Mounting deck to 23 gmc

[sasq40]

Sold my old ram and throwing my deck in the my new work truck. Right now I just got a rubber mat and ratchet straps in it till I figure out the best way to mount it. So many different opinions out there ha. I plan to bolt it down and use turn buckles with jam nuts.

Now should I also throw plywood under the deck? Are plates enough under the bed where the bolt mounts to. Should I build a bracket to tie it into the frame? Maybe try to run a cross bar between bolts(haven't crawled under to see if that possible)

I haul my 4seater sxs and the 2 kids quads in the summer, sleds in the winter. Ram just had 4 1/2 bolts and never had issues, but alway thought I needed to do more but just got lazy lol. Want to do this truck right.

 

[mclean]

I always did turnbuckles with jam nuts and then a couple wraps lf electrical tape on the nut/thread because I found that they would somehow loosen off

 

[sasq40]

That's fine I think for sleds, but little

 

[Merc63]

I bolt the front of the deck down over plywood with extra large washed on bottom of truck.

Turn buckles the back of deck down also over plywood, mostly for spacer/clearance.

Never had an issue, always tight.

 

[800HMX]

I would put plywood under the legs for sure. I didn’t on my last truck and sure wish I did.


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[sasq40]

Do you do the whole bed in plywood or just a pad on the foot? Ontop or under my mat?

 

[sledneck__11]

In my alumi duty i did the whole back with 1 inch plywood just leave it in year around now

 

[acesup800]

Just plates under the legs. I like wood so it compresses and stays tight. Most decks come with aluminum plates though.

 

[800HMX]

I did the whole bottom with 3/4” plywood. Just cut to fit. Sometimes I remove the deck and the plywood base


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