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I wanna put a flat bed on my truck, but i don't want a flatbed for a shortbed truck.

so if i put a long flatbed on the truck i'm gonna want to strecth the wheelbase a little so it doesn't look funky.

instead of cutting the frame and adding a section, why not just add a sleeve at the end of the frame and just relocate the spring hangers...they have to relocate the front spring hangers anyway, the way longbedmegacab does it.

and i'm not putting a stock bed back on it, just gonna be a flatbed.

now that i think about it why don't they just do it like that to begin with?

 

I haven't looked at the frame but if it isn't flat and there is a hump for the rear axle then I guess that would be why. Add a bigger fuel tank while you're at it.

 

oh yeah...my truck has about 10" of lift on 46" tires, so clearance is no issue for me...frame clearance

 

I thought about the 'stretch' to longbed with my Mega Cab.

I figure right now I have a bed that is 6-1/2 ft long by effectively 4' wide between the wheel wells, a long bed is 8' long by the same 4' between the wheel wells. So, 6.5 x 4 ='s 26 sq ft, vrs 8' x 4 ='s 32 sq ft.

IF I upgraded to a dually wheel setup, added a dually shortbed I would have 6-1/2 ft long x 8' wide which ="s 52 sq ft - that's 20 sq ft more than a long bed can hold. Effectively my long bed would be comprised by the same amount of sq ft if I put a toolbox up front. Cu ft would be greater as well, no wheel wells to take out cu ft of space.

CD

 

I am going to do the stretch on my truck. the proper way is to cut the frame just under the rear of the cab before it makes the bend.

 

we want pics of this truck~

 

That's a long way for your dingo to jump.

(Don't all flatbeds come standard with a dingo/blue heeler/border collie??)

 

haha, i dunno..

i just want a flat bed for tire clearance reasons, and i wanna put some tool boxes on it and throw whatever i want up there...i know this sounds crazy but i kinda want to make it a storm chasing truck. might put some rockwells under it so i can tow pretty much anything...rockwells come with 6.72 gears.

 

btw does anyone know how much i could get for my axles? aam 11.5 and 9.25

 

where you located and what gears ya got?

 

sweet lookin rig too!!!

 

You couldn't even get your hood in the garage if you wanted to, JEZUS!!

 

nice rig. Nice saw too. Looks like an 880 sthil with a 40" bar or so. More pics of your rig as it looks sweet. And more info on the lift.

 

NICE truck Don't let your drink fall off the mirror

 

Man, that baby must come with oxygen masks at that height! Sweet looking rig!