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BIGBLU 72 · 07-07-2010, 07:01 PM

What is the best way to get the wood out of the bed?

**michael bustamante** · 07-07-2010, 07:10 PM

that sounds like the beginnings of a baaaad joke!!

Rat Bastid · 07-07-2010, 07:41 PM

mine fell out.....was easy

BIGBLU 72 · 07-07-2010, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by michael bustamante

that sounds like the beginnings of a baaaad joke!!

haha! yeah that could be taken in about a thousand directions lol!

Sillyoldman · 07-07-2010, 08:48 PM

My most recent one was rotten. I took it off of the truck and braced it up on its side. I beat the wood out and used an angle grinder to cut the remaining bolts. I'll try to find some pictures for you. Don't bother trying to salvage the steel strips. They are cheaply and easliy replaces.

cdowns · 07-07-2010, 08:55 PM

all the wood beds i've had were filled with holes and rotted wood . just wakin the wood with a claw hammer removed it and an angle grinder with cutoff wheel to get the old metal remnenants out and to clean up the crossills and perimeter angles

rbeau30 · 07-07-2010, 09:23 PM

My wooden bed came apart in about a full day of using a grinder with a c utoff wheel... a lot of swearing, and banged up knuckles.

But seriously the cutoff wheel and grinder was the easiest way of taking it apart. 75% of the carriage bolts did not want to let that bed go.

**Already Gone** · 07-08-2010, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Sillyoldman

My most recent one was rotten. I took it off of the truck and braced it up on its side. I beat the wood out and used an angle grinder to cut the remaining bolts. I'll try to find some pictures for you. Don't bother trying to salvage the steel strips. They are cheaply and easliy replaces.

I am going to remove my bed before the summer is out and I'd appreciate if you could post the pics of yours. I want to leave my bed on the truck but would like to know which bolts to leave intact so the bed dosn't hit the ground when I remove the wood. I just ordered my polished stainless bedstrips and bolt package from Mar-K and will using red oak for the bedwood. I think that will go good with the pink and white truck color.

67chevy1series · 07-08-2010, 04:14 AM

well the anwser for wandering minds is duck tape it down

might hurt the hairs but ya have never ran in to that problem

and for the pickup wait my friend said something about him falling off his roof and in the back of his step side that worked well all but the two sides along the wall

BIGBLU 72 · 07-07-2010, 10:37 PM

im sure that im gunna have to use an angle grinder because my bed floor is reall in good shape but it still needs replaced

msgross · 07-08-2010, 06:32 AM

I assume that you are talking about the wood bed itself, not a load of firewood!!

To remove the entire bed Just remove the bolts with the offset washers...

If you are removing just the wood then leave pieces under the outer edges and wheel wells. The cross sills remain on the frame unless the entire bed is coming off.

Here pics of my bed removal. maybe they will shed some light for you...

07-07-2010, 07:01 PM	#1
BIGBLU 72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 700	wood removal What is the best way to get the wood out of the bed? __________________ 68 C10 LWB 2/4 drop 406/th400/3.73posi 04 Silverado SS LQ9 6.0/4L65e/4.11posi AWD

07-07-2010, 07:10 PM	#2
michael bustamante Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 7,848	Re: wood removal that sounds like the beginnings of a baaaad joke!! __________________ 1967custom

07-07-2010, 07:41 PM	#3
Rat Bastid Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: sumner wa. Posts: 158	Re: wood removal mine fell out.....was easy

07-07-2010, 08:48 PM	#5
Sillyoldman #16876 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Auburn WA Posts: 12,266	Re: wood removal My most recent one was rotten. I took it off of the truck and braced it up on its side. I beat the wood out and used an angle grinder to cut the remaining bolts. I'll try to find some pictures for you. Don't bother trying to salvage the steel strips. They are cheaply and easliy replaces. __________________ Posted via Stationary Device '71 Custom Deluxe C-20 402. '67 Buick Special 455. '49 Plymouth Special Deluxe. *"I love that old car smell"* *Some people are like Slinkies... not really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.*

07-07-2010, 08:55 PM	#6
cdowns Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: daytonabeach Posts: 22,956	Re: wood removal all the wood beds i've had were filled with holes and rotted wood . just wakin the wood with a claw hammer removed it and an angle grinder with cutoff wheel to get the old metal remnenants out and to clean up the crossills and perimeter angles __________________ 71c-10 350/2004r/4:11 lowered3/4 longbed/dead by hurricane MEANING OF DEATH::::: SOMEBODY ELSE GETS YOUR STUFF DONT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK TAKE MY ADVISE;I DON'T USE IT ANYWAY

07-07-2010, 09:23 PM	#7
rbeau30 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Aurora, CO Posts: 65	Re: wood removal My wooden bed came apart in about a full day of using a grinder with a c utoff wheel... a lot of swearing, and banged up knuckles. But seriously the cutoff wheel and grinder was the easiest way of taking it apart. 75% of the carriage bolts did not want to let that bed go. __________________ Robert 1971 C20 SWB Fleetside undergoing an amateur restore.

07-08-2010, 04:14 AM	#9
67chevy1series Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: a t w a t e r cali 95301 Posts: 10,713	Re: wood removal well the anwser for wandering minds is duck tape it down might hurt the hairs but ya have never ran in to that problem and for the pickup wait my friend said something about him falling off his roof and in the back of his step side that worked well all but the two sides along the wall

07-07-2010, 10:37 PM	#10
BIGBLU 72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ashland, KY Posts: 700	Re: wood removal im sure that im gunna have to use an angle grinder because my bed floor is reall in good shape but it still needs replaced __________________ 68 C10 LWB 2/4 drop 406/th400/3.73posi 04 Silverado SS LQ9 6.0/4L65e/4.11posi AWD

07-08-2010, 06:32 AM	#11
msgross Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central PA Posts: 12,201	Re: wood removal I assume that you are talking about the wood bed itself, not a load of firewood!! To remove the entire bed Just remove the bolts with the offset washers... If you are removing just the wood then leave pieces under the outer edges and wheel wells. The cross sills remain on the frame unless the entire bed is coming off. Here pics of my bed removal. maybe they will shed some light for you... Attached Images __________________ The Garage: 1968 K-10 SWB - "Project Money Pit" 1996 Z-71 - "huntin rig" 1969 C-10 LWB (SOLD) "Project flip that truck or else" 1993 Passport, F@rd 1-ton (SOLD)"Project Cousin Eddie" My Garage Build "The 1,000 footer" Last edited by msgross; 07-08-2010 at 06:34 AM.



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