not a deck you could use for work. It suits my personal needs with Mnt bikes, sxs and other stuff. I have a full aluminum welder deck as well built by Calgary aluminum that’s bomb proof but it’s $22k so at $6000 this works just fine.
the aluminum deck gets scratched and isn’t very carbide friendly unless you surface it somehow.
So in a nut shell I would buy another.

 

[freeflorider]

A basic deck with lower cabinets. Go pick them up at princess auto,way cheaper. $500 a box.