In the meantime I was able to change the rear shocks out while the bed of the truck was off.
I also wanted to change out the sending units on both tanks while the bed was off but I noticed they were partially under the cab of the truck and I didn't want to risk running in to a problem while doing it that would cause the truck to not run right cause they were literally moving it in and out of the shop on a daily basis and I didn't want them to be pissed at me should a problem arise so I saved that for a later date.