I've been playing around with the idea of building a flatbed for my 88 single cab toyota pickup I would love to have a more off road look to it than just a plain jane flat be can anyone give me ideas and also I don't have access to welder pipe benders I would either have to go to a fab shop or rent said tools all I have available is a grinder and my wallet all advice welcome

 

Would you be close to Tennessee I know a guy who could build one

 

Sadly no I'm in north carolina

 

Check out the Fab Shop forum on here, there's a lot of builds that you can draw inspiration from. You'll definately need to buy or rent a welder, (i cant imagine paying a fabricator to custom build one woukd be cheaper)you can get by with the grinder, I've built 2 flat beds and am working on an offroad/expedition/camping trailer and made all the cuts with a grinder. If you can afford a metal chop saw it would be worth the investment, it will save you lot of time, and make cutting 45° cuts a lot easier. Also get some good clamps, a vice and some of those 90° magnets for holding your project in place while welding, it will make life a lot easier!

Here's a couple links to some flatbed builds, I like failrated's flat bed, its simple, sturdy, and all square and rectangle tube, so you dont need a tubing bender.
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f88/...31/index2.html
https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f88/...latbed-276466/

 

I'm in upstate sc and I just built mine with square tubing. There is a true off road custom shop in Greenville that could probably build you one

 

Thank you for the amazing advice will defiantly use it all to help with my build