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Old 04-29-2007, 08:29 PM
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Bed falling apart

I took my Pentaliner out today to clean under it, and found numerous cracks all around the bed (besides the mega crack from the wood hauling incident). I have some dings in the bodywork also.

I'm not sure what to do next. The more my truck body decays the more I start thinking about putting my '41 Dodge Power Wagon sheet metal on this frame....
Old 04-29-2007, 08:50 PM
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Did you say bed ? Did I say you have not done enough screwing in it? May be just a few more screws in it will make it work. Real long screws buy the way. Of course sheet metal work better than wood screws. Use the ones with the Robinson *** at the end. Good luck old chap.
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or find a good 'ole flatbed!
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Yeah, my gal has a lot of cracks around the corners of the bed. I hoping to weld them up this summer and figure out how to reinforce them. I think after that I will have some bedliner sprayed on about 1/4" thick 4" down from the rail to protect things.
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Originally Posted by MikeThomas
Yeah, my gal has a lot of cracks around the corners of the bed. I hoping to weld them up this summer and figure out how to reinforce them. I think after that I will have some bedliner sprayed on about 1/4" thick 4" down from the rail to protect things.
I'm with you. That seems to be the best course of action.
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