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pre-cut, aluminum trim packages. Not only can Bedrock Truck Beds install it for specific orders, but dealers can purchase the kits to sell off their shelves and install themselves in only a 30-minute process. “You can apply it with a standard caulk gun. You apply the adhesive to the backside of the trim, stick it onto the bed surface and you’re ready to go. Let it dry for 30 minutes and you’re ready to move the bed,” Chumchal explains. To keep the new series’ look crisp, clean and modern, the bed’s designers went with four flush-mounted LED work lights. Two of the lights are built right into the tailgate, which, when folded in the upright position, illuminate the bed of the truck. However, once you arrive at your work area, simply lowering the tailgate lights up the proximity. With so many lights, users are often concerned from the thought of a random passer-by flipping the light switch, commonly found on the headache rack, at night and letting the battery drain. Chumchal’s team installed the switch inside the front, driver-side toolbox. “When you park it for the night and someone comes along and turns the lights on, you’re going to have a dead battery,’ says Chumchal. With ours, you can lock that toolbox so nobody can mess with the lights.” Though the truck bed itself comes with a plethora of standard features, there’s additional, optional features from Bedrock Truck Beds that make the perfect unit for any customer. “It comes with our patented, adjustable headache rack, which is very important for the cab and chassis. With our bed, you can adjust that headache rack up and down for the perfect fit or change out from the standard headache rack style to the hauler style Photos: (1) Bedrock facility, (2)Start of framing stage, (3) Welding the Bedrock frame, (4) Bedrock bed lights at night. 1 2 3 4 www.natda.org NATDA Magazine 21