What did you do with your truck today, take 2

[Denny55]

Originally Posted by thebebop

Bed wood and door glass in...all with a little help from my 4 1/2 yo granddaughter!

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Love the bookmatch on the center boards and your choice of helpers. What kind of wood and finish and how did you attach to the frame.

[thebebop]

Originally Posted by Denny55

Love the bookmatch on the center boards and your choice of helpers. What kind of wood and finish and how did you attach to the frame.

Thanks Denny

It's Ash. Wanted quartersawn white oak but when I got to the lumber yard they just didn't have the widths I needed. They did have a few 16" wide boards in the ash so went with those for now. I hate to be wasteful so I used almost a gallon of left over PPG clearcoat on them (top, sides and bottoms). It had been on the shelf from a project 5 years ago. Had to buy a can of hardener which was a little over $100 so would have been better off just buying a gallon of spar : )

We welded the bed to frame bolts to the cross members which allowed me to eliminate them being on top of the wood.