Swims350
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- Logan WV
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- 1983
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As some others of you probably have, like me, rotted bed floor cross sills or braces/supports under the fleetside steel floor.
Well they make them replacements for stepsides.
I know they also have them for older trucks not sure if the 67-72's are for steel fleetside beds or not. If so those may work.
I've had guys say street sign posts, and local fab shops.
Well sign posts, are not at tall all I've seen are only like 1 to 1-1/2 and fleetsides are 3 inch tall braces.
There's no local fab shop around me to get em made.
There's no junkyards around here with any older stuff. I know of one but they wanted 350 for a rear end. My guess is they'd want 500 for a bed floor, and speaking of I know those are made now but out of our budget really.
I know I could probably hit up some guy son here for bed braces but shipping is a killer on something that long. I know I may end up resulting in doing that very thing.
ANyone found anything to work? other years? made your own? I know with a break and some sheet metal might not be too bad. I don't have a break, my uncle does but I'm not sure if it'd be strong enough, he uses it to make roof flashing/drip edgem fascia etc. on houses, thin metal stuff.
I also would not know where to buy a roll of sheet metal thick enough to to this or maybe a whole flat sheet but that I'd guess would be alot as well.
I'm honestly thinking of trying a wood bed floor, removing all the steel floor and using some angle steel strapping to attach it all around.
Well they make them replacements for stepsides.
I know they also have them for older trucks not sure if the 67-72's are for steel fleetside beds or not. If so those may work.
I've had guys say street sign posts, and local fab shops.
Well sign posts, are not at tall all I've seen are only like 1 to 1-1/2 and fleetsides are 3 inch tall braces.
There's no local fab shop around me to get em made.
There's no junkyards around here with any older stuff. I know of one but they wanted 350 for a rear end. My guess is they'd want 500 for a bed floor, and speaking of I know those are made now but out of our budget really.
I know I could probably hit up some guy son here for bed braces but shipping is a killer on something that long. I know I may end up resulting in doing that very thing.
ANyone found anything to work? other years? made your own? I know with a break and some sheet metal might not be too bad. I don't have a break, my uncle does but I'm not sure if it'd be strong enough, he uses it to make roof flashing/drip edgem fascia etc. on houses, thin metal stuff.
I also would not know where to buy a roll of sheet metal thick enough to to this or maybe a whole flat sheet but that I'd guess would be alot as well.
I'm honestly thinking of trying a wood bed floor, removing all the steel floor and using some angle steel strapping to attach it all around.
