bed wood project

[roundhouse]

I welded carriage bolts to the cross brackets
  And hollowed out the wood just enough to drop over the bolts

We did the wood replacement with the bed on the truck
   
Lemme see if in can find some pics

[gwcrim]

I'm about ready to drill the holes but I can't bring myself to.  I really hate how those big, ugly bolts look.  Guess the big downside is having to climb under the truck and bolt the two boards down.

Or I could weld the carriage bolts to the cross bars, assemble the bed and hope that they slip in the holes.  That seems kinda sketchy.

[gwcrim]

I've been putting this off.  Scratching my head.  I want to assemble the bed off the truck, with the bolts hidden under the wood.   I'm really concerned that if I do this I'll have trouble aligning the bolts, welded to the cross bars, with the holes on the frame.

[JohnnyPopper]

Do you have the old slats? If yes you can used them as a template.

[gwcrim]

Took some precise measurements. Hit it with a rotary rasp.  And the finished product!

[JohnnyPopper]

NICE WORK!!!

I can see the vision of my K10, finally being done, thanks for the encouragement!

[Shifty]

Outstanding! 

[gwcrim]

There's been a huge transformation to the truck this winter.  Prior, if I hit a bump it sounded like the truck was falling apart.  The doors banged around and the bed was temporarily held down by just two bolts so it banged and banged and rattled.

I did the PEX fix to the door striker bolts and got the bed bolted down and put new brake drums on.  My God it rides like a new truck.

Still need to tinker with the throttle return spring. I'm not happy with it.  And then there's a persistent oil leak.  But that's better than a couple years ago when every flipping fluid in the truck dripped on the floor  like it was a sieve.

[JohnnyPopper]

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