47-54 bed pics please

[cajundragger]

Im building my own bed that will allow me to raise up my rear fenders so I can lay my running boards on the ground with my 20's. Im Looking for any and all pictures yall may have of your bed, friends bed, or just a bed you've seen. Please keep the pics limited to 47-54, thanks.

[youngrodder]

Hey long time no talk. Marc here from Michigan.
Are you sure that you need to raise the fenders?
On mine, I raised the floor about 2" to clear the frame. I think that as long as I trim the inner fender braces I should be OK. My truck is about 1 5/8 in the back from laying out. I would need to change my notch and move my disc brake calipers in order to layout. I am not sure if I want to go through that for 1 5/8.

I will post some pics of my bed tomorrow for you. My bed looks stock other then the inner fenders that I added in order to run a 10" wide rim.

[cajundragger]

yea the tires bottom out in the fenders when the running boards are about 1.5 inches from the ground

since I went though hell getting the frame to lay running board on 20's, I will raise the bed with my fenders so that I can extend the bottom of the fenders to meet back with my running boards. I will extend the bottom of the bedsides and back piece as well so that everything looks "right"

I've given this alot of thought, I just need pictures to finalize my idea.

[youngrodder]

Here are some pics

Notice the distance between the boards and the rear cross sill. This will give you an idea of how much the floor has been raised.




I am curious what size tires do you plan on using?

[cajundragger]

255/35/20

27" inches tall

[Daniel U]

I hope this helps:

[tbrown5079]

Where did you get the tubs for the bed? Are they from a stepside bed or for a different application?

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by tbrown5079

Where did you get the tubs for the bed? Are they from a stepside bed or for a different application?

I bought them from this web site http://dancarpenters.com/tubb.html

They are 2 3/4 inch wide, They are expensive but they are very nice qualtity.

[cajundragger]

I started on my bedfloor...

[youngrodder]

You have made a lot of progress in a short time. It looks good.
How is your brothers truck coming along?

Keep up the good work

[cajundragger]

its not...he's away at college so it just sits. that and every time he does work on it redoing something making it a little more wild...