Daddyjeep Hauler - 85 K30 crew cab short bed

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Originally Posted by Wasted Income

I would tack weld the head to the bed floor....unbolt, then cut the small tacks off. MUCH easier than drilling out the carriage bolts.

This worked beautifully, Thanks.

So obviously I got the bed bolts out. I even got the bed off after that.

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I then started fighting with the rusty hitch and bumper bolts. Luckily all but three of the bolts broke. Those last three took a 3' cheater all the way off.

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After

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I removed all of the unnecessary brackets and started wire wheeling the frame. To my surprise, the frame has very little pitting under the scale.

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close up of the frame.

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Here is what has been taken off, including about a 20 pound pile of rust.

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