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**EricU** · 08-22-2020, 10:30 PM

So, just how do you remove an 8’ fleetside bed by yourself?

Step 1 is to have your warehouse guy show up at your house early on a Saturday, start unbolting and disconnecting all the little stuff like the wiring, fuel fillers along with the 8 bed to frame bolts. I go back into the house and get another cup of coffee and try to tell myself "Sure! This is a good idea to fix up this almost four decade old POS"

Step 2 is to grab some 2x4s and a 4x4 that you have laying around and jerry-rig (can I say that?) a lift system to grab the bed rails.

Step 3 is to grab you forklift that has a set of 8’ forks and throw a strap over the forks and around the 4x4. Works great.

Step 5, set that bed on some crappy old wood sawhorses that you built some thirty plus years ago.

08-22-2020, 10:30 PM	#2
EricU Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Napa, CA Posts: 240	Chapter 2 – How to remove an 8’ fleetside bed by yourself So, just how do you remove an 8’ fleetside bed by yourself? Step 1 is to have your warehouse guy show up at your house early on a Saturday, start unbolting and disconnecting all the little stuff like the wiring, fuel fillers along with the 8 bed to frame bolts. I go back into the house and get another cup of coffee and try to tell myself "Sure! This is a good idea to fix up this almost four decade old POS" Step 2 is to grab some 2x4s and a 4x4 that you have laying around and jerry-rig (can I say that?) a lift system to grab the bed rails. Step 3 is to grab you forklift that has a set of 8’ forks and throw a strap over the forks and around the 4x4. Works great. Step 5, set that bed on some crappy old wood sawhorses that you built some thirty plus years ago. Attached Images __________________ Sent by the random thoughts from the voices in my head... Last edited by EricU; 08-22-2020 at 10:47 PM.