Scratch built bed.
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Mountain Pass
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From: Old Fort TN
Scratch built bed.
Thought I would start a thread just for the custom bed I'm building. I had a local machine shop bed up my bed sides. They are 11ga. Then I went to the local steel yard and picked up my steel for the build. I picked up 1x1, 1x2, 2x2, 1 1/8 round and 1 1/4 round. I'll post as many pictures of the build as I can.
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Mountain Pass
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I'm going to add a few custom touches. Your build is what inspired me to build my own bed.
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Mountain Pass
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11 was a typo. 14 is what I used
Laughing Gas
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I'm glad you're giving it a shot. I personally didn't think building the bed was that difficult. The added custom features took a little extra time and thought.
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Laughing Gas
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Doing the same thing to my '56 C-600, but with a 9' bed. Have to order the front panel and tailgate for a long bed before building the frame, and I'll be watching your build carefully.
Drewski 2 was the impetus to attempt doing it myself. A masterful job!!
Regards, Mark.
Drewski 2 was the impetus to attempt doing it myself. A masterful job!!
Regards, Mark.
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Here is a bed that I built some time ago, the rolls were bent up really bad. I opted to cut them off and weld on some round tube. Unfortunately I did not take photos of this process but here is the end result. If I were building a bed from scratch I would not hesitate to skip the rolled edges and go ahead and weld on tubing instead, especially where rust/corrosion is an issue.
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I got to thinking about another tip on your custom bed...I used a length of 2x4x0.120 wall rectangular tubing instead of that flimsy sheetmetal sill. This really stiffens up the bed. I rounded the lower corners of the stake pockets and used a modified Pros Pick hiding hinge setup. Here is a pic of the work in progress, the pic in my previous post shows it ready for paint.
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I got to thinking about another tip on your custom bed...I used a length of 2x4x0.120 wall rectangular tubing instead of that flimsy sheetmetal sill. This really stiffens up the bed. I rounded the lower corners of the stake pockets and used a modified Pros Pick hiding hinge setup. Here is a pic of the work in progress, the pic in my previous post shows it ready for paint.
Oldcrowbarber, you should never have any problems with 14 ga. steel.