Hey guys, I have a 70 c/10 on a 78ish?? chassis. The rear of the frame was hacked off the make the frame lenghts (70 to 78) match. I moved the rear axle forward 4 inches to get correct tire/fenderwell locations. The PO had the bed installed with flimsy little 2 inch spacers on each corner, and the truck looked bent in the middle. am putting it back on, and need about 2.5 inches of lift in the front and about 3 in the back - Give or take 1/4 inch at each end. I'm thinking about laying a piece of 2.5 square tubing straight across the front, and a piece of 3 inch across the back. Then I'd connect the corners with 2 or 2.5 inch tubing. I'd like to do an "X" connecting them, but might just go parallel with the frame. My questions are Does anyone have any better ideas on how to do this, and do you think this would support much weight? Like say a load of wood stacked to the top of the cab?
Heres a pic of the truck when I got it
And one of it now - before the bed is back on it.
