bed floor options

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Originally Posted by Tx Firefighter

I was given a free 78 longbed. Since I'm a shortbed kind of guy I cut it down and found a 75 dollar step bed on Craigslist.



Now, of course a 75 dollar bed has a rotted floor. So, I was trying to figure out a cheap way of solving the problem since my money tree is stunted. So, I took the old long bed floor and stuck it on sawhorses and used my circular saw with a metal cutting blade from Home Depot.



I cut it on all four sides to retain the center section of the bed floor so the little crossmembers would support the bed properly on the now short bed frame. Basically I just laid it out with a tape measure and soapstone and cut it narrower, then shortened it front and rear.





Total cost was two saw blades. Maybe 8 bucks. I just stitch welded it to the old side angle strips every few inches. When I get around to painting the truck I'll sandblast the inside of the bed and spray liner it. But, for now, the inside of the bed pretty much carries over from the patina theme of the outside of the truck.

That is a great way to do the bed floors on these. I like it a lot better than the diamond plate that I have seen done on a lot of these!