Why an HMOR Bed Bars Accessory Plate Makes Your Setup More Useful
Bed bars solve the big problem first. They get a rooftop tent, boards, or larger gear up off the bed floor and give the truck a clean structure to work from.
An HMOR Bed Bars accessory plate solves the next problem. It gives all the smaller gear a place to live so it stops taking up space in the bed.
Without a mounting surface, fuel packs, tools, and recovery items usually end up shifting around or getting stacked wherever they fit. The truck works, but it is not efficient. Every time you load or unload, you are working around loose gear.
An accessory plate fixes that.
Start with the Right Mounting Points
If you are ordering HMOR Bed Bars, the best move is to include accessory plate mounts welded onto the bars from the start.
They are inexpensive to add during the initial build, and they make it easy to install an accessory plate later without modifying anything. Even if you are not planning to run a plate right away, having the mounts already in place keeps the system flexible.
If your bars are already installed without mounts, you can still add a plate. Tube-style roll cage clamps allow you to retrofit a mounting solution that works cleanly with the existing bars.
Either way, the system is not locked into one configuration.
What an Accessory Plate Changes
An accessory plate gives your gear a defined mounting surface instead of letting it sit on the bed floor.
That is where items like fuel packs, recovery tools, axes, shovels, and mounted hardware start to make sense. They are no longer loose items. They are mounted and contained.
This changes how the truck functions in a few important ways.
The bed stays open for larger gear. Coolers, bins, and cargo can be loaded without working around smaller items.
Access becomes faster. You are not digging through the bed to find tools or straps.
Movement around the truck improves. There is nothing loose underfoot or in the way.
And visually, the setup stays clean. Everything has a place and stays there.
Built for Real Mounting, Not Improvised Solutions
An HMOR Bed Bars accessory plate is not just a flat panel. It creates a structured surface that is meant to carry mounted gear.
This is where mounts like QuickFists come into play. They are designed to bolt to a solid surface like a plate, not attach directly to round tubing or float loosely in the bed.
The plate becomes the anchor point that ties everything together.
Choosing the Right Plate Size and Layout
One of the advantages of this system is that it scales based on how your truck is set up.
If you are running a two-bar configuration, a 45 inch accessory plate works well as a single mounting surface along the side of the bed.
If you are running a three-bar setup, you have more flexibility:
• 22 inch plates are typically used for short bed trucks up to 5.5 feet
• 25 inch plates are a better fit for 6.5 foot beds, especially when running dual plates
• Plates can be mounted single or dual on each side, depending on how much gear you want to carry
This allows you to build out the system without changing the structure of the rack. You are simply adding usable surface where it makes sense.
Why It Works in Daily Use
The biggest benefit of an HMOR Bed Bars accessory plate is consistency.
When gear has a fixed mounting location, the truck stops needing constant reorganization. You are not shifting items around to make space or unloading gear just to reach something in the back.
The bed remains open. Tools stay accessible. The setup stays predictable.
That is what makes it useful. Not more parts, just better use of the space you already have.