Here's mine. Bobbed 14"

 

Great attention to detail toyminator

 

Toyminator...That is the cleanest, sickest yote I have seen in a long while, maybe ever. Makes me want to trade in the 4 runner and buy a truck to be like you. I <3 3rd gen pickups SAS! Ridiculous!

 

i dont get it... whats the point of bobbing? those are all sweet rigs, and great welding/surfacing jobs, but i think bobs look dumb in general. i really dont get what the advantage is. someone please elighten me.

 

take off. You can take off on a steeper incline without scraping your bed is not there. Places like moab and the rubicon where there are steep slabs, you don't want to get hung up on that extra 12-14"s of bed. It mean the difference in getting over the obstacle or not. In my old truck in the snow, I hit a couple of steep hills and got hung up because i couldn't make it up but the bed dug in and wedged me in. Bobbed bed would have prevented that. It's really advantageous for rock crawling, beyond that. Not much. its all about maximizing approach angle.

ugly/dumb vs. function, i'll take function, and besides, ugly is BA.

 

ah. okay. thanks. and to think i made it through the squeeze out in anza-borrego with IFS with the sway bars on, no lockers, 4 low, and a regular bed, with NO scratches... DAMN i got lucky. lol.

 

 

Anything that extends beyond the rear leaf spring mount reduces your departure angle. If you wheel long enough this will become painfully obvious. I will spare you the photo's of my previous bed and what happens to the excess metal hanging out back there.

Thanks Guys. Unfortunately that was last year. This is this year and is doesn't look that pretty anymore.



You can't really see it in the pick but 1 fender, both doors and both bedsides are smashed up already. I'm prepping it now for its 3rd body and will be making some changes too.

Sorry for the thread hijack.

 

no hijack man......that was all good stuff.....i hit a tree....last night on the trail..now my door needs work!!! i think the dont will pop out but the paint is chipped... was thinking of repainting the whole thing....anybody ever deal w/ mixing a stock color from the 80's????

 

toyminator - thats crazy clean! Looks like it came stock that way.

I'm looking at bobbing my bed too, knock off probably about 15". The other weekend I was getting hung up on the ass end of the bed even on simple trails, it was pretty discouraging. Granted the truck is a long bed and stock suspension....still...

....sometimes i miss the approach/departure angles of my wrangler

 

This got me thinking...
Cause I do not have the fab skills to do this myself.

Gonna stop by a fab shop thats on the way to work and see if they can/will do it

 

they will RAPE you, scuba.

 

thanks for reminding me

 

If you can do the cutting, just have them do the welding...

They SHOULD let you do something like that

 

scuba..do you know anybody that welds......might not look as great but dude....a buddy of mine got a quote to bob a bed and it was like 700 bucks.....

 

dang you chickn! now im thinkin about bobbin my bed. ive got hung up a time or two with my bed but my uhaul hitch kept my bed from being dented. i got stuck muddin one time and the back corner drivers side of my bed was hung on a bank and i couldnt bundge it. now htat i think about it, a shorter bed woulda got me out, and saved my 600 bucks, crap.

 

Hotshoe, great looking truck!

I'm curious though, what are the dimensions of your bumper?

 

I dont, Im thinking about getting on for cristmas..but I dont know if thats gonna happen.
I do have access to a mig for like 10 bucks an hour...
That would be my last resort...I just dont wanna F it up

 

JohnRaven- Thanks! Bumper is 2x3 1/4 wall box tubing. fairly simple design. I have more close up pics if you want, PM or email me

 

what kind of settings would i use on a lincoln 100hd wire fed welder to do the welding of the bob