[dsraven]

lots of guys do a bed mod, not too many like this. nice work. speaking of bed mods, will you raise the bed floor to clear frame etc? if so, why not tuck a battery under there away from heat and congestion. on mine I have raised the floor to clear the frame hump but ahead of the hump is a good sized void. I have a steel floor from a donor truck so I fabbed a box under the front of the bed and the battery sezided in the box out of the weather but easily accessed from the top side through a lockable cover. the box is vented and has a drain and bulkhead connections for the battery cable along with heat shielding on the underside just in case. my box lid is flat sheet but I could have used the old cut out piece for a more hidden look. the handle with lock is simply one used for commercial truck body tool boxes so the handle folds down inside the recessed area to keep the box floor flat. this would also be a great spot for the manual release for anybody doing electric door poppers with no exterior door handle as the locker handle is keyed (yeah, I know. no cab door handle key but now you gotta carry the key for the battery locker). anyway, just a thought. another thought on raising the bed, a lot of guys, including myself, fret and worry, when figuring stuff out prior to cutting stuff, about raising the bed floor too much. after raising mine I have thought, whatever, an extra inch isn't that big of a deal because we won't be hauling much back there anyway. that extra inch could often leave the room needed for the exhaust clearance for the heat shielding for the exhaust so we don't burn the wood floor or the paint off the steel floor. a little extra room is nice simply to run the exhaust so it clears the axle, shocks, 4 link or whatever.