[jmarkha1]

Bed Side Shortening

Valley Gas handled the bed side shortening for me - cutting them 12” ahead of the wheel opening and 8 behind.

The RHS bedside went smoothly but the LHS had a secret - a bond secret.

There was approx 25mm of bonds towards the rear of the bedside stretching across the wheel opening to the front.

Bondo does not play nicely with a TIG welder so it all had to come off to reveal the battle scars.

Surprisingly the condo did not match the dent. Valley cut out additional sections of the damaged side and replaced them with the cut sections from the RH side.

Although not straightforward I have retained the factory bedsides and they will only require light filling to correct the joints.

All the stake pockets and holes were removed along with many holes added for hooks and other add ons over the years.