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**70STOVEBOLT** · 10-14-2009, 02:53 PM

Any body know someone in the Northern Indiana area that can make a lwb bed into a swb bed?

72 cheyenne pdx · 10-14-2009, 03:21 PM

I can do it for free. I need to practice on one before I do mine.

I am actually keeping mine LWB. I just couldn't help myself. Good luck in finding some one.

TTT

Zoomin · 10-14-2009, 03:40 PM

You'll spend more money doing that than just buying a short bed in the first place. Think about it - two cuts that would have to be precise, welded up, ground down.

mclairmo · 10-14-2009, 04:50 PM

Not worth having it done, unless you can do it yourself. Buy a little 110 mig welder, take a welding and body work class at the local junior college, buy a can of Bondo and sawzall and get to it. Should not cost you much that way. Or, buy new/used short bedsides and convert.

rogergodding · 10-14-2009, 05:09 PM

Don't give in to the pressure.... keep it long

UltraBlue71 · 10-14-2009, 05:22 PM

Any good bodyman can do one,(they are getting rare tho) I know of one in Northern Mo that can do them, like everyone has mentioned, it aint cheap! I wonder what it would cost to buy 2 bedsides, a floor and the front of the bed, Ouch.... On second thought, I'd just leave it alone...

10-14-2009, 02:53 PM	#1
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10-14-2009, 03:21 PM	#2
72 cheyenne pdx Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 382	Re: Who can shorten a bed? I can do it for free. I need to practice on one before I do mine. I am actually keeping mine LWB. I just couldn't help myself. Good luck in finding some one. TTT Last edited by 72 cheyenne pdx; 10-14-2009 at 03:21 PM.

10-14-2009, 03:40 PM	#3
Zoomin Man of Mini-Talents Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 4,295	Re: Who can shorten a bed? You'll spend more money doing that than just buying a short bed in the first place. Think about it - two cuts that would have to be precise, welded up, ground down.

10-14-2009, 04:50 PM	#4
mclairmo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Take Off Posts: 1,908	Re: Who can shorten a bed? Not worth having it done, unless you can do it yourself. Buy a little 110 mig welder, take a welding and body work class at the local junior college, buy a can of Bondo and sawzall and get to it. Should not cost you much that way. Or, buy new/used short bedsides and convert.

10-14-2009, 05:09 PM	#5
rogergodding Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sachse, Texas Posts: 614	Re: Who can shorten a bed? Don't give in to the pressure.... keep it long

10-14-2009, 05:22 PM	#6
UltraBlue71 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: OKC OK Posts: 489	Re: Who can shorten a bed? Any good bodyman can do one,(they are getting rare tho) I know of one in Northern Mo that can do them, like everyone has mentioned, it aint cheap! I wonder what it would cost to buy 2 bedsides, a floor and the front of the bed, Ouch.... On second thought, I'd just leave it alone... __________________ "You can put lipstick on a pig, sure it's pretty pig, but it's still just a PIG... 71 LWB Last edited by UltraBlue71; 10-14-2009 at 05:22 PM.

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