I'm looking for the cutting plans for a plywood bedliner for a 2003 F250. I have an old liner from a GMC 2500 long box and hope to convert it.

 

Just curious...why plywood?

Scott

 

hea, why plywood, unless its a work truck, today's inserts and rubber mats hold up to anything and cheap

 

Decent plywood will cost you +/-$40 per sheet. It'll take 3 sheets to do a standard bed.
You'll still have to weather proof the heck out of the plywood or inside of a year it will start to separate. You will also have to address how to keep water from collecting underneath. Save the frustration and splinters and pick up a drop-in, or for the same money, do a Herculiner job. Or if you're as cheap as I am, cut up the old one from the GMC, and make the modifications so it will fit your truck. Use strips of the leftover plastic and pop rivets to hold your 'Franken-liner' together. Duct tape and a can of Dupli-color bed spray bed liner should seal up the seams for a season or two.

 

Thanks for the tips on the bedliner!

The three main reasons I wanted to go with wood are number one - I'm stingy, number two - it's a lease vehicle so I wasn't sure if I could make the permanent modifications and number three - I work in forestry and like to use wood wherever possible.

But - thanks to your encouragement, I see that the best use for the 3/4 " plywood from the old liner is for the top of a new a workbench. I'll check with the Ford dealer to see if I can go ahead with one of the spray in type liners - can't see why they would object.

Cheers,

Hinton, Alberta, Canada

 

If you look on the back of your lease agreement it probably says any modifications you make to the vehicle will have to be undone at your expense before you return the vehicle. A box liner may be different as it is there to protect; best bet, like you say, would be to ask them. Or go for the plywood; I'm waiting for the paint to dry on the plywood that I'm using to build my new toolbox that's going in the box of my truck.

 

You're on the money. I checked with the dealer and the spray in liner was a no-go. Looks like it will be wood.

 

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I'm looking for the same original question,

---cutting plans for a plywood box liner---

My bed is just getting all beat up- I have a sled deck in there that's somewhat bending the box, you can see the gaps are a bit larger at the top of the tailgate then at the bottom. Now I have a 300L slip tank tucked in under my sled deck. Wanted to strengthen the box. Been looking online and can't find anything at all.

I'll also haul lots of gravel/multch/dirt in the summer, it's nice to shovel off a flat surface rather than on the undulations.

Thanks,
Steph