How about a 10 ft bed ??
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How about a 10 ft bed ??
this is something that i have always thought of doing and maybe one day when i have the extra cash on hand i'll will attempt but for now just for the sake of opinions and disscusion a few things come to mind
10ftbed simple cut a 2ft section off another bed and weld together i think that a good idea.
now i would imagine you would want some support under this new section easy cut a two foot section off the end frame of donner truck weld together .
idk if you would want dully or not gues that up to you but my big question is would u want to move the rear wheels back say 6in if not for stability but for appearances
thoughts??
10ftbed simple cut a 2ft section off another bed and weld together i think that a good idea.
now i would imagine you would want some support under this new section easy cut a two foot section off the end frame of donner truck weld together .
idk if you would want dully or not gues that up to you but my big question is would u want to move the rear wheels back say 6in if not for stability but for appearances
thoughts??
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It's been done before, just on an older truck. Someone took a extended cab long bed, and put a regular cab on it and stretched the bed to make up the difference. It was a pretty cool looking truck!
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I was actually day dreaming about this just the other day! Were you thinking of adding to bed in front or behind the rear axle? The truck Rusty mentioned is how I'd think of doing it. And I'd think the dually would look better, help break it up.
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My old shop teacher did this with a 3/4ton chev, musta been early 80's I guess
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But then you're chopping the frame. It would save a lot of hassle to just start with a longer chassis. Just extending the bed is easier than extending the bed, frame, and driveshaft.
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There is a guy up here with an 03 F350 that was an extended cab long box and he put a regular cab on it and stretched the box. He also uses it as a pulling truck.
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I see what your saying my truck is the super cab (not four doors) so in my case
not wanting to buy another truck and wanting to keep my cab it would be worth the hassle.
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We did this on a F350 Dually cab-n-chassis w a 161" wheel base. Drilled out the spot welds in the front of the bed and took out the front panel. Then attached the front 2' of another bed to it. It was actually 10'2" long. You could put 2 grizzle 660 4 wheels in the bed and close the tailgate or 2 pallets of Sakrete in the bed and close the gate.
It looked totally proportionate too. Since dually always look a little short to begin with. We used a lund racer back on the front and used aluminum diamond plate bed caps and rails on the original 8' section.
It looked totally proportionate too. Since dually always look a little short to begin with. We used a lund racer back on the front and used aluminum diamond plate bed caps and rails on the original 8' section.
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My buddys dad had a 77 crew cab longbox that vandals burned the interior so he bought a reg cab and extended the box 3 feet I believe it looked really long and akward but it was nice you could fit 2 round bales in it perfect and fit a 4 wheeler infront of the 5th wheel plate all around it would be good for farm use but good ****ing luck in the city the thing turned worst than a school bus
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My buddys dad had a 77 crew cab longbox that vandals burned the interior so he bought a reg cab and extended the box 3 feet I believe it looked really long and akward but it was nice you could fit 2 round bales in it perfect and fit a 4 wheeler infront of the 5th wheel plate all around it would be good for farm use but good ****ing luck in the city the thing turned worst than a school bus
Haha these trucks are bad enough I would have looked at rear wheel steering
There's gotta be some kinda ratio or formula them use to determen chassis vs wheel base but I suck at math so I ain't figured it out yet
