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Old 04-05-2013, 05:08 PM   #16
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Re: 60-66 Trailer made from a 60-66 bed

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Ok fabricaters...which style coupler is best? It seems to me the one on the left (black) would be easier. Cut the frame, bend the rails in....bolt/weld and fairly easy. Seems the other would require alot more fabrication.
Use the black one. You are correct, cut the rails to length, pie cut the flange top and bottom, bend toward the center to match the angle of the coupler and weld it all together. Most of the ones that I have seen done just left the stock suspension and rear axle under them...
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