2007-2021 RCSB and Double Cab Standard bed Tundra bed support towers

A few months back my buddy Bijan @rcsbguy came to me with a project to solve an issue that I wasn’t aware was an issue in the first place. On the 2nd/2.5 gen Tundra RCSB and double cab standard bed, the front roughly 20” of the bed isn’t supported due to the front most bed mount being around 20” back from the behind the cab. Apparently when you throw a heavy camper or camping set up on the truck such as a GFC, Topo topper, 4 wheel camper, bed rack with a bunch of stuff loaded on it, these beds are cracking and collapsing towards the front. So Bijan brought his truck over and I came up with a simple “Bed support tower” that welds onto the frame and utilizes a crossbar between both sides to help support the front of the bed. The crossbar sits only about 4” back from the front of the bed which gives a ton more support to the front of the bed and reduces the chances of cracking or collapsing.


My purpose for this post is that I’m offering these as a kit. I will cut out the plates and weld them together so that they’re ready for you to weld on to your truck. Anyone local to me I will be offering as a service as well.

The crossbar is just 1x2” .120 wall rectangle tube and that will need to be sourced by you since it will kill shipping. It’s a 58” long piece.

Anyone who is interested or has more questions I’d be happy to answer.


Price for the kit is $250 and $27 shipping USPS flat rate box

 

Tentatively interested. I'll crawl under my DCLB in a couple days when I finish my work week on Tuesday and see if this is the case for the LB's.

 

I appreciate it man. I just changed the title and a little in my description. I haven’t confirmed fitment on a long bed double cab since I very rarely set them. I have confirmed fitment on RCSB and Double Cab Standard Bed

 

Just did one for my guy Josh yesterday

 

What do you need to confirm fitment for a RCLB, I don’t mind getting you dimensions to help out

 

Is it the same problem on a RCLB where the front bed mount bolts are 18”-20” away from the front of the bed?

 

I’ll measure for you; last time I was under there I didn’t see issues with the bed mounts but I imagine it can still be a problem

and by front of the bed, you’re talking about by the tailgate? Or by the cab?

 

Closest to the cab. On the DCSB the closest bed mount to the front of the bed towards the cab is like 18”-20” and the frame tapers down so there’s no support there for the front end of the bed

 

Just put a Tune M1 on my 2020 double cab 6'7" bed and would like to buy one of these kits. How do I go about purchasing one of these from you?

 

Hey how’s it going man! Would love to get you set up with the bed support towers. I’ll PM you right now

 

Another set of Bed Support Towers for a Double Cab standard bed yesterday

 

Great job looking out for these owners!

 

I appreciate it. My buddy @rcsbguy is the one who came to me about the project so he deserves some credit. Glad I could come up with something to help with this problem

 

No more broken beds! Lol

 

I gotta give you some credit too ..

 

Couple more sets installed in the last couple weeks

 

I wonder if the frame flexing is going to begin causing cracks elsewhere now. Have you thought about or do these use a stiff rubber pad at the contact point to allow a little flex?

 

FWIW if you ever pull your bed off, you’ll notice there are no bushings between the bed and frame.

 

I don’t think it will, I think it was just a design flaw/oversight to save money from Toyota since most tundras are the crewmax where the cab sits further back on the frame and Toyota didn’t want to design a new frame for the double cab which sells a lot less

 

Terrible design for a "truck" bed and certainly worth addressing IMO. I'm just curious if more than one option was considered during this design process. I too am looking at different options to carry weight on my trucks crewmax frame without adding any stress to the bed. Currently investigating truck bed camper mounts by torklift to see how they mount and whether or not they are intended for my purpose.

 

You don’t need any additional support for the crewmax. You have an additional front bed mount which the Double Cabs / Regular Cabs were missing! I haven’t heard of a cracked crewmax bed yet which is good news!

 

I don't need to support the bed, I need to support a heavy load over both bedrails and probably about 8" beyond the outer bed width on both sides. Large side twin door toolboxes 18" tall x 16" deep x 60" long loaded with various gear. The factory bed sides aren't gonna cut it over many years of abuse, plus the bed floor will have a heavy floor drawer system to carry on a regular basis. I would just flatbed the damn thing, but I have the Trail Edition which has internal bed storage boxes over and around the fender wells that I want to retain and keep fully functional too. On top of everything else, I will also be fabbing an overhead ladder rack that will also be a bit heavy since it will be multifunctional as well to prevent hail damages. Way too much stress on the flimsy bed for 500k miles, so a secondary frame will be fabbed around and over the bed. I like the idea of bolt on though for various reasons.

 

Have you found a 2 way storage box (internal and external access)? That way you can have a storage box and flatbed. That’d be killer!