Re: Plans to build a wood flatbed for GMC Pickup

Posted by wdtom on September 05, 2005 at 18:05:51 from (155.212.222.120):

In Reply to: Plans to build a wood flatbed for GMC Pickup posted by Oliver66 on September 04, 2005 at 20:45:24:

Mine is made this way. Three in. chanel above pickup frame, but outside of it so it can lap down where pickup frame is humped up over axle. 2"angle at front from chanel to pikup framebolted to both. bolt between 3"chanel and pickup frame at axle where they overlap. 2 1/2" angle 3" long at rear bolted to top of pickup frame and side of chanel. One inch angles bolted to chanel sticking up to be bolted to 2x6 cross members on 16"centers. Also 1x6 along sides with angles bolted at all corners between side rail and crossmember. Some of these angles have a round pipe welded into the corner as stake pockets. 1 1/2 square tube extending up from front mounting angle irons for headboard. Deck 3/4" pllywood. headboard and side boards 1/2" plywood. Has been a good body, had it on two different trucks since about 1982. I would use pressure treated wood or oil the wood if you use regular, this is what I did. It is on the second deck, pt this time. I have it off right now to have truck frame sandblastedand undercoated. May do the same with steel frame rails on body. It comes off with 10 bolts. Lights are on angle iron across back of truck frame. I used trailer lights with side marker lights in them. Mud flaps- tractor trailer flap cut in half vertically which I picked up off the road sometime mounted on steel bracket between3" chanel and siderail.

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