STAKE SIDES

Stake Sides, Stakesides, Stake Gates, Gates, Stake Bed, all of these work to describe the "fence" we build around the outside edge of a flatbed truck body to hold in cargo and keep it safe from coming off the bed during travel. They also allow us to lash cargo down by having something sturdy to do that with.

Probably the most common Stake Side or Gates are made with steel posts (can also be aluminum) that are shaped to mount into a specifically designed pocket in the outside frame of the flatbed. To this are attached wood, steel, composite or aluminum slats. These assemblies are most often removable in sections so they can all be removed when that need presents itself, or just one or two removed to access cargo in that area. These slats are mounted in a variety of ways, some with space between them as in the first picture below on the left, and some without spaces, like the contractor style gates on the right In addition, you can also get solid plywood, steel, composite or aluminum sides as are used in the Landscape body

The most common height is typically about 40" which is just a bit over cab height. 48" high is common on medium duty or tilt-cab trucks as they have a taller cab. The shorter gates as in the contractor style gates work very well with the tapered headboard and have a clean look.

However you might like your Stake Side Gates to be used, we are happy to build them to suit.

These are 40" Gates with steel posts and Apitong hardwood slats. This is a very common type of Stake Bed. This one is shown with a liftgate so the rear gates are not necessary.

This is an Alum-Line Aluminum Flatbed with Aluminum Gates mounted on a single rear wheel truck chassis. This is a perfect flatbed for a lighter truck like this because it is so much lighter than the steel and wood combination.

This is a Knapheide Steel Stake Gates example on a 12' flatbed with a Thieman Stowaway liftgate. Knapheide treats all of their flatbeds 16' and under as well as all of the steel stake side gate slats and posts in their 12-step electroplate painting process that extends the life of these steel parts significantly. There is also this black paint coat on top of the other process keeping these parts corrosion resistant for a long time.

Here's another Knapheide Steel Stake Gates example in a 14' version.

This is unit has wooden stakebed gates painted to match body. Painting the gates to match the body is a very common thing and the paint extends the life of the wood as well as making it look good.

Short "Contractor" Style Gates made of apitong hardwood in a 3-board design. This 8' unit has a tapered headboard and is mounted on a single rear wheel chassis.

Here's a great looking and very long lasting Alum-Line Aluminum Flatbed with short contractor style gates and a tapered headboard with optional light mounts as well as aluminum underbed boxes and a hitch. This unit is a 9' Flatbed mounted on a dual rear wheel chassis.