Originally posted by Denny Graham:
So anyway, the question is how many board feet does it take to cover the bed of an AD Chevy 3/4-ton truck????
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Denny:
It gets even more complicated since you pay for board feet in the sizes that were cut from the tree. It shrinks during drying and they cut one side to make it straight, but you still pay for the part they cut off. A 6 inch board will only be about 5 or 5-1/2 inches wide. Also, you won't likely be able to buy hardwood exactly the widths you want without wasting some. We use 10 foot boards for long beds to cut off the ends that may be cracked. Allow 10 feet long boards for your 3/4 ton and the overall width of the bed is 50 inches, so figure 5 feet wide. The amount of board feet you will need is 5 X 10 = 50. If yours is an early AD it uses 9 boards and they are somewhat narrow, so it may take a little more than that, depending on how much waste on the sides you have.
Mar-Ktech
