wood bed floor cross sills
 

does anybody have the dementions for all of the cross sills for a swb.Has anybody made their own? It can't be that hard And can a head board from a steel bed be made to work with a wood bed.


Thanks Dave

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check lmc's website they might have dimensions on there if not check mar-k's site .....I believe they sell an angle strip to weld to headboard to change from steel to wood ,but not sure who sells it ,could be heavy chevy or truck shop

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www.mar-k.com has all of the stuff you need.

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I can measure it all for you. I think they are 72" long... do you need everything measured?

as stated, there is a conversion piece for a steel headboard/panel.

Mar-K prices from their website...
rear cross sill $125
cross sills $30ea x 3
reinforcement strip $30
front bed panel adapter $20
bed wood $265 (pine)
bed strips $81 (steel)
bed bolts $50 (steel)

$691 for the basics...

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ChevLoRay has the right place. Go Mar-K

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so I looked in my lmc cat. cross sills are 72"x2" and the bed reinforcement strip is 49 1/2" x 1" so I only need 3 cross sills for a short bed?

Thanks guys

Dave

Re: wood bed floor cross sills
 

3 cross sills and 1 rear main sill, but as you can tell my SWB had a long reinforcement strip (72") in front of the wheel well. You could also put a short one in between the wheel wells

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i work at auto zone and this crazy old dude came in and he has a 71 GMC and he said that you can make stills out of the post that hold up road signs here is a pic of what i am talking about

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...Untitled-2.jpg

idk if this will work but the more that i think about it the more that it look possible

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:lol:So he might not be so Crazy after all!!:lol: Just saving money!:haha:

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I made cross sill for my boat trailer out of unistrut from Home Depot. I converted it to a flatbed, it's about the same stuff as that sign post. Cost $15 for 10 ft so buying the real deal isn't much more, that rear cross needs to be original though...

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The cross sills from Mar-K are $25 each with FREE Shipping plus $8.95 processing fee (whatever). It's the rear support that cost allot, about $100 bucks.

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Those original fleetside sills are about 2 3/16" tall plus the bracket that is welded to the bottom. You can make them our of about any material you want including the stop sign post as long as the installed height above the frame is the same as the brackets on the rear sill. If your material is less than 2 3/16, you have to build up a spacer under it where it sits on the frame so your bed will sit level.

The nice thing about using a quality reproduction part is all the holes are in already and in the right places, and there is no rust or damage to repair. Some reproductions do not have the holes, so be sure to check that if it is important to you. There are about 75 or more holes to be drilled and they really need to be in the right places.

Mar-Ktech

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The road signs are a great idea! And you will have all that great flat sheetmetal left over for body patching! :-) :lol: