Cut the bolts, ugh

stealing the b&w for my 2003







ill wash her up good tommorrow

 

KubotaOrange76,
How much does that bed weigh? Has anyone thought about jacking the bed up enough to safely cut an access hole in the bed large enough to remove the filter assembly from the tank?

 

Might be doing the H/H on a friend's dually soon. Since it is a southern truck, might be easier to take the bed off.

 

I need to do it on my truck but haven’t gotten to it. It also has an auxiliary tank or we would have removed the bed last fall and done it. A little intimidating because I have never done either and not sure what I’ll be getting into. Always like watching the progress of these. 👍🏻

 

This truck saw some road salt on trips to va
just enough to rust bed bolts top of spare carrier etc
ive already checked my 2003, all of them come loose. Its next

 

Foot in tank somewhere!

 

I saw posts from one guy who used a saw horse to the back and moved the bed back onto it to do the job and another guy who pulled to bolts and just jacked the front of the bed up enough to get in there. I'm not sure what they weigh but I'm thinking something like #400, I took one to the junk yard with some other stuff and the whole shebang didn't weigh much.

 

 

Screens nasty

 

Kubota you sure make short work of this stuff. Nice job so far. I may have missed it but do you have new hardware for the bed.

 

Yessir i do, ill get pics soon!
i boought used bed bolts and plan to use clip/ nuts from the dorman kit
thanks for the tips @skiskyjason






Harpoon

 

I thought about years ago when I pulled the bed off of mine. But there is some major cross frame pieces in the way.

 

This was the method I used. Took out forward bolts and loosened the back 2 a good bit. Used a floor jack and a couple of different 2x4s. I used other blocks to support the bed in the "dump position" while I worked on the tank.

I was alone that day but with a buddy probably don't even need the floor jack, just lift on each side and slide blocks under

 

My bender, used 6” of 3/8 brakeline from oreilys

 

Nice work! That lift sure makes short work of otherwise big jobs. Someone must have redone mine, because when I did it two summers ago, everything was intact and the screens were clean, but the fill tubes had been cut? Anyways, I redid it all the right way. I still get air bubbles though. I prolly need to recheck those tank connections. This is also a great way to install a B&W hitch for those that don't have one.