Flatbed?
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Old UHaul with the box removed and a custom 8 foot bed installed -
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From: Niagara, Ontario
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I don't have a pic but i had a flatbed on my 73 highboy and put a box on it later I think I liked the flatbed better just put toolbooxes or somthing on the sides
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I put a pressure treated (can't spell wool-man- ized) bed on my 78 short bed. 2x12's on the floor, 4x4's for the cross members, 2x12 & 2x6 for the removable sides. Got alot of compliments when I first did it. But I was in a hurry to get back on the road and didnt give the wood time to dry, and alot of it cupped shortly after. It's tuff thou I've carried alot of crap in it. No pix to show haven't got into the digital age yet.
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the more i think about it, the more i want one. loading the sled would be way easier, not to mention i wouldnt have bedsides getting in the way. are there limitations on how wide and long they can be? a buddy of mine said something like 7'6" was max on width. what do you all think?
if i do build one, i would want it to look a bit more 'offroadsie'. with a nice hoop up by the cab. and maybe some type of removable sides.
if i do build one, i would want it to look a bit more 'offroadsie'. with a nice hoop up by the cab. and maybe some type of removable sides.
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I just measured mine. It's 74 1/2" wide (6ft 2 1/2"). That puts it just smaller than the width of the cab. Mines a short bed & it's 85" long. It comes right to the top edge of the rear bumper. Inside the box measures 82" from tailgate up to the 2x behide the cab. Making it so the sides come off does come in handy. Like I said it was a quick job so I probably could have more creative with it with a little more time. I did put a fold-down tailgate on it with chains and clips so it could be laid down over the bumper to get it out of the way.
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I have a flatbed on my '79 F-350 4x4. There are pics of it in my gallery. I'm getting ready to work it over a little more this summer as it sits too low on the frame, and I want to haul my snowmobiles around on the flatbed. I built it about 8-years ago to haul my welder around. Now, the welder is getting the trailer and the snowmobiles are getting the flatbed 
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Originally Posted by B-one
now that is a sexy flatbed.
any idea how much it weighs in comparison to the regular bed?
any idea how much it weighs in comparison to the regular bed?
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Here's my gallery with '77 F-250 that came with the flatbed when I bought it. https://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gal...&albumid=25856
I plan on painting the cab the original light blue and building a steel frame to go around the current flatbed, and painting that and the wheels dark blue. I don't know where the rear bumper came from, but it's cool with the tail lights built into it. I was planning on finding a regular bed, but the flatbed definitely came in handy when hauling home a new bed for my '92 f150. Can't wait to get it looking a little bit nicer, but am more concerned with mechanical soundness at this point. Its definitely hard not to burn the tires off with that light bed on there!
I plan on painting the cab the original light blue and building a steel frame to go around the current flatbed, and painting that and the wheels dark blue. I don't know where the rear bumper came from, but it's cool with the tail lights built into it. I was planning on finding a regular bed, but the flatbed definitely came in handy when hauling home a new bed for my '92 f150. Can't wait to get it looking a little bit nicer, but am more concerned with mechanical soundness at this point. Its definitely hard not to burn the tires off with that light bed on there!