Does anyone here have good pics of some off-roadable flat beds? My bed is shot, its from another year truck and has been painted to match the cab. the paint is flaking, its installed too close to the cab and its straight up ugly. I like the idea of being able to beat on some thick metal rather than bashing sheet metal. Any links to good pictures would also be aprreciated. Thanks alot!

 

I like this guys, im gonna be doing something similar, only im putting a supercab on my regularcab frame, then ill build the cage/flatbed, with dual snorkle exhaust stacks, an air snorkle up the back, some lights, and tool bins.....it will take some work, but i think it will be worth it in the end....

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=288371

 

I personally think flatbeds are really cool...i was once pondering the idea of putting one on my 70 F-250.

 

ive got a wooden one on my 88, theres pics in my gallery of it. total it was bout 140 $. i would like a metal mesh bed some day but beggers cant be choosers.

 

i have a flatbed on my highboy, its kinda nice cause its big and tough and all, but its kinda a pain, the taillights are always getting screwy cause the wiring is more exposed. you cant walk up and toss stuff in it, which means less room in the cab. and truthfully i dont think that sides help tha much. plus i like the look of an actual box.

 

but you cant beat a flatbed for working off of i use mine alot

 

Flat beds have there uses and look great, as do boxes. Try this. Cut the sides off a truck box, weld some stakes to the inside and slide them into the flat beds stake pockets (if it has pockets)! You'll have the sides you need for hualing stuff, and you can remove them for wheelin'

 

lol, thats ausome! i might do that!

 

I was thinking of doing that myself, but be sure to take plenty of pics, you can be the guinea pig

 

I have a flat bed on mine that I built myself there are a couple of pics in my gallery I have more on the construction of it if you need them

 

Offroadable flatbeds...Depends on what you make them out of and how stout they are. If you make it hella stout w/ steel, youre not gonna maake it far in the mud. For rocks it wont matter as much.

Best option (other than price) is to build it out of aluminum.

Yes they do look cool, but I cant afford them.

 

Why not try a steel frame with a wood floor? Should shave some weight. Or maybe FRP? Light and flexible for the strenght, easy to fix, but tends to shatter under high impact

 

[QUOTE=SwOkcOffRoader]I like this guys, im gonna be doing something similar, only im putting a supercab on my regularcab frame, then ill build the cage/flatbed, with dual snorkle exhaust stacks, an air snorkle up the back, some lights, and tool bins.....it will take some work, but i think it will be worth it in the end....

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yeah, i really like the look of that truck. something about the blue pipes just looks good. but i still think that i would want to stick with a regular bed, but if its beat up like yours, id go for the flat bed

 

sweet setup i would like to do that to my trail beater