Truck Bed - Flatbed Swap

[Crosley623]

Well finally getting started on my winter project of custom flatbed camper build. Just picked up a 23 Chevy 2500HD. It’s the short bed model and I’ve found an aluminum flatbed to buy. Flatbed is 90w x 96 long. Should be perfect but I may trim the width down.

Hopefully get started this week but wanted to ask about the swap for advice on swapping the wiring.

Trailer - will be easy to swap out and mount near the hitch.
Reverse Sensors - hoping that it’s as easy as promising and mounting in holes on the skirt of the flatbed.
Brake Lights - should be easy swap
Rear Camera - just remove for now. Buy an aftermarket camera to install in the camper framing and be able to splice into the factory wiring?

Any info or advice would be awesome!


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[Fenderfour]

Well finally getting started on my winter project of custom flatbed camper build. Just picked up a 23 Chevy 2500HD. It’s the short bed model and I’ve found an aluminum flatbed to buy. Flatbed is 90w x 96 long. Should be perfect but I may trim the width down.

Hopefully get started this week but wanted to ask about the swap for advice on swapping the wiring.

Trailer - will be easy to swap out and mount near the hitch.
Reverse Sensors - hoping that it’s as easy as promising and mounting in holes on the skirt of the flatbed.
Brake Lights - should be easy swap
Rear Camera - just remove for now. Buy an aftermarket camera to install in the camper framing and be able to splice into the factory wiring?

Any info or advice would be awesome!


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Its possible that the tailights are more complex than just hooking up to a new fleet truck light like you will have on a flatbed. I had to join two separate wires (one for running, one for brake) into a single LED. That required an inexpensive diode to be added.

There are lots of aftermarket cameras available online. there are a few different video codecs, most cameras support two, and you change the code by cutting a jumper wire. I bought a couple of cameras that were incompatible with my rear view mirror screen. There are also different connectors and connector set ups. Some send video along a dedicated RCA cable, some have a small 4 pin connector some have 5 pin, and even if the connector is correct, I've had a camera with different pinouts.

 

[Crosley623]

Its possible that the tailights are more complex than just hooking up to a new fleet truck light like you will have on a flatbed. I had to join two separate wires (one for running, one for brake) into a single LED. That required an inexpensive diode to be added.

There are lots of aftermarket cameras available online. there are a few different video codecs, most cameras support two, and you change the code by cutting a jumper wire. I bought a couple of cameras that were incompatible with my rear view mirror screen. There are also different connectors and connector set ups. Some send video along a dedicated RCA cable, some have a small 4 pin connector some have 5 pin, and even if the connector is correct, I've had a camera with different pinouts.

Thanks for the info. Of course it won’t be as easy as I expect!!!


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