odd comment Truckolet, considering your "Factory stock is the only way to go" position on another thread wink

I've refurbished 2 fleet beds without disturbing those welds, the one that's been my daily driver for about 15 years and this one that I later sold

if there were no reason for it to be welded there the factory wouldn't have wasted the manpower and material do do so

Bill

Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics & Rust-a-holics Unanimous parking lot