Wood bed photos/design
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Wood bed photos/design
I've got a 1990 4x4 pickup. It has a wooden bed, but it's seeing it's age and I don't really like the design of it. The person who made it did a good job, it even has the original tail lights in their original locations, and a tail gate. I'd like to replace it with a bed like I've drawn up below. I remember in high school, one teacher had a Toyota or Nissan truck with a similar bed. I always liked it. I just wondered if anyone has any photos or anything of a bed like this. I haven't been able to find anything online.
Thanks,
Josh
Thanks,
Josh
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http://www.mar-k.com/custs/cvPhoto.aspx?PID=786&FRA=0 .I found something similer that looks nice.What ever you do I would use hardwood dont use pine.And top it with a good marine grade polyurethane or at least exterior grade polyurethane unless your going to paint it.
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Thanks, man that's shiny! That guy did a great job.
My loose plan was to use treated 2x6's for the four cross pieces underneath, and use treated decking for the bed floor, front, and partial sides. Then I was going to stain it with some exterior stain. The guy's bed in the photos is really sweet, but I was not planning on going for anything that showroom-ish. Sound ok?
My loose plan was to use treated 2x6's for the four cross pieces underneath, and use treated decking for the bed floor, front, and partial sides. Then I was going to stain it with some exterior stain. The guy's bed in the photos is really sweet, but I was not planning on going for anything that showroom-ish. Sound ok?
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Yeah that sounds like it should work well for you and deck boards last quite a while.The only problem i can see might be deck boards dont have much weight to them and it might make the rear end stiff and cause a rough ride.were using 2x6s for the flooring would add weight and the ride wouldnt be as rough.but I dont have any idea how much the stock bed weighs.But I did drive my 99 ford ranger 25 miles without any bed on it to go pickup a new bed and that was one damn rough ride with no weight on the rear.
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its decently heavy it rode good the base of it was 4x4's the bottom was 2x6's and the sides and front were 2x10's, probably weighs as much as a stock bed.
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I did end up building a new bed. I finished it up this weekend, except for putting some stain or poly on it at some point. I used 4x4's underneath (thanks Evan711 for the idea), 2x4's for the vertical pieces, and decking for the rest. It's all treated wood, and all the hardware that is exposed is stainless. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Here's a photo:
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Looks pretty nice. You might want to think about adding some recessed "pop up" rings in the floor at various locations to make it easier to attach a load net or straps, with no tail gate anything you put in there might slide right out the back. Also some drain holes at the front will give the snow/water etc that will end up against the front some place to go and help prevent rot.
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Thank man. Good idea about the drain holes. I'll have to keep an eye on it and see if water gathers. It actually does have tie-downs; they're a little hard to see in the pictures. They're U-bolts in the four corners on the vertical pieces.
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Saw those tie downs I was thinking of something more across the middle/end to stop stuff from sliding out from under. You could put a pair of dock rings on the end beside the plate maybe that way there would be a handy spot to run a rope through.
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TB - nice bed! I like the fender flares.
Avaitor - I see. One idea my step father had was a vertical piece of steel channel on each side, then a piece of decking could be slid in to function as a tail gate if needed.
Avaitor - I see. One idea my step father had was a vertical piece of steel channel on each side, then a piece of decking could be slid in to function as a tail gate if needed.
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I don't have a photo of that side, but it is in the bottom-most board, and I cut a hole with a hole saw then routed around it so it tapers out. It is just slightly bigger than the gas cap, so all you see is the gas cap coming out of that bottom board.