Sam,
Yep not much of anything but plastic on/around the bumper to hold much weight unless you custom fabricate something i imagine.
You can put most things in or out from the side or just pushing them in from the tailgate, since the Mav is a lot lower than other pickups. If you really need to get it, turn around, sit on the tailgate and swing your legs up and into the bed. I'm almost the same age as you and cut a cheap $19 6x9 doormat as a bedmat to take the pressure points off my knees and stop stuff sliding around. When I need to haul stuff like trees I just roll up the bedmat and stow it in the back seat footwell, keeping it clean. If things do slide forwards in heavy braking, I have a Costco pickup gripper in the bed to easily reach that far. I also have a Ford-recommended 2x6 in the back slot to stop groceries and stuff from sliding forward.
I seriously hate those things. They're shinbone destroyers.What about one of those steps that mount on the reciever hitch.
Very true, so are the hitches people leave on.
This video perfectly demonstrates why I don't like those step things or even leaving the hitch in the receiver.
I have a different one and it gives me so much safer getting in and out of my maverick bed, prior to installing that I felt so hard that still wondering how I didn't break few bones.What about one of those steps that mount on the reciever hitch.
