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Re: Pickup bed metal
what you could do is get a bed floor from a newer fleetside truck and cut it down to fit the width of the box you have, with a little to spare so you can fold it under for strength and something to bolt onto. that would give you a nice strong corrugated floor that wont bend or deform easily when you stand on a spot that is between the cross braces underneath. I have used 16 ga on the floor of rail buggies etc and it holds up well for that but then again there is a smaller span between the baces there. flat 16 ga is quite slippery for a bed floor but if you spray it with liner that would help. ensure to put a couple small drain holes in at the front so water can drain off and not pool and stain the liner. if the floor warps and causes low spots they also become areas where stains can form from the minerals etc in water plus usually the water kinda changes the color of the liner I find.
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