Slate at Fort Worth Stockyards - photos & impressions. First deliveries Nov-Dec 2026

[AeroWolf]

If you zoom in on the pic, you can see the piece of plywood they drilled the rails to.
I believe the screws into the wood, not rails to wood, are going into the bed to secure the plywood to the bed. Are they existing holes? Not sure.
I would have to find a pic of a bed with no mods.

Thanks for the clarification.

I see it now. The rails are bolted to the plywood (painted to match the bed color) And then those upper plywood color bolts are likely located at the bed liner bolt hole locations for this particular show prototype.

Still a good looking setup.

 

[AeroWolf]

Does anyone know why Slate is leaving those forward pylons black. I keep wishing they would wrap it to match the rest of the upper cab

 

[bartflossom]

My pics are taking forever to upload to icloud so I can download and post but they probably don't add much to yours. I'll post just a few.

I was told the bulge in the middle of the spoiler was it just warping from the sun because it's just a 3d printed piece and not final product.

 

[bartflossom]

As far as info, all of the Slate representatives were full time employees from all three offices. Most were promotional department.

I didn't get a specific answer to my single-din or double-din question but the rep believed he had seen both at some point and that you could probably do either with an adapter either from slate or aftermarket.

They also couldn't confirm the roll bar isn't included in the cargo topper option.

The white front grille surprised me because I swore it was chrome in the event photo.

They had a lasso game and if you won you got a choice of a slate carry bag or a slate bolo tie. I took the bolo tie.

The one thing I noticed in the photos but didn't in person is the white accent strip between the wheels on the rocker panel. Probably because it was super bright outside.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

I'm wondering what their solution for side mirrors is if you want to go al fresco and take the doors off?

 

[AeroWolf]

I wonder why they do not wrap those lower dark grey panels.

Are they anticipating that much wear and tear in those locations, so wrapping or plasti-dipping will never look good with road damage.

 

[gouacats]

I'm wondering what their solution for side mirrors is if you want to go al fresco and take the doors off?

I suspect that would be an aftermarket solution like Jeeps.

 

[HTXSlate]

As far as info, all of the Slate representatives were full time employees from all three offices. Most were promotional department.

I didn't get a specific answer to my single-din or double-din question but the rep believed he had seen both at some point and that you could probably do either with an adapter either from slate or aftermarket.

They also couldn't confirm the roll bar isn't included in the cargo topper option.

The white front grille surprised me because I swore it was chrome in the event photo.

They had a lasso game and if you won you got a choice of a slate carry bag or a slate bolo tie. I took the bolo tie.

The one thing I noticed in the photos but didn't in person is the white accent strip between the wheels on the rocker panel. Probably because it was super bright outside.

I heard you asking about the single/double din and the response. You are not misrepresenting what was told to you. LOL

 

[fuzzyweis]

Great pics! That's awesome that the event photo wasn't a render and the actual truck! Anyone that was there, could you tell if the grill pieces were 3d printed white or if they were wrapped white? We know the middle piece is swappable but if the side pieces are too I'm having thoughts of headlight swaps to possibly square....

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

I went today. They had a nice, fun display! The Slate was as I expected, size interior, ect. I wish we were allowed to get inside one. They had the one above, plus a blank Slate with a bed cover on it. The Blank Slate apparently didn't have any interior in it according to what I was told - strictly an exterior display model. I commented that they needed to step up their game with the public relations with posting of an event then cancelling it then reposting it or another one. I was told they only have three pre-production vehicles to use for promotion, so that greatly limits their public outreach abilities at this time. Really looking forward to pricing schemes coming out in June.

 

[1yeliab_sufur1]

is that floor carpet or rubber?

 

[1yeliab_sufur1]

also noticed it has the blue tooth directional switch on the steering wheel I'm sure it was on others but not sure

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

The one on display had rubber floor in it.

 

[sodamo]

While not my choice of color, that is a sharp looking truck. Thanks so much for all the pics. Exciting.

 

[SparkYellow]

Thank you!! This is a beautiful color combo!!