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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 10:11 PM
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stock longbed weight

Anyone have any idea how much a longbed weights? Just the bed and tailgate, nothing else.

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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:07 PM
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So you need an actual weight or a rough idea?

With tailgate removed, 2 guys can easily move a bed around.

I would put the total weight around 300. Likely around 225 for the bed alone, around 75 for the tailgate.

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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:31 PM
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A rough idea is fine, I'm building a flatbed for it and I'm trying to figure out how much of a weight difference I'll have before and after. So far the flatbed plans include some steel I beams, a RR tie or two and a 8/4 white oak deck, and I can't imagine that combination is going to be light!

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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Bullitt390
So you need an actual weight or a rough idea?

With tailgate removed, 2 guys can easily move a bed around.

I would put the total weight around 300. Likely around 225 for the bed alone, around 75 for the tailgate.
I would give figures a little differently. I can move a tailgate around easily by myself - I'd say maybe 45lbs on the tailgate. If I remember, I'll try to put mine on the bathroom scale tomorrow

However, a full 8' bed weights a little bit more than 200lbs - I moved one very recently, and four of us were able to do it - I was probably lifting a little more than my 25% of it, but I would say the total weight was probably ~250-275lbs. It was heavy enough that we moved it just far enough, then slid it the rest of the way onto the trailer

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Old Feb 21, 2012 | 11:54 PM
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Originally Posted by piratius
However, a full 8' bed weights a little bit more than 200lbs - I moved one very recently, and four of us were able to do it - I was probably lifting a little more than my 25% of it, but I would say the total weight was probably ~250-275lbs. It was heavy enough that we moved it just far enough, then slid it the rest of the way onto the trailer

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I have moved around 73-79 long beds more than I would like to know and I never had more help than just myself and one other person.

We could easily lift the bed up and over the tires by the wheelwells, rest the bed on the back of the frame and then each person is either at the front or the back and walks it around.

Just found a thread I posted on back in 2007 https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ght-redux.html

Tailgate weighs 46 pounds...

I will add I had never tried moving the entire bed assembly, I always removed the tailgate.

250-275 complete sounds right.

Josh
 
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Old Sep 11, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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long bed weight is around about 85 to 87 and taligant weight is 30pounds...which is good for the truck....thanks to ask the question
What model do you have? A Tonka?
 
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Hahaha Mike, who knows what the heck that guy is talking about.
 
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