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09-07-2003, 07:28 PM
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Bagged with wood bed
Has anyone bagged their truck with a wood bed? Just wondering what it looks like layed out.
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09-08-2003, 12:05 AM
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What would it matter if it's a wood bed????? I'm not sure what you are asking.
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09-08-2003, 12:10 AM
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When the truck is layed out, the rear axle comes through the bed.
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09-08-2003, 12:15 AM
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Well, I have a fleet side/steel floor and I raised the floor 1.5" for pumpkin clearance. I think cutting a hole in the floor looks kinda ghetto. How low are you talking? "laying frame" or just a cmall c-notch?
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09-08-2003, 12:18 AM
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Well, since I want to keep the wood bed, I guess I want to go as low as possible without cutting pumpkin clearance. I don't know that much about air bags. I guess a c-notch would be ok to get it pretty low.
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09-08-2003, 12:32 AM
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what about the extra 500-600 LBS the wood adds? or is metal just as heavy?
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09-08-2003, 01:16 AM
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600lbs? For like 8 oak planks 3/4" thick?
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09-08-2003, 09:23 AM
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Shipping weight on longbed fleetside bed wood is 96lbs. Raising the bed requires taller cross menbers, new welded or bolt on side and front panel angles and rear sill extension. Plus notching your wheelwell or cutting your center stake pocket if your going really low. We can make you taller crossmembers etc in steel, aluminum or stainless and have bed to frame bolt extensions. The rear sill extension caps the bed wood so you need to cut your bed strips 1' shorter at the rear to butt into the extension. If interested e-mail your requirements and i'll get you a price.
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09-08-2003, 10:13 AM
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You can run bags on a wood floor w/o any extra work vs. steel floor. Use one of the small bolt in style c-sections to get the rear up in the frame & an adj panhard bar to keep it all centered.
If your looking to lay frame, cut a hole in the wood for your required clearance & bend a sheetmetal cover that bolts to the wood between the wheeltubs. Paint it to match & use some chrome/stainless hardware to make it look even better. To keep the wood from shifting around where the cut is, bolt some angle steel around the perimeter of the hole. You could paint this angle steel as well for even more of a detailed look & hinge the cover for access to see all your hard work.
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09-08-2003, 04:27 PM
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Awesome info! Thanks guys. Now I just got to decide how low I wanna go.
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