Hillsboro aluminum truck deck

freeflorider · May 17, 2017

Anyone out there have anything to do with them? Are they Good, bad, looking at the 2000 series. Wanting to put it on a 17 ram3500.
Let me know if there a good deck to go with.

freeflorider · May 19, 2017

Ok going to buy it anyhow...

pfi572 · May 19, 2017

freeflorider said:
Ok going to buy it anyhow...

Dealer in Western Canada?
Nice deck by the looks of things.

freeflorider · May 20, 2017

pfi572 said:
Dealer in Western Canada?
Nice deck by the looks of things.

diamond west sales
High river Alberta. They do look nice, thinking maybe a little light for commercial use but good enough to pack the Sxs and sleds.
They have a satalight dealer in Cranbrook Bc also.

Cyle · May 20, 2017

Just putting one on my Dodge 5500 right now. Overall seems like good quality, aluminum sure is nice. Too many steel decks look like crap after only a year. Personally I wouldn't shell out retail for one, but I got an absolute steal of a price, I paid like 1/3 of retail. The wiring is well done, all in loom and everything plugs together. I think if you were putting 1000lbs on the corner and it wasn't spread out well you might have issues, but other then that i'm not worried about the deck, 26,000lb gooseneck is as good as others, and I prefer getting a separate bumper hitch that is actually engineered, most decks it's just one that's rigged up with a guess for a rating. Mine is an older model, about 2 years old maybe they tweaked a few things since and improved it even. Super easy to install also because the aluminum part separates from the steel main frame with only 6 bolts. Weight savings doesn't hurt either, i'm betting on a 3500 the deck is lighter then the box. Mine is 10.5' and I bet the entire thing isn't 500lbs.

If by any chance your 3500 is a single wheel, I know a line on a cheap one, brand new still just been sitting in yard for like 2 years, same as mine. Only issue I had was I had to repaint the whole steel section, but well worth it for the price savings.

ferniesnow · May 20, 2017

I got tired of polishing the aluminum with all the salt on the roads. Takes a real beating.

Think seriously about powder coating and/or LineX or Armaguard.

Cyle · May 20, 2017

ferniesnow said:
I got tired of polishing the aluminum with all the salt on the roads. Takes a real beating.

Think seriously about powder coating and/or LineX or Armaguard.

I'll take that over a deck that is all rusty after 1 winter.

freeflorider · May 22, 2017

ferniesnow said:
I got tired of polishing the aluminum with all the salt on the roads. Takes a real beating.

Think seriously about powder coating and/or LineX or Armaguard.

This was totally in my head as an idea. The new 3500 dulley is on its way wenesday to high river for the install.
my other dulley has a full aluminum deck and yes it looks like crap after the winter. I hit it with all kinds of cleaners and aluminum wash, brought it back some what but it's a work truck so no concerns.
there is a local guy that does line x type finishing so I'm going to check it out.

freeflorider · May 22, 2017

Cyle said:
Just putting one on my Dodge 5500 right now. Overall seems like good quality, aluminum sure is nice. Too many steel decks look like crap after only a year. Personally I wouldn't shell out retail for one, but I got an absolute steal of a price, I paid like 1/3 of retail. The wiring is well done, all in loom and everything plugs together. I think if you were putting 1000lbs on the corner and it wasn't spread out well you might have issues, but other then that i'm not worried about the deck, 26,000lb gooseneck is as good as others, and I prefer getting a separate bumper hitch that is actually engineered, most decks it's just one that's rigged up with a guess for a rating. Mine is an older model, about 2 years old maybe they tweaked a few things since and improved it even. Super easy to install also because the aluminum part separates from the steel main frame with only 6 bolts. Weight savings doesn't hurt either, i'm betting on a 3500 the deck is lighter then the box. Mine is 10.5' and I bet the entire thing isn't 500lbs.

If by any chance your 3500 is a single wheel, I know a line on a cheap one, brand new still just been sitting in yard for like 2 years, same as mine. Only issue I had was I had to repaint the whole steel section, but well worth it for the price savings.

Good to hear, always sceptical of a product with out some real world feed back. The guy (Ted) I'm dealing with over the phone seems real easy to deal with and noligable about the install, done a bunch of dodges so that makes me feel better. Going to install the sensors and back view cameras in the deck too. Looking forward to seeing the finished truck.

ferniesnow · May 22, 2017

freeflorider said:
This was totally in my head as an idea. The new 3500 dulley is on its way wenesday to high river for the install.
my other dulley has a full aluminum deck and yes it looks like crap after the winter. I hit it with all kinds of cleaners and aluminum wash, brought it back some what but it's a work truck so no concerns.
there is a local guy that does line x type finishing so I'm going to check it out.

It is on the expensive side, but sure does look better and wash up is easy-peasy. The back up sensors and camera are a blessing. Good choice to install those. Enjoy your new ride!

freeflorider · May 23, 2017

ferniesnow said:
It is on the expensive side, but sure does look better and wash up is easy-peasy. The back up sensors and camera are a blessing. Good choice to install those. Enjoy your new ride!

Just found out the guy he uses for the install is the t two industries team, feeling better about the install now. Hear good things about them and they have a great website.
Sure looks like they put out some quality work.

Cyle · May 24, 2017

Installing a deck is super easy, it's just whether or not someone takes pride in their work.

freeflorider · May 25, 2017

Cyle said:
Installing a deck is super easy, it's just whether or not someone takes pride in their work.

I'm hoping they do, the decks and installers have been in business for many decades so I'm sure if they were bad they be out on the curb by now.
truck should be home tomorrow so we will see the results.

takethebounce · May 27, 2017

If I ever need to replace the box on my truck for any reason, its getting flat decked. The Hillsboro looks decent but I agree, power coating or LineX for sure.

polarman · May 29, 2017

I just but mine on an F350 sh box in April. All good so far just need to finish it off as a sled deck now!! I went with the 2500 model

Cyle · May 31, 2017

Finally started using mine. So far I like it, only thing i've noticed is not having any sort of step on it is a pain, I pull a gooseneck so no step there either for getting onto the deck. And I foresee the decking looking fairly bad in a few years from getting scratched up like crazy, it's already quite scratched up.

Mike270412 · Jun 1, 2017

polarman said:
I just but mine on an F350 sh box in April. All good so far just need to finish it off as a sled deck now!! I went with the 2500 model

Cyle said:
Finally started using mine. So far I like it, only thing i've noticed is not having any sort of step on it is a pain, I pull a gooseneck so no step there either for getting onto the deck. And I foresee the decking looking fairly bad in a few years from getting scratched up like crazy, it's already quite scratched up.

moyiesledhead · Jun 2, 2017

I looked at those in Cranbrook. Only thing I didn't like was the back corners aren't square. Looks nice tapered, but makes it harder to set up properly for sleds.

Cyle · Jun 2, 2017

moyiesledhead said:
I looked at those in Cranbrook. Only thing I didn't like was the back corners aren't square. Looks nice tapered, but makes it harder to set up properly for sleds.

It's for trailer clearance. Mine are square, fortunately no clearance issue with my trailer.

pipes · Jun 3, 2017

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