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Today on our 2007 Ford F350, well be installing the Reese Quick-Install Custom Based Rails
and installation kit from Fifth Wheel Trailer Hitches part number RP50082-58. Now weve already
gone ahead and removed both of the rear wheels as well as lower down the spare tire out of
the way. This will give us a little bit more working room. Well begin here by setting our
rear rail in place. Well take some measurements to make sure its centered between the welled
seems of the bed and then well measure 32 inches to the rear portion of the rail. Now
youll notice that this vehicle does have a spray end bed liner, so were going to add
approximately 8 of an inch to our measurement to come and save for the extra spray liner.
Now that we have the rail centered, as well as at the proper measurement from the rear
of the bed, well go ahead and mark our 4 locations that well need to put a pilot hole to make
sure that everything will line up. Well go ahead and take our paint marker here and mark
these 4 locations. Once these 4 locations are marked, well go ahead and slide the rail
out of the way and put 4 pilot holes in, 1 at each of the 4 locations we just marked.
Now that we have all 4 pilot holes drilled, well go ahead and go up underneath each of
the wheel wells and make sure that our side plates will line up with the pilot holes we
just drilled. You will notice that the side plates are right and left sides and you want
the flanges to angle outward when you would hold them up into place. Now that weve made
sure that our pilot holes are lined up with our side plates, well go ahead and do the
step up process and ultimately end up with a 9/16 hole drilled
in
the bed
at these 4 locations.