I have very good fabricating and welding skills but assumed there was a good reason there are no videos online relating to converting a long bed AD to short bed . Conversely, there is a lot of info on doing the same to 55-73 Chevy trucks. The only frame diagram that I found seems to show that the 3/4 to frame is narrower at the rear. I have owned and enjoyed a low mileage 53 1/2 ton for over 30 years and have resisted selling it. Lots of new people moving to my area lately with lots of cash offers for my truck. I have turned down nearly 20 grand but am finally tempted to sell and start building another one. One other option I have considered was to change the rear end and front hubs to 1/2 ton and build a long bed 53 half ton, similar to the long bed 1/2 ton GMC trucks of the same era.
