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How To Choose the Best Truck Bed Slide for Your Pickup

June 28, 2021

How To Choose the Best Truck Bed Slide for Your Pickup

How To Choose the Best Truck Bed Slide for Your Pickup

Picking the right pickup truck is a careful balancing act between functionality and expense, among other things. A large factor in getting a truck for many people is the truck’s bed. This one piece of the vehicle adds so much utility that it’s a major function. A lot of people base their vehicle choice on the truck’s bed. However, even the biggest beds aren’t enough to carry some of the loads that people and workplaces need. That is why there are truck bed slide-outs, to add on the needed space. But there are a variety of different truck bed slides that do different things. So, you need to know how to choose the best truck bed slide for your pickup if you want the right one for you.

Load

Just as with a regular truck bed, a truck bed slide-out platform does have a limit to how much weight it can carry. This is very important to note, as going over this weight limit can damage the slide-out and even the truck itself. That is why you want to account for the weight of anything you are looking to move when buying a slide-out tray. If you are carrying only light equipment, you might get away with a lower limit, but most people load heavy equipment onto their trucks. If you do load heavy equipment, look for slide-outs that can carry 2000+ pounds for your truck.

Weight Distribution

Another common limitation of slide-out platforms is the distribution of weight of any equipment on the slide-outs. Typically, you must carefully place any equipment on the truck bed and slide out to evenly space out the weight of what you are carrying. This is very inconvenient for many people as it slows down the loading process and means that there is a limit on what you can actually carry, even if you don’t hit the weight limit. This is because it’s basically impossible to perfectly balance several thousand pounds of equipment unless you are transferring a load that is just the same item. Even just one piece of heavy equipment might throw off your weight distribution and limit your load. However, there are some slide-outs that don’t have this weight distribution limitation. So, unless you plan on only having light loads, get yourself a platform that doesn’t require weight distribution.

Length

The length of a slide-out is another factor you need to consider when purchasing the modification. Typically, you measure the slide-out of a truck bed by how much it extends the truck bed in percentage. This means that a 50% slide-out will extend your truck bed by about half of its current length, whereas a 100% slide-out would double your truck bed’s length. The length of a slide-out platform measures the extra space the modification gives you to load more items and how much the slide-out comes out of the truck. For most people, the higher the length, the better it’ll be for storage and carrying purposes.

Accessibility

Another thing to consider in terms of the length is how it affects the accessibility of the loaded equipment. One of the bigger benefits to a slide-out tray is how it makes loading easier. When you are pulling out the platform, it gives you easier access to the area and lets you load more without requiring you to climb over the vehicle. Once you start getting to higher lengths, you can load and unload a lot of larger equipment with easy access. Extendobed is the only one that extends over 110% – past the taillights, giving you complete access to any equipment you have without needing to step into the truck at all. You get to use those last few inches of your truck bed without struggle.

Risk Reduction

Along with this ease of access comes a variety of risk and injury reductions that can save you problems and even lower worker’s injuries. By having a tray that can load equipment without worrying about weight distribution, you can load for safety and efficiency rather than weight distribution. The extra extension of the platforms can be very useful for increasing safety as well. A lot of injuries occur during the loading and unloading process. This is because individuals must use improper techniques to move any loads from a normal truck bed. Climbing into a vehicle to get to a heavy item can cause a lot of injuries and generally isn’t safe. A long slide-out platform makes it easy to load and unload equipment and loads without needing to climb inside a truck bed by pulling out the load to you. This will greatly lower potential risks and injuries during the loading process. The 110% extension that the Extendobed platforms provide even allows the slide out deck to be loaded directly by forklift, making it even safer than other slide-outs.

Customization

Another benefit to many of the slide-out trays is the range of customization you can get on them. Many slide-outs are just simple platforms that hold simple loads, but some slide-outs can contain a variety of extra storage options. From drawers to specialty shelving, there are plenty of additions to slide-out trays. Not only that, but Extendobeds even offers fully customizable slide-out platforms and storage organization that can carry anything you need. This way, you can tailor the trays to fit your exact needs, no matter what business you are in or what you need to carry. This customization can increase every aspect of your truck’s bed, from space optimization to efficiency in loading and unloading. It can even promote worker safety—all it requires is some careful planning on your part, and you could have a custom slide-out tray for yourself in no time.

Now, by factoring all these different things to consider, you should be able to find a truck bed slide that works for you. All it requires is some careful planning and some knowledge about how to choose the best truck bed slide for your pickup, and you’ll be able to find yourself the perfect slide-out for your needs.

How To Choose the Best Truck Bed Slide for Your Pickup

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Traffic Enforcement Equipment Storage

June 16, 2021

Traffic Enforcement Equipment Storage

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Carrying all the necessary equipment for traffic enforcement while still keeping track of your other items is a difficult challenge. There are just too many items for convenient storage in a normal police vehicle. Even when you do manage to get everything into one vehicle, it can be a pain to get it all out again. Oftentimes, you cannot organize all the equipment into the vehicle in a reasonable manner. That is why you should invest in some traffic enforcement equipment storage. One of the best ways to increase your storage is to use aftermarket modifications; something like a police car trunk organizer will maximize your space efficiency greatly.

Types of Trunk Organizers

At Extendobed, we offer many different high-quality organizers that provide amazing storage control and options. These organizers all provide over 100 percent slide-outs to give you easy access to all your storage. Plus, they can carry up to 3,000 pounds of equipment.

The St. Charles Organizer

This organizer is meant to carry all the forms of traffic enforcement equipment that you might need on the job. For example, scale racks carry weight scales while giving you easy access to the heavy equipment. The design also keeps in mind the proper lifting height of the equipment to best prevent back injury from carrying heavy equipment. There is also a creeper shelf to give you plenty of space to hold traffic cones and the like.

The DC Metro Organizer

This organizer is capable of carrying many of the items you may need for traffic enforcement. However, it also has many other drawers that can carry other equipment, giving you a lot of control over what you need and where it should go. The drawers pull out to give you full access over organization. There is an upper platform to give you space to store large objects as well.

Mind you that these are just a few of the pre-built organizers that Extendobed offers. There are plenty of other options available, plus you can make your own custom traffic enforcement equipment storage systems.

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How To Increase the Length of Your Truck Bed

June 15, 2021

How To Increase the Length of Your Truck Bed

How To Increase the Length of Your Truck Bed

Truck beds are some of the best storage spaces for working people. You can fit thousands of pounds of equipment onto the back of one vehicle. However, they do have their limitations. First, they still have rather limited amounts of space for storing equipment. They can also be difficult to load and unload, as you need to climb in and around them to do so. Luckily, knowing how to increase the length of your truck bed can fix these problems.

Switching Bed Frames

The simplest way to get a larger truck bed is to invest in a larger bed frame. This will replace your vehicle’s bed and switch it with a bigger one. Making this switch isn’t something you can do on your own, and you’ll most likely need a mechanic to do the installation for you. Also, there’s a limit to the larger frames, as they can only increase your vehicle bed space by small amounts.

Bed Extender Kit

A bed extender kit is what it sounds like; it’s a simple extension you mount onto your vehicle that extends past the original truck bed. These kits are simple, and you can even install them on your own. However, they aren’t as durable as your truck bed and stick out of the truck.

Custom Slide-Out Tray

Now, one of the best ways to instantly add a lot of space to your truck bed is to install a custom truck bed sliding tray. These trays can double your storage space, and some can even slide out over 110 percent – past the taillights. This means that you can store large equipment and bring it out to you when you need to load or unload it, saving you lots of time and lowering health risks as well.

So, if you’re wondering how to increase the length of your truck bed, these are the main three ways. You can also increase storage with storage organizers and add-ons if you so desire.

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How To Reduce Workers Comp Injuries and Claims

June 03, 2021

How To Reduce Workers Comp Injuries and Claims

How To Reduce Workers Comp Injuries and Claims

There is nothing worse than the injury of an employee. From a personal standpoint, no one wants another person to suffer an injury, and in some cases, all you can do is hope for their quick recovery. From a business standpoint, however, injuries can cost a lot of money and really hurt the company. That is why it is best to do everything one can to reduce these incidents. Here is a guide on how to reduce workers’ comp injuries and claims.

Work With Workers

The biggest thing any business can do to reduce workers’ comp injuries is to simply prevent the injuries in the first place. That is why it is important that you work with the employees to identify potential risks. Promote clear and open communication between workers and those in charge to help identify problems and fix them. The workers will know what they need best.

Identify Risks

The second step in the process is to actively work on identifying risks. Run frequent inspections of any work facilities to find obstructions or unsafe areas. You should also run checks on equipment and high traffic areas to ensure safety.

Eliminate Hazards

If you discover any dangers, you need to act fast to eliminate the issues. Look for layout improvements and replace any damaged equipment that may pose a risk to employees. Put in guardrails and improve safety guidelines to decrease risk.

Upgrade Equipment

Another thing you can do is upgrade equipment to newer and safer replacements. Look for equipment that can get the same job done while increasing worker safety. You don’t need to sacrifice efficiency for this equipment either. There are plenty of efficient tools that increase safety, such as custom truck bed storage. By bringing tools and equipment out to your workers instead of having them climb into a vehicle, or lifting heavy items form awkward angles, it lowers injury risk and can increase loading and storage efficiency by over 100 percent.

Provide Training

Another great step toward lowering workers’ comp claims is to offer company-wide training. This will ensure everyone is on the same page with safety precautions and will teach employees how to use the newest techniques that promote efficiency and safety.

This is how to reduce workers’ comp injuries and claims at your business. By implementing these steps correctly, you should see fewer claims come in and fewer injuries overall.

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