For aesthetic reasons, I have been noodling on ways to secure the bed to the frame only using the carriage bolts within the metal bed strips, eliminating the 6 holes required for the offset washers.
For each attacment place (6 of them) , thinking of a metal plate that would run along the top of the cross member, where one end would bolt to the frame where it is supposed to connect and the other end of the plate would run to a nearby carriage bolt that secures the metal bed strips to the bed wood. I would use a router on the bottom of the bedwood such that the thickness of the metal plate would be absorbed, thus not changing the height of the bed relative to the rest of the cab etc.
Has anyone done something like this? Any hints and tips to save me some work?
Thanks
