Abstract: A vehicle decking bearer, by comparison with existing bearers, is better able to withstand the stresses due to normal work loadings, and is more easily incorporated in a vehicle structure, by reason of it consisting of a Z-sectioned longitudinal runner and a plurality of bolting stations by which it is U-bolted to the vehicle chassis. Each of the bolting stations comprises a bolt-hole able to receive the crotch of a U-bolt and located substantially in or near the neutral axis of the runner, and a bridge member secured to the runner so that a web portion of it, upon which the mentioned crotch rests, horizontally intersects said bolt-hole.