My 60 F10o bed floor (steel) has sagged from heavy use, has anybody succesfully straightened these floors out ? how should I go about it ?

 

With a big hammer!!
Seriously though, I had a body man look at mine, it has the same problem.
He told me he could hammer it out and get it fairly straight!
So I'm pretty sure it can be done, although I have'nt started on it yet.
The first couple feet forward from the tailgate is where I've seen most of these beds sag. A weak spot for sure to say the least!

 

Well if the sag is anything like mine has i was thinking bed rib replacement. Find a newer....less used Ford and cut out and weld in new ribbed panel.
I haven't yet but that will be my plan.

 

i just gotta rubber mat fro a 80-96 llittle trimmin, looked just fine, nuther cheap easy solution is a tonneau cover
(heh heh)
mikie
near ottawa canada

 

My parts truck has a bed on it with the most perfect straightest floor I'll probably ever see, but the problem is the previous owner had the rear end jacked up and it sat like that for years outside.
So everytime it rained, the water ran toward the front of the bed next to the cab, so it's all rotted out along the front part of the bed!
If it was'nt for that, it is a very nice bed!
I wonder if a guy could cut out a section clear accross the bed & graft a section on from another simular bed without too much problems?
The other bed I have is beat to heck but the front section of the floor is fine.
Cut & graft?
Probably more trouble than it's worth!
Has anyone ever tried that???

 

Or maybe a big piece of diamond plate, thanks for all of the help.

 

My bed is the same thing. Kinda wavy. I think this is one place where I'm going to give in and get a wood bed kit. I am only going to replace the center panel of my bed floor with the wood kit. I will leave in the 4 flat panels in the corners.

 

were wood bedf an option with the 60 F100 ?

 

No, not from the factory. -4speed

 

Well the 57-60 stepside beds had the wood in them I think, but not the styleside beds.

 

Just to clarify - the Styleside beds did not come with wood. The Stepsides did. I have a couple pics of a cute little red '60 Stepside in Hutch, Ks.