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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 12:43 PM
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cost to build a flat bed?

Thinking of buying a cheap beat up f350. The box is rusty and banged up, has any one Here built a flatbed? What did it cost? I just want a simple metal frame with wood in the center and a back rack nothing too fancy
 
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 01:01 PM
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i suspect fairly expensive. They do not give away steel plate and you will need some means of shearing it. I would look around for a flat bed someone has removed. Buying use flat bed would be a lot cheaper than trying to build one.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 01:02 PM
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That all depends on what you decide to use. I've seen them made (helped) for a couple hundred bucks and I've seethe go well north or there too.
 
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 01:07 PM
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Would not need to shear any steel plate the deck would be wood with a metal frame like a car trailer
 
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Old Jun 14, 2016 | 01:12 PM
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I see them on EBay from $650 - $1800 right now. You'll have more than that tied up in material alone, then you'll have a lot of hours for fabrication.
 
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With a well build steel frame and wood deck, you'd be about $1,000 in materials and supplies. Then your time. That isn't free either.
 
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I am at about 700.00 in materials to build this one. I fortunately work at a machine/fab shop so the labor to cut and weld was basically free.
 
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