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07-13-2021, 03:00 PM | #1 |
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Re: Make it handle
Is there an advantage of having a steel floor in the bed verses a wood floor as far a rigidity of the rear of the truck?
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07-13-2021, 04:11 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Make it handle
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For my 64 that's under construction, I'm gusseting & triangulating the bed supports w/each other so that the mounting structure/s firm up the bed assembly like a steel floor would w/the wood merely being on top for visual purposes.
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