X Deck in 2010 Ram 3500

[Chronic Cat]

Hello all. So I bought a X deck from my dad as he purchased a longer one. I got the back end of it bolted through the box no problem. The front looks like its going to be a headache. The holes seem to line up along the center of the front cross-member. The front cross-member is boxed in on the underside. Anyone else run into this issue? Im wondering how im going to get a nut inside on the back of the bolt. At this point a backing plate seems completly out of the question. Ive thought about potentially drilling another hole say 4-6" back and running a piece of stock forward essentailly only holding it down. Id way ratherbbolt the actual front leg down. BUT I really dont want to drop the fuel tank to get up in there to notch the cross member.

any ideas guys?

 

[iceman5689]

Turnbuckles the only answer here. Same issue on my dodge, unless you get a larger plate welded to the bottom of the leg to move the placement over from the crossmember. Decks been on for 5 yrs, hasnt moved with turnbuckles.

 

[Chronic Cat]

Iceman...im thinking you are right. I like your idea to welda plate to drop the hole further back. I might end up going that route...

 

[iceman5689]

Iceman...im thinking you are right. I like your idea to welda plate to drop the hole further back. I might end up going that route...

Hope you didnt drill before looking under the box like i did, every swear in the book! Got a drain hole now in the box. Another thing would be to get an bit extention and run a longer bolt through the crossmember. Seems like a lot of work though. When all the decks started out they all turnbuckled to the pockets anyways.