The bed on my truck is getting pretty bad and I have been debating doing a flatbed. Anybody do one and do you have any pictures? I haven't been able to find any pictures on here. I would like to see what it would look like. My brother has a nice pair of Jobox tool boxes to put down each side. Just throwing around some ideas in my head! Thanks.
Ive got a whole folder stuffed on my computer with pics of different flat decks on a variety of veichles.Quite a few from pirate most of witch are toyotas and other non-foolsize but tons of great ideas.Sure makes me wish I had a tube bender though.
Thats because they have that heavy sheet metal side skirts on. take them off, and it looks just like any other flat bed. Since it has a metal deck, I think it has less bracing then what you used, so it is probably lighter then the one you made. I thought it would be heavier, but does not seem that bad. Tammy and I were able to push the truck through the yard, by hand.
I definitely do not like how they did the rear trailer hitch. But I'm just going to make this into a flatbed trailer, and use it for a big welding table.
Thanks for all the replies! I think I may have gotten lucky. I was thinking on how to do this on the cheap when I remembered I have an old flat deck trailer ay my brother's house. Sure enough, it's the same size as my bed. It has a diamond plate floor and the sides are angle iron, something along the lines of dak360's orange truck. I figure just pop off the axle, springs and tongue, paint it and I should be good. The trailer was used to haul a large Ditch Witch trenching machine so it is strong. I hope it's not too heavy!!
Thanks for all the replies! I think I may have gotten lucky. I was thinking on how to do this on the cheap when I remembered I have an old flat deck trailer ay my brother's house. Sure enough, it's the same size as my bed. It has a diamond plate floor and the sides are angle iron, something along the lines of dak360's orange truck. I figure just pop off the axle, springs and tongue, paint it and I should be good. The trailer was used to haul a large Ditch Witch trenching machine so it is strong. I hope it's not too heavy!!
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Dodge RamCharger Central
1.3M posts
72.2K members
Since 2002
RamchargerCentral.Com is a Dodge truck community built by a vast number of experienced owners. Whatever you're thinking about doing from routine maintenance to full-on restoration, odds are somebody around here already has. Originally focused on the Ram Charger / Trail Duster, our members own, drive and wrench on Mopars from the 40s to the current day. It's not what you buy, it's what you build.