Wheel to Wheel Running Boards?

[JAWolfe]

Just picked up my truck and wanted to get boards like the ones on my old one. Looking for regular running boards, crew cab, long bed but having little luck. Anybody got suggestions?



Jim

 

[Grizzly]

Just picked up my truck and wanted to get boards like the ones on my old one. Looking for regular running boards, crew cab, long bed but having little luck. Anybody got suggestions?



Jim

I sure like my Luverne SS wheel to wheel boards.

 

[Hoefler]

Owens and DZee both make wheel to wheel boards. I have used both, both are good quality. Currently have Owens on my 2010 3500 DRW. DZee did not have one out for the new body style when I purchased. Had DZee on the 08 and Owens on the 05.

 

[JMetzger]

I have the same as Grizzly & am very satisfied with them, only difference I do not have a dully. Had them since 02 when I bought the truck.

 

[dullpain]

I like the Dee Zee's

 

[Wygate]

Just picked up my truck and wanted to get boards like the ones on my old one. Looking for regular running boards, crew cab, long bed but having little luck. Anybody got suggestions?


Jim

Don't know if this is a factor for you, I was an installer some years ago and all brands were Drill mount to the body panels. I know things have come a long way to prevent disturbing the factory coatings, something to think about.

 

[SHobbs]

Currently have the Dee Zee boards on my truck. Planning on having them changed out to the full length fiberglass.

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[JAWolfe]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I like the ones dullpain has on his ride. Those were pretty close to the ones I had on my 03 and I particularly like the semi-skirt mudflaps that are at either end. Living at the end of a 1/4 mile muddy driveway, those things keep a lot of scrunge off the side. I find that I'm having to email all the manufacturers to see if they sell a wheel to wheel set for a crew cab with an 8' bed. Most web suppliers don't show that as an option. Wygate makes a good point but the boards like these are frame mounted. You will need to drill the fenders for the skirts but I put a lot of zinc chromate into the pre drilled holes before mounting them.

Jim

 

[JJPage]

Try these guys, I have had good luck with them.
http://www.realtruck.com/nerf-bars-running-boards/dodge/ram-3500/2010/

 

[orhusky]

I sure like my Luverne SS wheel to wheel boards.

I like mine also! I had the Owens on my 05 DRW and these are much easier to take care of.

 

[rhoogkamp]

Almost identical to mine; Nice Truck! How many miles on it and what are you getting for fuel mileage empty and loaded? I am concerned that I am only getting 8. 9 pulling my 16,000 lb. 5 er, and 12. 9 max on highway empty.

getting ready for about 16,000 mile cross country to Vancouver BC and concerned about mileage.

 

[BILLUA]

I like my ICI one piece boards. Plenty stable too.

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[mwilson]

I just want to bring this up, the OP does not say where he lives. If he is in a fair weather climate all of the above look good.



However if you live in a snow / ice area and winter road treatments are applied then a tube style running board should be used. That way the snow/ice/slop mix can fall out through the space between the rocker panel and step tube. The enclosed boards fill with snow which is dangerous getting in and out of the vehicle plus traps snow/road chemicals against the rocker panel and creates a welcoming enviroment for paint and rust damage.



Tubes have been the choice up here for many years because of that.



Mike.

 

[JAWolfe]

We get some snow but not enough to cause a lot of grief. What we do get (at least around my place) is mud. I live on an old clay mountain and the spring rains bring sticky, sloppy mud. The "normal" boards have a filler plate between the board step and the body which eliminates a lot of mud splatters. The boards typically mount with a bracket at the wheel wells which act like a mini-mud flap Lastly, you can't slip through the boards when they're sloppy as can happen with the tubes. The flat oval tubes have gone a long way to stop that but I can be really creative when it comes to hurting myself.
Jim

 

[mwilson]

We get some snow but not enough to cause a lot of grief. What we do get (at least around my place) is mud. I live on an old clay mountain and the spring rains bring sticky, sloppy mud. The "normal" boards have a filler plate between the board step and the body which eliminates a lot of mud splatters. The boards typically mount with a bracket at the wheel wells which act like a mini-mud flap Lastly, you can't slip through the boards when they're sloppy as can happen with the tubes. The flat oval tubes have gone a long way to stop that but I can be really creative when it comes to hurting myself.

Jim

Yes, I used to manage to slip through the tubes on my '98 but purchased the Mopar tubes when I bought the '06 Mega Cab in part because they were one of the very few to even offer anything that would fit that first year of the Mega's.



I am completely satisfied with the fit and finish, the mounting and the spacing will not allow your foot to get between the tube step and rocker panel. Kids, grandkids, elderly, even my wife use them with confidence. And if anyone could outwit the system it would be the wife... ...



Mike.

 

[JJPage]

And if anyone could outwit the system it would be the wife... ...

Mike.

I hear that, my wife outwitted the ordinary open air steps off the sundeck at the Brew House in Helena... was not a good outcome.

 

[orhusky]

Almost identical to mine; Nice Truck! How many miles on it and what are you getting for fuel mileage empty and loaded? I am concerned that I am only getting 8. 9 pulling my 16,000 lb. 5 er, and 12. 9 max on highway empty.



getting ready for about 16,000 mile cross country to Vancouver BC and concerned about mileage.

We have only 7K on it at this time. Pulling our 15,000lb fifth wheel we get 9. 2 on a round trip to Phoenix and back from Oregon. Only have one long unloaded freeway trip and that was when it was brand new. We got 14 on that trip.