Gas tank relocation

[roger55]

Originally Posted by AZ59apacheguy

I'm looking re-locate my gas tank as well, but have one question. What is everyone doing about the metal bed strip mounting bolts? Roger55, I love your idea, but it appears you've actually cut into one of your crossmembers, what have you done about the metal bed strip mounting bolts?

Yes, I cut that one bed cross brace.
You can see here that I welded it to the 2 pipes that are used for the tank mount. Those are standard 1/2" black pipe and are plenty strong so there's no concern there.

I will have to remove the tank when I install the bed wood. No big deal to me. There's still room for mounting bolts but I may have to trim the bolt ends off.