Temporary Bed Wood
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Temporary Bed Wood
My 63 F100 bed is wood that is totally rotted through. I am not ready to install a real wood kit, but I would like to be able to carry stuff in the bed when I need to use the truck. Has anyone installed a 1" piece of plywood or some other temporary bed? Just form eyballing, it seems like I could use a piece of 4X8 plywood as a temp bed. Any thoughts??
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My 63 F100 bed is wood that is totally rotted through. I am not ready to install a real wood kit, but I would like to be able to carry stuff in the bed when I need to use the truck. Has anyone installed a 1" piece of plywood or some other temporary bed? Just form eyballing, it seems like I could use a piece of 4X8 plywood as a temp bed. Any thoughts??
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I took a 4X8 sheet of 3/4" plywood, cut to length and drove the 65 for few years before replacing the wooden bed. The bed was fairly rotten but firm enough to support the plywood. The bed lasted few years and held up while I used the truck on regular basis for hauling all types of material, only regret not putting a piece over the new bed.
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With my carpenter hat on, get a sheet of pressure treated plywood, or next A/C. The PT is for exposed outside use, the A/C outside use painted.
Or if you have access use cheaper B/C sheeting grade and swap it more often.
For temp use, I think I'd just lay the 4x8 in there and not worry about the 3/4", wont matter really unless you want to haul water or sand. lol
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Or if you have access use cheaper B/C sheeting grade and swap it more often.
For temp use, I think I'd just lay the 4x8 in there and not worry about the 3/4", wont matter really unless you want to haul water or sand. lol
John
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We had a sheet of 3/4ply for a bed floor in our 63 for years. On our 6' bed, we just cut the sheet to length & wedged it in. Didn't even have to screw it down. I've got another sheet in there now that I finished the rear frame work - dropped mono leaf springs, boxed & notched framerails, wire-wheeled & por15'd... needed somthing to stack the front fenders & parts on while I strip the front end for the upcoming cv front susp. By my exp, even an unfunished sheet of cdx is going to last years (we used the old girl for landscaping).
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Best of luck. Been lucky that mine came with decent boards. Just needs to sand them down and reseal them. Good to know it will work though if I need it.
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^ And you and I have responded to it. 
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dug up another 5 year old thread circa two weeks ago, asking if the problem that was associated with it had been solved.
When I informed the newbie how old the thread was (the last post before the newbies was typed 1/26/2010), another member chimed in and gave me a ration of **** by saying it didn't matter.
Well it does matter to FTE .. as moderators inform members not to respond to old threads.
btw: Another just responded to a 7 year old thread in this forum inre to F250 innie hubcaps.
The last post before the newbies was typed 6/11/2008. The member he's asking about the caps, hasn't posted on FTE since 8/25/2014.
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dug up another 5 year old thread circa two weeks ago, asking if the problem that was associated with it had been solved. When I informed the newbie how old the thread was (the last post before the newbies was typed 1/26/2010), another member chimed in and gave me a ration of **** by saying it didn't matter.
Well it does matter to FTE .. as moderators inform members not to respond to old threads.
btw: Another
just responded to a 7 year old thread in this forum inre to F250 innie hubcaps.The last post before the newbies was typed 6/11/2008. The member he's asking about the caps, hasn't posted on FTE since 8/25/2014.
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And to think that 2008 was 7 years ago. Man, does time fly.
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RedNeck, you sure have that right. I was thinking the same exact thing. At this rate, my truck will be done in 2030. lol
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I'm a newbee smelling some old farts.
Well excuse me. I thought the forum was here in part to help new bees with issues related to reconditioning older vehicles. Just because you've read the post 15 years ago does mean it isn't new to the rest of us. If you don't want people responding to old posts all you have to do is lock out the post to new replies. Then we can ask our questions and people like you can tell us that the particular topic was discussed and to go try to look it up before adding a new post. Or maybe you could notice that the thread is 5 years old and skip it. Wouldn't that seem like the more intelligent thing to do? I'm not mad, I just don't understand your need to go off topic to make an issue (Troll?).
Sorry for being so enthusiastic in the Ford Truck Enthusiast Forum.
Sorry for being so enthusiastic in the Ford Truck Enthusiast Forum.
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mox, I found something very interesting in your post. " Or maybe you could notice that the thread is 5 years old and skip it. Wouldn't that seem like the more intelligent thing to do?"
We didn't drag up a 5 year old post you did. That don't mean that we can't learn to like you though.
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We didn't drag up a 5 year old post you did. That don't mean that we can't learn to like you though.
John