I agree about the wood side look. If it was me, I would keep the cattle bed on their if you want it to handle a pickup load. If you want it to look more new, just repair and repaint the cattle bed. This way with the sides and back gates, you rarely need to tie things down. Or, you could cut the sides of the bed off, and turn it into a stake bed with wood sides. But if you do not wnat it, how much would you want for it? I might be interested! Another idea would be to take off that cattle bed and use it as a stencil for the new stake bed. Same thing for the sides on it now, I would use them as a stencil.
