Kip, it really was a lifting hole to remove the floor pan. No mechanincals below that would require an access hole. Like everything else on these trucks the simple answer is most often the correct one.
"If it ain't Steel it ain't Real" "Earth the insane aslyum for the rest of the Universe" 41 1/2-ton, a work in progress 68 Shortbed stepside 327/325hp/700R4