Flatbed Information Thread

Yeah mines lower than stock. I could raise it 0.75" so I'll do that to give me the best chance. Not looking to attach it to the headboard with my future plans.

 

Yeah theyre just aluminium fenders. After making them, their price isnt that crazy. A sheet of 5052 is around $300 here and if I were to do a bunch of these it would probably be 4-6 hrs a set

 

Getting most of the deck on feels good. Made a little drill guide at work to drill the hole at the proper distance from the channel for the weld nut.

Now I gotta decide what to do with the front section. I am thinking two separate panels. A small one to be able to take off and access the fuel fill lines and a bigger one covering the rest.

 

Final weigh in, 332 lbs. My stake pocket setup added alot of weight.

Still pretty reasonable seeing my stock bed was 280 lbs and the rear bumper will be lighter than a normal one.



Deck all sheeted. I used 1/8 5052.



Even has a tailgate(this is temporary though). Came out a little wonky but I dont have any more aluminum to recut it.




And the wife got it all painted. Looks so much better than if I painted it.

 

And its on

 

All tig welded @TacoTuesday603 ?

 

Nope mostly mig, a few little sections were tigged. Spoolgun for the fenders.

I cant even imagine tig welding the whole thing. My hands were burning off with the mig gun. Plus I wouldve had to clean all the mill scale really well cause channel typically gets the really thick stuff

 

Mine is on as well. Not completely finished, but I had to get it out of the shop

 

Looks great, you may want to move your license plate. I dont think the cops would love that one.

I still have to build a hitch and a headache rack but feels good to have it on

 

Haha yes. I got halfway home yesterday and was like shit. Had to pull over and ziptie it to the rack. Got it put on last night with some of those bolt/LED light things from AutoZone.

 

I got all the way to the gas station realizing I had my old plate from another state on that I use for mockup. Had an NH plate up front and a MA plate rear. Best part is that gas station is right next to our police department.

Small town though, only 3 officers on that force and theyre good people.

 

Flatbed the world

 

Built a HC hitch/ recovery points for mine

 

Looks good!

 

Haven’t been on TW in a while but chipping at some progress..

 

Trundle drawer progress

 

Badass man, is that drawer sealed or is it going to be? I have a spot for one, just gotta build it.

 

Thanks dude
Before I even started the build there were some key components I wanted and the under drawer was one of them. So I build the framing in a way to allow the biggest drawer I could fit. I basically took a 3/16x4x8’ sheet and cut it to folding size and then put relief cuts in it and bent them over. But first made the channel for the drawer dividers and welded it in pre bending cuz I wouldn’t be able to after folded. I think I went about 1/4” wide on the relief cut and drilled a 1/4” hole in the corners to allow the material to close on itself.. I was surprised how hard the material was to still bend. I thought it would go clamped to a table but the table was moving. So ended up using my tractor bucket. The sheet metal did have a bit of deflection the the top edge but the angle I pre welded in kept it pretty straight. The two short ends were easy. I forgot till digging up pics I had a happy mistake mis measuring the height of the drawer. I was an inch off forgetting about frame bracing so when the bends were off at the top it didn’t matter cuz I cut about an inch off the top after welding the corners.

 

Even if I don't post them I take so many pics of my projects. I’m a visual person and especially on a forum I believe pictures > words. Sorry for making it look like my build in here. I need to blow the dust off that too..

 

Oh no. Its super helpful. Is your drawer height limited by the spare tire crossmember too? Im thinking of making a lower profile one that doesnt stick above the framerails.

Im doing to do a 4 foot drawer with a 2 foot area up front for batteries and maybe a watertank