Will adding bed shell level my 2006 f150?
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Will adding bed shell level my 2006 f150?
I am considering leveling my 2006 f150, and also adding a camper type shell to enclose the bed. would the weight of the shell level the truck without having to add anything to the front end?
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I had two 2x4 rails on 4x4 posts that I pulled the truck between, rails were maybe 7 feet apart but only about 6 feet long, unbolted the cap and stood in the bed with my 2x4 cross beams nearby, placed my back against roof one end at a time and pushed up and slid cross beam 2x4 cross the 2x4 rails, then I turned the other way and did that one the same way. The two rails were just high enough to be a few inches higher than the truck baed sides. Drive truck out from under cap, use C-clamps to hold cap to cross beams after sliding them to align bolt holes to the rail stand. I was concerned with winds, but some guys just leave them setting there. To install cap, just back the truck under the cap and reverse steps.
Neighbor had a eye bolt at each end of his bed cap in center, big sealed fender washers inside cap, he just used a rope hoist to lift his bed cap under a tree and drove out from under it, then lowered the cap onto some old pieces 4x4s laid on the ground.
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