Retractable bed step

I’m looking for a retractable bed step for my 2005 DC. Anyone know where I can get one? Anyone have one on their 1st gen?

 

I have yet to see one for a First Gen. Hope I'm wrong!

 

Someone posted one on here several months back, but it may've been in the Lunch Table thread, and it can be difficult to weasel pics out of there.

 

Here you go, @MI Tundra I found this after about 45 seconds of using the Search tool.

https://www.tundras.com/threads/bed-step.14783/

 

LMFAO I always wondered what those were.

why not just step up on the tire?

 

Ever slipped off a wet tire? That led me to a step on my work truck after thinking I cracked a rib.

 

Lol like once?

if you cracked a rib, you need to hit up the gym

 

No amount of gym time will keep you from falling if both feet slip off a wet tire.

I'm glad I just had some bruising and soreness. My Tundra has sliders with full coverage and make accessing the side and up high a breeze.

 

To be fair, I’ve bruised some ribs and also cracked three during my lifetime. Bruised rib is almost as uncomfortable as cracking one, but only days of discomfort versus weeks. It’s nothing to downplay. Still hurts like hell to cough or sneeze. Cracked ribs hurts to damn breathe.

 

if you're not bracing with an arm; you're doing it wrong lol

I caught myself and hung there like I was about to do dips.

 

So after doing some further research, YouTube videos, and a different forum. It is possible to fit a 07-13 bed step with just having to drill one hole in the frame.
I looked at the 22-24 version, and to get that to work, it’s going to require additional cutting. So I just might do the 07 model. Currently looking for one cheaper than $325.

 

Is this true for DC, RC or AC trucks? I know the bed interior dimensions are ballpark the same between the '22-'24 and the AC 1st gens specifically. But from a design perspective, a newer-gen bed would look like ass, realtively, on an AC / RC truck, because they're rounded vs. angular.

The frames are physically different between AC/RC and DC. Hence my question. Cab type matters, significantly.

 

Video and pics I saw from another forum, was on a DC. I looked at the pictures, and it just required one hole drilled. The guy took his truck to the manufacturer and offered to let them measure the dimensions so they could provide a template for the first Generation. They have decided to not do a template.

also you mentioned interior dimensions, but they are mounted on the exterior part of the frame. I did notice that with several brands of bed steps made, there is a going to be a difference with the look when it’s mounted. One in fact has the extension arm lower than the bumper when the step is up. Which can be an issue when driving in certain environments.

 

Willing to share the information / pics you have? I'm not interested in spending $300 but am interested in options for a bed step. 10 years back I wouldn't have considered something like this...

 

Ha! I know that feeling. Time has a way of catching up. And it's so incremental. it's only when you try to do something that you last did a decade ago and then think 'Huh, this isn't as easy as I thought'. Hopping into the bed of the truck is DEFINITELY one of those things (had a 12 year break from owning a truck). I now just throw an old rubber floor mat in the bed of the truck near the front, then got one of those folding Harbor Freight step stools and put it on that. The rubber mat stops it sliding around and I can reach it if I need to get into the bed. Full disclosure, truck also has a spray on bed liner which helps the mat grip the bed floor.