cutting down a stepside long bed
 

My 77 K10 short bed needs a new bed, and I have a pretty nice, stepside from a 1976 long bed truck, and my thought is to shorten it for my use. It looks like I'll need a couple of steps and I'd probably buy 2 new front stake pockets, everything else is solid. Is this all there is to it?

Re: cutting down a stepside long bed
 

Haha...lots of measuring, cutting, welding, and grinding
I made a shorty outta a longy on my IH.. took 12in from front and 6in from rear

Re: cutting down a stepside long bed
 

This should help show what all is involved:

Re: cutting down a stepside long bed
 

Great work!! Thanks for the video, it does help a lot.