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*mrhino* · 03-11-2013, 09:52 AM

14" out of the front. thats a fact! How far from the cab never really concerned me. I just made sure I stayed with in the front bed bolt holes, once you get the bed off it will be pretty easy to see where you should remove those 14" The rear is not the same for everybody. I was cutting a 1 ton and only need to take of about 4". If memory serves me correct i could have taken as much as 5.5 or as little as 3.5. I believe the 1/2 ton frames are different. Do you already have the bed? if so just measure your last bed bolt hole back and transfer that number to the frame rail. Its really simple and easy to over think it.

03-11-2013, 09:52 AM	#12
mrhino Account Suspended Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,223	Re: Is there a holy grail thread for shortening lwb to swb frame 14" out of the front. thats a fact! How far from the cab never really concerned me. I just made sure I stayed with in the front bed bolt holes, once you get the bed off it will be pretty easy to see where you should remove those 14" The rear is not the same for everybody. I was cutting a 1 ton and only need to take of about 4". If memory serves me correct i could have taken as much as 5.5 or as little as 3.5. I believe the 1/2 ton frames are different. Do you already have the bed? if so just measure your last bed bolt hole back and transfer that number to the frame rail. Its really simple and easy to over think it.