Flatbed from newer truck
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Flatbed from newer truck
I sold a 1995 F250 to a guy who is using it on the farm and is making a dump bed for the flatbed. I bought a 1977 F250 to replace the 1995, and was tlking to him about buying a flatbed. Hem mentioned he may trade me some leftover body parts for that old flatbed I used to own.
Will it fit? I thought the frame was a different width.
Will it fit? I thought the frame was a different width.
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Originally Posted by fordlover
my 79 has a flatbed on it that came from a Chevy I want to say. It was a piece of cake to install...let me know what you need and I will post it up.
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I wouldn't let the bed's frame itself deter u from it.
The truck's frame measures 36.75 (see red arrow) and 37.25 at the back tires. I posted how are bed was mounted to give you some ideas hopefully and the overall finished product.
hope this helps,
Ryan
The truck's frame measures 36.75 (see red arrow) and 37.25 at the back tires. I posted how are bed was mounted to give you some ideas hopefully and the overall finished product.
hope this helps,
Ryan
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From: hohenwald, tn
the bed can be made to work. bolt a 2x4 (oak preferred) to the frame at the front near the cab and back at the end of the frame. then the flatbed could be welded or bolted straight down through. see the braces fordlover made? usually the crossmembers go straight across and can be adapted to most any truck.
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Did the bed swap work for you? I am looking at a flatbed from a late 70's F250 standard cab longbed that I want to put on my 87 F250 ext cab longbed. Do you guys think it will work? I'm going over to take some measurements this weekend. It's an hour away, but a good deal if it will fit.
Thanks a million,
Tom
Thanks a million,
Tom
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From: dayton ohio
Originally Posted by rusty7983
the bed can be made to work. bolt a 2x4 (oak preferred) to the frame at the front near the cab and back at the end of the frame. then the flatbed could be welded or bolted straight down through. see the braces fordlover made? usually the crossmembers go straight across and can be adapted to most any truck.
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OK, so the flatbed rails outside width is 34" and my truck's frame rails are 38" wide outside. Since I don't have the means to lift the bed onto the truck, I took it to a local welding shop. The are quoting $375 to build a sub-frame setup so the bed will work. I only paid $900 for the truck and $325 for the used bed.
Will the oak 2x4 idea work? My wife is about to kill me over the cost of this bed. What was intended to be a cheap, easy mod is starting to get expensive quick.
Thank you in advance to anyone that can offer a solid solution here...
Tom
Will the oak 2x4 idea work? My wife is about to kill me over the cost of this bed. What was intended to be a cheap, easy mod is starting to get expensive quick.
Thank you in advance to anyone that can offer a solid solution here...
Tom
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From: southwest Wisconsin
I had a steel flatbead just like the one in fordlover's photo. I mounted it to the truck frame using 4 one foot lenths of 5" channel iorn. Bolted the channel iorn verticly on the side of the truck frame up to the side of the flatbead frame near the 4 corners. This could work for you if you just add a pice of 2"X4" structual tubing between the channel iorn and the flatbead frame. To make this work you would only need 4' of 5" channel iorn, 2' of 2X4 structural tubing, 16 bolts, and a drill with a sharp bit. No weilding required.
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The flatbed Ford we use at my work has wood 2x4s leveling it to the frame, it's bolted on through those. We haul about 12 or so refrigerators on that thing at a time, and there's no real wear and tear. They're painted over too, so you can't tell it's wood and so it doesn't rot out. Same setup I'll be using when I flatbed my truck (unless I find a bed at the pick n' pull that will bolt right up 
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Thanks for the quick replies, guys. The 2x4 fix seems like the quickest and easiest since the bed can rest on them and I don't have any other way to move the bed besides asking my buddies to help me heft it onto the truck.
ihate- Would it be possible to get a pic or two of how your work truck bed is mounted? I'm guessing it's pretty much just like fordlover's setup only wooden? Are the boards lying flat (4" sideways)? And how many lay across the frame? I'm guessing just one in the front and back wouldn't be enough to hold the weight of the bed and the load.
The most I plan to carry on the bed are two four-wheelers, about 1200# total.
Thanks again,
Tom
ihate- Would it be possible to get a pic or two of how your work truck bed is mounted? I'm guessing it's pretty much just like fordlover's setup only wooden? Are the boards lying flat (4" sideways)? And how many lay across the frame? I'm guessing just one in the front and back wouldn't be enough to hold the weight of the bed and the load.
The most I plan to carry on the bed are two four-wheelers, about 1200# total.
Thanks again,
Tom