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| | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,048 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,048 | My ’41 ¾ ton bed has what’s left of 4 steel crossmembers supporting the bed not counting the one at the very back. The front, second, and fourth are intern supported by what looks to have been a 3”X3” wooden crossmember extending across both frame rails. Each of these points has a bed hold down bolt through the frame (6 total). This seems straight forward and looks to be original.
It’s the third crossmember that is confusing. It is located where the frame starts to curve upward to clear for axel travel. This steel crossmember does not seem to be supported by anything. The crossmember is hanging from the bed boards about an inch above the truck frame rails. There are no holes in the bed or frame at this point for hold downs. Additionally what is left of the bed boards are slightly bowed downward in this area indicating that they could have used some additional support.
So….my question is did this third crossmember have some kind of support to the truck frame ?? | | |
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