[99 to Life]

Friday/Sat 25-26th Only good thing with my girl having no job is I can sneak some extra time in on my truck. So friday I worked on my bed some more. What have going with the truck is almost like channeling. I got the cab about 3.5" off frame and bed sits lower so when laid out, rear fender, running board and front fenders are touching ground, NOT the frame. its a bit of a trade off. biggest upside is I'll have NO fender wells in bed and about 8" or so of bed depth. Mounting this low I have to tunnel the rear of the cab just a bit for driveshaft.

So that being said....I initially mounted the bed, just used some 3" blocks up front with some welded nuts on em, front bed cross sill bolts to that, in the back I welded angle to the frame and that holds up the back of the bed by the factory bed sill. So only 4 bolts holding bed on. this new 1x1 tube frame I built is to house the bed wood that will be all one piece so I can slide it right out and do any maintenance (I use the same setup in my 51' and its a life saver). So all the photos here are of the mounts for that 1x1 frame. I am then going to weld some angle tabs off of the 1x1 and run bolts down to the factory bed trim thats on the sides of the bed. that way the bed is mounted to the frame, then I have a bolt on 1x1 frame that is supported by frame and also will be bolted to actual bedsides to give it some extra support. Its very simple set up and probably sounds more complicated than it is.

P.S I would have gained about 2 more inches of bed depth if I wasn't running disc brakes, those calipers stick out and I had to notch the bed and also raise floor up.