Cutting & welding my bedfloor? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**passthebuck** · 04-11-2004, 07:54 PM

my bed floors are rotten bigtime in the usual places. I'm thinking I'll make one good bed floor out of two. Both of my beds are rotten in the same places. I'll cut out the rotten strips & take good strips from the non-rotten sections of the other bed. What ya think? good idea? lots of work i realize but good bedfloors here are too hard to find. what do you all think? too much work? suggestions?

cableguy0 · 04-11-2004, 08:21 PM

if you have the tools and the know how go for it good idea if you have enough good pieces

Castiron9 · 04-11-2004, 08:42 PM

Just my 2 cent's worth..........To much work ..better off finding a good decent bed...

Gordo · 04-11-2004, 09:09 PM

Just a sugestion,,,,

http://www.gmcpauls.com/bed_patch_panels1.htm

*Gee_Emm* · 04-11-2004, 09:25 PM

Its not all that hard to do. I laid down a piece of duct tape, made triple sure that my line was straight and square and went to it with the sawzall. One thing that I didnt have then that I would recommend are the panel holding clamps for holding the sheet metal in place right. They are in the eastwood catalog but I got some off of ebay for half the price. The whole job will take a couple weeks. Flap discs for grinding down the welds are another must.

*Gee_Emm* · 04-11-2004, 09:28 PM

Another thing, when I used floors from 2 different trucks I found that that the ribs didnt line up perfect as it did when I sectioned the other end of the bed but it isnt that much of a difference but you want to keep an eye on that, it might make some troubles for you.

walker · 04-11-2004, 10:38 PM

Ouch, I just cut up a decent bed floor and threw it in the recycle bin. I posted here and nobody wanted it, or the bed side, for free even. Don't mean to make you upset or anything, guess it just shows that one mans trash...

Bluegoose972 · 04-12-2004, 12:49 AM

Beware of the bed patch panels that many of the suppliers offer. I purchase a couple from LMC and when I started trying to install them in the bed of my blazer to repair a rust area, I found that the ribs didn't match up. I was able to coax them into fitting with a hammer, but if you try to do a large area, you will have problems getting things lined up.

I'm really surprised that none of the suppliers offer a full bed floor replacement kit. You would think that someone would at least make one for a long bed, then you could cut it to size for other applications, as needed.....Just my $0.02

djracer · 04-12-2004, 01:08 AM

Too bad you are not closer to Alabama I could fix you up!

04-11-2004, 07:54 PM	#1
passthebuck Sisyphus was my mentor! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Carleton Place, Ontario CANADA Posts: 984	Cutting & welding my bedfloor? my bed floors are rotten bigtime in the usual places. I'm thinking I'll make one good bed floor out of two. Both of my beds are rotten in the same places. I'll cut out the rotten strips & take good strips from the non-rotten sections of the other bed. What ya think? good idea? lots of work i realize but good bedfloors here are too hard to find. what do you all think? too much work? suggestions? __________________ passthebuck #5642 -TWO 1967 GMC 910's. One with L6/3-on-the tree and the other with 355 w/435hp & a 700r4. -a 2013 Honda Civic as my "sensible" car

04-11-2004, 08:21 PM	#2
cableguy0 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Delta,Pa Posts: 14,950	if you have the tools and the know how go for it good idea if you have enough good pieces __________________ Owner of North Point Car Care in Dundalk Md. We specialize in custom exhaust on both modern and classic vehicles. We are a full service auto shop from classics to modern vehicles. Feel free to contact me with questions. I will give a 10% discount to any board member.

04-11-2004, 08:42 PM	#3
Castiron9 72 LONGHORN OWNER Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Seattle Wash. Posts: 963	Just my 2 cent's worth..........To much work ..better off finding a good decent bed... __________________ 72-SUPER CHEYENNE/20 LONGHORN 70-C/30 DUALLY

04-11-2004, 09:09 PM	#4
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Just a sugestion,,,, http://www.gmcpauls.com/bed_patch_panels1.htm __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

04-11-2004, 09:25 PM	#5
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	Its not all that hard to do. I laid down a piece of duct tape, made triple sure that my line was straight and square and went to it with the sawzall. One thing that I didnt have then that I would recommend are the panel holding clamps for holding the sheet metal in place right. They are in the eastwood catalog but I got some off of ebay for half the price. The whole job will take a couple weeks. Flap discs for grinding down the welds are another must. Last edited by Gee_Emm; 04-11-2004 at 09:33 PM.

04-11-2004, 09:28 PM	#6
Gee_Emm Account Suspended Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,002	Another thing, when I used floors from 2 different trucks I found that that the ribs didnt line up perfect as it did when I sectioned the other end of the bed but it isnt that much of a difference but you want to keep an eye on that, it might make some troubles for you.

04-11-2004, 10:38 PM	#7
walker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: north of Phx AZ about 30 miles Posts: 698	Ouch, I just cut up a decent bed floor and threw it in the recycle bin. I posted here and nobody wanted it, or the bed side, for free even. Don't mean to make you upset or anything, guess it just shows that one mans trash... __________________ Andy,Phx AZ '67 C-10 (Ahhh, done at last. Well there is that disk front end I want to put in and...) "23 C-Cab-sold '48 Ford 8N tractor(still working) '67 Scout(Now on the road) '70 MG B.-sold

04-12-2004, 12:49 AM	#8
Bluegoose972 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Lubbock, Texas Posts: 248	Beware of the bed patch panels that many of the suppliers offer. I purchase a couple from LMC and when I started trying to install them in the bed of my blazer to repair a rust area, I found that the ribs didn't match up. I was able to coax them into fitting with a hammer, but if you try to do a large area, you will have problems getting things lined up. I'm really surprised that none of the suppliers offer a full bed floor replacement kit. You would think that someone would at least make one for a long bed, then you could cut it to size for other applications, as needed.....Just my $0.02

04-12-2004, 01:08 AM	#9
djracer Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Wetumpka, Al, U.S. Posts: 8,891	Too bad you are not closer to Alabama I could fix you up! __________________ Kevin Special Thanks to All who have helped on the TRUCK! My Pass Time Show http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Chapter1-0.mp4 So Far my best Times are: Motor only: 6.44 1/8 @ 104.13 10.39 1/4 @ 125.83 Nitrous Times: 5.785 1/8 @ 118.65 with a 1.336 60ft 9.168 1/4 @ 142.58 with a 250 shot dead out of the hole!



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