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Finally got some bedwood. This is recycled Southern Yellow Pine. Got it at a building materials recycle place. They are old bleacher seats. Worked out good, the holes in them were fare enough apart to cut them off and have a clear board wide enough to do what I needed. Very reasonable, $1 per linial foot, bought enough to have a little extra in case I screwed up cuting width, groves ect. Was able to sand them to get most the crud off then ran them through the planer, cut the groves to Mar-k instructions with a table saw and router, finished with 3 coats of marine grade polyurathane. Total cost for wood and finish about $120 plus a fair amount of time, don't have it bolted down yet but thought it looks good and wanted to share. Look here: http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/1...amp;_suid=143605202708905001775288012367

Wow, that's beautiful! It looks like heart pine with a great patina.

I did put a dark walnut stain on it.

Looking for salvaged SYP, especially if it comes from an era when there was such a thing as old growth pine, is a great idea.
The old growth pine has a very tight grain caused by very slow growth rate. This makes for a more dense and harder material.
SYP grown today is managed in such a way as to get a tree to grow large as quickly as they can, resulting in the opposite affect. Carl

If you can find an old house being demolished, ask if you can be allowed to get some of the joists, rafters, etc. Especially the ones in the attic. They'll likely be SYP and as hard as iron. Some may have knots but some may be clear.
Jon

Very nice Plowboy.............the walnut stain really brought out the grain...... you plan on hauling firewood in that bed....lol
Dan

And .....that dually stance looks great from the rear..Great job!!!

Ditto what the others said. Nice!

Plowboy,
Did you stain first then use your 3 coats of polyurethane? I would like to do what you did to my 1 ton.
Thanks
By the way, that dually is very sweet!
Fox J

Yes apply stain first, how long you let it set before wiping it of will have a impact on how dark it is. Let the stain dry about 24 hrs and then clearcoat, sanding with 320 grit between coats. (Barrow your wifes fuzzy vacume attachment to clean up sanding dust)

Might be a better idea to borrow your buddy's wife's attachment.

Thanks!

Plowboy,

Do you have any side shots of your truck? I'm building a 48 Coe, going on a dodge 3500 donor. I'm wanting build a bed and curious see how yours looks over the duals.

Very sweet bed and likes the dually appearance from the rear..

Thanks,
Chance

Added photo's with wheel wells installed. http://s1148.photobucket.com/user/1Plowboy/library/?sort=3&start=&page=1 The first one is a overhead shot of inner wheel well, bedside and outer fender. The bed is about 6 inches wider than a stock bed, see that in the second photo. I did this so the stock outer fender covers the outside dual and the wheelwell on the inside covers the inner dual. Wheelwells are 60-66 repop's with 3 1/2 inches cut from the width. The bed has a bend just in front of the fender to bring the width at the front back to stock so that it meets the back of the cab where a stock bed would. Hope this helps

Plowboy, your truck is sure comin along nicely! I love the presence your truck has!

Chance,
Here's what I did with my 1 ton for my dually. I made a fender extender a built a custom running board. My bed is stock dimensions otherwise, and if I want to return it to single wheel I just remove the board and extender and viola back to stock. This may not work on your big bolt COE though.

http://s1372.photobucket.com/user/f...age_zpsurdhwhiq.jpg.html?sort=3&o=10