what style of 9' bed are you speaking of, anything like the cargo bed spoken of in this reply? I had to shorten my 6x6 and rear wheels were still too far back that I also had to drill and move all the assemblis forward. I did it to military GM specs so I could use OEM sopec'd drive shafts and lines. I cut about where the center of the rear axles were and moved the fron of rear acle forward just a tad to make up w/ new drive shaft and PTO of old bed lift. This is not hard to do at all. These are streight latter frames and you can cut and bolt up axles and shocks and springfs wherever you need to. You can even move the cros mebbers if need be. I moced 2 and cut of read piece and remounted my spindle hook back in place and can hardly tell.

Originally Posted by 42cargo
Hi Mike,

Thanks for your post. Just out of interest, I was wondering why you're cutting the frame? Is this a standard Chevrolet 1.5 ton (single rear axle, dual wheels) or is it a GMC (dual rear axles, dual rear wheels.)?

If you feel like posting or sending photos of your project, I'd be interested in seeing them. Also, if you're interested, here's a link to photos of the '42 Chevy Army truck that I'm converting from a cargo truck to a dump truck.

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showgallery.php?cat=1688

John
What re you planning on doing w/ thje cargo bed and bows? I might be interested if I decide to complete my converted military 6x6 to 4x4 cargo short bed.