Re: building a great looking wood bed for cheap
 

here is a pic of cross member mounted to frame. I did not remove the bed as I was working alone on this project. I started [facing the back of truck- left to right] of driver side of truck and installed one piece at a time, using a motorcycle jack to give me some clearance off the loosened cross members and frame, to pull out old pieces then install one by one going left to right. I wanted a clean look on bed.

Re: building a great looking wood bed for cheap
 

Here is pic of finished bed. No large bolts drilled through wood. All metal strips were reused and cleaned off then rattle can sprayed. For around $150.00 in parts; it was well worth it .

Re: building a great looking wood bed for cheap
 

Maybe I missed it, but did you buy anything but the wood and stain or was that the whole $150?

Re: building a great looking wood bed for cheap
 

spent around $90 on wood. Varnish around $20, miscellaneous bolts, rattle cans, freeze off penetrating oil and sand paper from Home Depot. I had table saw and dado blade on hand. The labor was all done by me. So for around $150 dollars I was able to create the bed by reusing all parts that were salvageable

Re: building a great looking wood bed for cheap
 

Great job!! I'm jealous!

Re: building a great looking wood bed for cheap
 

here is a link to dimensions for bed wood
http://www.classicheartbeat.com/bed_wood.htm

Re: building a great looking wood bed for cheap
 

Here is another link that gave me inspiration to do my own bed for truck
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...wood+bed+cheap