Joe, That drawing is misleading. My truck measures 84" outside the duals. The bed measures 85 3/4" inside the bottom edge of the outside frame rails, so the tires could go up inside the bottom of the bed with the truck loaded. Although, it is unlikely that you would ever have a load that heavy on your truck. At 79" overall width on the F3 bed, your tires will stick out on each side about 2 1/2". You could probably make the F3 bed work though, a local steel company could form you some sheet steel the same thickness and profile as the sides of the bed so you could extend it.
Mark

 

Joe, both my 9' beds measure the ~ 87" overall width. So far as concerns about the wheels fitting between the outside bed frame, unfounded. Neither of my trucks would allow the wheels to touch the bed frame under full load. (I've had the F350 grossed at ~13Klbs, if I remember right) and overloads were just making slight contact. Your static unloaded height of the bed can be determined by the height of the stringer between the truck frame and the bed frame. Both of my stringers are 8".
BTW, Wheelbase is the distance between axle centers. Wheel width is from outside wheel to wheel.

 

OK, so here's what I did. "Measure twice, cut once", as the saying goes. But make sure your measurement is to the right spec first...

When I built my existing bed, I looked at the drawing above and saw the 82.06" width dimension but not the 87.3" dimension. I made the bed 80.25" wide at this stage of completion. Since I planned on completing this bed out of wood, I figured the 3/4" outside rails would make up the difference making the bed 82" wide. Yep, that's what I figured.

And, by the way, that drawing shows the tires sticking out beyond the width of the bed.

So, just now, after all you guys are telling me the 9' script bed is 87" wide, I measured my truck's width, rear wheel to rear wheel outsides. It is exactly 85" wide with the 225/70R19.5 tires I have. So, that would give 1" overhang on each side with an 87" wide bed.








And, most importantly, it means I would have to lengthen not just the side rails by 16" but also the end rails by 8". I guess I could just cut right down the middle of that script!

No, so that means the rear would have to be widened 4" in two places , missing the script.

I just talked myself out of using this smaller bed and finishing my bed out of wood.

Happy New Year everyone.

 

Joe just cut the script out of the bed. Than modify/Fordify
it how ever. Than trim the cut out to butt weld the script
back in. I mean now that your a welder and all.

 

I would never accuse any of you guys of being enablers, but just hold on a minute...

I haven't even started the welding classes yet. I'm not about to buy a perfectly good bed and hack it up with my as yet unproven welding talents (which currently are ZERO).

 

I guess if you did hack it up, it would give you something to weld on in class.
Mark

 

Now wait a minute... I live in fresno. (Central Cali for those who don't know) I've got a 1953 f250. Would this bed fit my truck?

 

The dimensions are listed by the OP in the above post. So, it's 79.5" wide and 93.5" long. I have no idea what the dimensions were for the 1953 F250 flatbed, but I bet it would fit. I'm also assuming your truck is SRW? The bed came off a 48 F3.

Measure your truck and email Art, the OP.

 

I decided to buy the flatbed from Art, so I guess this thread can be closed...

Thanks again Art.