Flatbed Truck Beds

A flatbed is the most straightforward thing you can put behind a cab: a deck, a headboard, and nothing in the way. No wheel wells eating into the floor, no side compartments narrowing the load area, no lip to lift over. If what you haul is long, awkward, or loaded from the side by a forklift, the flat deck is the right answer and usually the cheaper one.

Jayhawk Trailers stocks flatbeds at both our Denver metro and northern Colorado locations, and they move quickly — they are the default choice for ag, fencing, pipe and general construction work across the Front Range.

Who runs a flatbed

Anyone loading from the side. A forklift can set a pallet anywhere along the deck, which it cannot do on a skirted bed without lifting over the sides. Anyone hauling material longer than the bed — pipe, lumber, fencing, irrigation — where overhang off the back is normal and stake pockets do the securing. And anyone who wants the simplest possible platform with the fewest things to maintain.

Ranch and farm trucks tend to end up on flatbeds for the same reason: the deck does whatever the day requires, including carrying a bale bed, a sprayer, or nothing at all.

What you give up

Storage. A flatbed has no built-in compartments, so tools, chains, straps and fittings live in a toolbox you mount yourself or in the cab. If you are running service calls and need organized, lockable storage at every stop, you are looking at the wrong style — a skirted bed or a service body will serve you better.

What we stock

Our flatbed inventory comes from 903 Truck Beds and Bedrock, with CM Truck Beds models coming through as well. Decks are available in several lengths and widths, with gooseneck and bumper pull hitch provisions, stake pockets and rub rails depending on configuration.

Fitment

We need the year, make and model, single rear wheel or dually, and the cab-to-axle measurement — the distance from the back of the cab to the centerline of the rear axle. That number decides deck length. Call either location and we will size it with you.

Common questions

Flatbed or skirted — how do I choose?

Ask how you load. Forklift or crane from the side, or long material hanging off the back, points to a flatbed. Hand-loading tools and needing locked storage points to skirted.

Can I pull a gooseneck from a flatbed?

Yes. Most flatbeds we stock are built with a gooseneck ball provision and rear receiver. Confirm the specific unit with us, since configurations vary.

Can you install it?

Yes — our service department handles bed installation. Call ahead so we can schedule the work.

Do you take the old bed?

Ask us when you book the install. It depends on the bed and its condition.

See them in person

Truck beds are stocked at both Jayhawk locations — Commerce City at 5591 E. 72nd Ave. and the Truck Center in Fort Lupton at 12524 County Road 25 1/2. Call Commerce City at (303) 286-7293 or Fort Lupton at (970) 303-9057 to check what is on the ground before you drive out, or send us a message and we will confirm. Financing is available, and our service department handles parts and installation work.

Browse everything currently in stock on our truck beds page.