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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Ryanalofs
Have y'all ever thought of lifting the bed up to replace the fuel tank?
Evidently you have never tried to remove bed bolts/nuts that have been there for 40 years....And if I remember right you still have to drop it out from underneath. Then again it might come out the top. It has been a while since I dropped my tank, but I remember for sure that those 4 nuts (for the tank straps) are way easier than any amount of bed bolts.

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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 08:13 PM
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Didn't think about that. Thanks for a different perspective.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2020 | 09:31 PM
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I seem to remember when I took the flat bed off the red truck that I tried to take the tank out the top and it hit the frame rails.
 
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X2 on taking off the strap bolts VS removing the bed bolts. Incidentally you may have to take a vise grip to one of the side flanges of the new tank and bend it a little to get it to fit between the rails. I had to, it took 5 min's
 
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