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I'm back to working on my 41 again. I have an 8' '59 bed sitting on it now and could use some help/advise on what to do.

I have the bed sitting to the height I want it (the "roll" in the body is even with the "roll" in the top of the bed.) It also has a TF full floating rear in it with 19" wheels.

The width of the bed is 50" and the inner width between the rear tires is 46"; the clearance from the top of the tire to the bed is 1".

I was considering moving the wheels out from the WMS, but 2 plus inches on each side is too much, right? The only other option I currently see is cutting into the bottom of the bed enough for the required tire to bed clearance - and I don't really know how much that should be yet, 5"??? If I need to do that, I will need to raise the inside of the bed by that amount. I can do it if I need to, but is there another way?

Thanks for your help!