Also consider the total weight of the bed and what you want to haul relative to the weight and capacity of the truck, brakes, and HP along with how fast you want to travel.
Adding a heavy rollback bed to a somewhat small truck with limited HP may work out fine but you won't be traveling very fast, and perhaps not hauling much on it.
Then if you add more HP you'll want faster gears, and with that likely better brakes...

So figure out your needs, desires, and plan the best you can before jumping in.


•1951 GMC 250 in the Project Journals
•1948 Chevrolet 6400 - Detroit Diesel 4-53T - Roadranger 10 speed overdrive - 4 wheel disc brakes
•1952 Chevrolet 3800 pickup
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