Flat bed build
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are you using wood planks for the bed? If so, I would suggest clamping the planks down so you can remove them instead of screwing them down like you see most beds. It makes working on the rear of the truck SO much easier, to be able to work from the top instead of only from the bottom.
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Thanks for the suggestion bud. Unfortunately for me most of the work I need to do is on that crap 5.4 under the hood. The headers sound like a helicopter right now, and I just ran into an issue with the oil cooler. I posted it on here and is the reason I just joined this site.
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it's a "down the road" kind of thing. as the truck ages, stuff goes bad. Using self-tapping metal screws [seems to be the most common way to attach them] rust and you either do the work from the bottom or you have to cut the boards out. clamp 'em down and then it's only a couple minutes to do things like changing the fuel pump vs draining/dropping the tank, looking at how badly the brake lines are rusted, changing shocks, wiring problems [as the harness is normally inside the frame rails].
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What kind of clamps would you use?
it's a "down the road" kind of thing. as the truck ages, stuff goes bad. Using self-tapping metal screws [seems to be the most common way to attach them] rust and you either do the work from the bottom or you have to cut the boards out. clamp 'em down and then it's only a couple minutes to do things like changing the fuel pump vs draining/dropping the tank, looking at how badly the brake lines are rusted, changing shocks, wiring problems [as the harness is normally inside the frame rails].
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