What are these for on a flatbed?

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May 10, 2022 | 06:46 PM

abe

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What are these for on a flatbed?

These little brackets, what are they for. They were on the timbers that sit on the frame. They were near the back end and flush with the top of the frame timbers.

Sitting in place

May 10, 2022 | 07:38 PM

CHUCK48-50

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They mate to another pair of them, mounted on the frame.
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May 10, 2022 | 07:47 PM

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They mate to another pair of them, mounted on the frame.
Chuck

Interesting, there were none like that on the frame of this truck.

Thanks, Chuck.

May 10, 2022 | 07:54 PM

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Look like the same brackets the front of a box mounts to..

May 10, 2022 | 08:12 PM

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Look like the same brackets the front of a box mounts to..

That they do, John, that they do.

May 11, 2022 | 05:23 AM

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Clearly they are veeblefetzers missing their mates!

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May 11, 2022 | 08:22 AM

Desert Don

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Mounting body’s to truck frames, where the fame flexes but the body does not.

Brackets like this allow the movement.

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May 13, 2022 | 02:27 PM

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Abe,
I can put those to use on my 51 F-1 script flatbed build if you want to part with them. I am missing 1 set when I bought the bed.
Jeremy

May 13, 2022 | 04:18 PM

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Abe,
I can put those to use on my 51 F-1 script flatbed build if you want to part with them. I am missing 1 set when I bought the bed.
Jeremy

Jeremy, I gonna blast them, paint them and put them back on. Thanks

May 13, 2022 | 05:09 PM

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Looks like nobody is going to use them if I can't find them! I took that picture 3 days ago and now I can't find them! Hopefully they will turn up.

May 13, 2022 | 05:23 PM

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If I turn up any extras in my search for some I will let you know.

May 13, 2022 | 06:44 PM

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💡 I had an attack of Old-timers Disease.

💡. I remembered I took them to where the truck and bed are with some other pieces to get sandblasted when I get the bed blasted . Whew!

Sep 2, 2022 | 05:09 PM

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Ford pickups are well known for cracked frames. Only in 2016 did Ford finally catch up to its competitors with a fully boxed frame. With your project truck there should have been sistered in plates on both sides of the crack using a heavy duty deep penetration arc welder.