. I will be pulling the bed off tomorrow to check the underside.
Short bed price question
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From: Wingo, Ky
Like I said, I must be spoiled, I could go for a 30 minute drive and come back with 5 maybe 10 trucks like the one I posted. You also have to be willing to travel, the though, the truck I posted is a good 4-5 hours away. And you said you're looking for a bed, start expanding your search radius and look for an entire truck. Hell, if you're really that hard up for a short bed, take a drive to me, I'm always up for meeting members, I know where two good short beds are at right now...they'd need a good tailgate though.
Problem is after I bought one I wouldnt have the gas money to go get it. Unless I can find a way to get to it all down hill, lol.
I bought one that was 3hrs away ended up being a peice of junk. I was so mad I bought it anyway so I didnt feel like the trip was a big waste.
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well generally if you have a short bed truck you get a bed in some kinda shape. It takes a lot for the floors on them to get beat up, but all the inside bed stuff is the same as a long bed. You rust a tub out, weld in a new tub. Not rocket science. even if you somehow total your bed or are missing a bed, a short bed off an 80 and up f150 will work, and you can find those with rusty edsides for $150 all day long. New bedsides for the long beds are what? $200 each, I believe. Zip a foot out of them and weld them back up.
So you could have a nice bed with brand new bed sides for $550. Versus any "rust free" bed that, as noted, is a potential rust time bomb.
I'm not sayin you gotta agree with me, but I am saying you can't argue with the numbers. $1000 for a bed is if youre just too lazy to fix what you got, as far as I'm concerned.
So you could have a nice bed with brand new bed sides for $550. Versus any "rust free" bed that, as noted, is a potential rust time bomb.
I'm not sayin you gotta agree with me, but I am saying you can't argue with the numbers. $1000 for a bed is if youre just too lazy to fix what you got, as far as I'm concerned.
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From: Wingo, Ky
well generally if you have a short bed truck you get a bed in some kinda shape. It takes a lot for the floors on them to get beat up, but all the inside bed stuff is the same as a long bed. You rust a tub out, weld in a new tub. Not rocket science. even if you somehow total your bed or are missing a bed, a short bed off an 80 and up f150 will work, and you can find those with rusty edsides for $150 all day long. New bedsides for the long beds are what? $200 each, I believe. Zip a foot out of them and weld them back up.
So you could have a nice bed with brand new bed sides for $550. Versus any "rust free" bed that, as noted, is a potential rust time bomb.
I'm not sayin you gotta agree with me, but I am saying you can't argue with the numbers. $1000 for a bed is if youre just too lazy to fix what you got, as far as I'm concerned.
So you could have a nice bed with brand new bed sides for $550. Versus any "rust free" bed that, as noted, is a potential rust time bomb.
I'm not sayin you gotta agree with me, but I am saying you can't argue with the numbers. $1000 for a bed is if youre just too lazy to fix what you got, as far as I'm concerned.
Makes since, I agree with you. Either way, I'm still in college so I don't have the time or money to really do anything.
lol.
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From: colorado
well generally if you have a short bed truck you get a bed in some kinda shape. It takes a lot for the floors on them to get beat up, but all the inside bed stuff is the same as a long bed. You rust a tub out, weld in a new tub. Not rocket science. even if you somehow total your bed or are missing a bed, a short bed off an 80 and up f150 will work, and you can find those with rusty edsides for $150 all day long. New bedsides for the long beds are what? $200 each, I believe. Zip a foot out of them and weld them back up.
So you could have a nice bed with brand new bed sides for $550. Versus any "rust free" bed that, as noted, is a potential rust time bomb.
I'm not sayin you gotta agree with me, but I am saying you can't argue with the numbers. $1000 for a bed is if youre just too lazy to fix what you got, as far as I'm concerned.
So you could have a nice bed with brand new bed sides for $550. Versus any "rust free" bed that, as noted, is a potential rust time bomb.
I'm not sayin you gotta agree with me, but I am saying you can't argue with the numbers. $1000 for a bed is if youre just too lazy to fix what you got, as far as I'm concerned.
since i don't live in the magic land of $1000 rust free trucks i had to find a decent short bed with some rust and make it work. i found what i thought was a pretty good bed for $150
bedsides from LMC are $250 each. shipping is $120 each. theres a grand right there. then the pleasure of cutting a section out and welding back each side at about 10 hours each.
there's a little more to it than "zipping" a foot out of each side.
it's a ton of work to do it right.
add the fact that after i got it home, got the paint stripped and got a really good look at it i found it needed a whole new floor there's another $50 for a sheet of 14 gage steel plus all the work to put that in. i'm not even including the cost of welding wire, flapdisks, body filler primer, sealer, paint etc...
seriously, a grand for a good bed you don't have to redo is a steal!!! buy it!
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From: Morganton, NC
What about these quarters?
If they are the full skin, I can pick them up at NPD in Charlotte and have $300 in a bed that will look great.
seeing as I do not make $700 a day, i'd rather spend a day cutting/welding than $700 more on a bed.
If they are the full skin, I can pick them up at NPD in Charlotte and have $300 in a bed that will look great.
seeing as I do not make $700 a day, i'd rather spend a day cutting/welding than $700 more on a bed.
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hickified, thats exactly what I'd do. charlotte is $120 in gas from me and the full face skins don't have the ends on them so they would be perfect to cut down to the shorter bed length anyway. I was a phone call away from actually doing that (well, I'm long bed, so minus the cutting) when I found a bed in way better shape than mine for ... well... real real cheap.
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You southern people live in my cheap 73-79 FORD fantasy land. $300-$500 for a good bed I would be flipping out like a kid in a toy store. Hell where I live at here in Pennsyltucky $300-$500 is what the junkos sell for and I wouldn,t trust any of that generic bed panel ****. If it is any thing like my generic *** doors that came with my truck the second you look at them they pop and dent. Where I live if you find one that just needs work done to just one panel, you should play the lottery. $1,000-$1,700 where I live is the norm for a good bed. I had to search high and low to find this 8 ft. beauty. 
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youre only a couple hours north of me, and I still see lots of nice dents all the time. for cheap. whole trucks for $500 or less.... sure, they need the fenders done on the beds, but thats pretty simple.
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You southern people live in my cheap 73-79 FORD fantasy land. $300-$500 for a good bed I would be flipping out like a kid in a toy store. Hell where I live at here in Pennsyltucky $300-$500 is what the junkos sell for and I wouldn,t trust any of that generic bed panel ****. If it is any thing like my generic *** doors that came with my truck the second you look at them they pop and dent. Where I live if you find one that just needs work done to just one panel, you should play the lottery. $1,000-$1,700 where I live is the norm for a good bed. I had to search high and low to find this 8 ft. beauty.
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