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May 9, 2007 | 05:06 PM

ncguy23

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f150 flat bed

I'm thinking about putting a flat/tube bed on the truck. its a 93 f150 xlt extended cab. I'm looking for ideas and such, anyone do this and have pictures or comments?

Thanks

May 9, 2007 | 09:31 PM

atillett

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possible yes. would i reccomend,probulay not.unless you do some upgrading to the springs. i did this to my 80 f-150 and it took out almost all the payload. if you do i would defitnitly add springs to your stack. the way i did it, "right or not" was to buy a whole set off another truck and stacked them..

May 10, 2007 | 07:43 PM

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I have got them built out of alum. Same as stock bed weight . And a flat with steel floor wasn't much more . You can get one built as light as want. If you are just hauling a quad or other light stuff go with the basics. But I like one that are basically a steel frame and have wood floor . I don't care about weight .

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May 10, 2007 | 08:14 PM

Mtthwvn73

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We built one for my teacher's old chevy. We made an aluminum frame with ply wood on the top. It was much lighter than the original bed, and the rear end was kinda tilted up when we up it on there, like it wasn't there. The thing is, though, I know this cost alot of money, but we were just putting it together, not paying for supplies, lol.

Matt.

May 10, 2007 | 08:18 PM

ncguy23

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Honestly I was thinking about keeping it 100% wood. No other reason than it looks best in my opinion. Thanks for the comments

May 10, 2007 | 08:22 PM

Mtthwvn73

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Hey, that works too. If you search the web there's a bunch of blueprints on making wood beds. Just do a search.

May 10, 2007 | 08:52 PM

rusty90f1504x4

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i am in the process of building one for my 90, ill post some pics when i have some. truck is in garage at home and building the flat bed at work. using 2" sqaure tubing for mine and using wood for the floor.