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Offline Trailnut

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The No Bed Look
« on: April 03, 2019, 06:08:08 AM »
Howdy,

Has anyone removed their bed and left the Truck that way?

Pros - Cons please?

Thanks
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Offline Captain Swampy

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Re: The No Bed Look
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2019, 06:30:55 AM »
You'd still need fenders and lights. It would be ugly, maybe at least put a flat bed on it. It would be really light and have poor traction.
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Offline Trailnut

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Re: The No Bed Look
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2019, 07:20:57 AM »
Quote from: Captain Swampy on April 03, 2019, 06:30:55 AM
You'd still need fenders and lights. It would be ugly, maybe at least put a flat bed on it. It would be really light and have poor traction.

Yes, lights for sure.
Fenders?  Are they required?  I'll have to check into that.
Yeah, possibly a small modified flat bed???
A posi-trac should help out with better traction  :D
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Re: The No Bed Look
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2019, 01:24:35 PM »
need some weight in the read or you wont be able to take off with a wet road. it would also bounce all over and could get real sketchy fast
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Offline Trailnut

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Re: The No Bed Look
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2019, 03:03:12 PM »
Ok, sounds good - thanks
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Offline Stewart G Griffin

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Re: The No Bed Look
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2019, 01:57:27 PM »
i spotted this one at an apartment building near me:

http://forum.73-87chevytrucks.com/smforum/index.php?topic=35128.msg298139#msg298139


i don't care if you take it off or not, but you have to be careful;  What if you need to stop suddenly?   This could get hairy, fast---because there's no weight back there.
« Last Edit: April 10, 2019, 01:59:47 PM by Stewart G Griffin »
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