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| | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 49 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 49 | I removed the wood bed on my a 49 1/2 ton short bed. The cob nobber that had it before me had
10 to 15 bolts in each board plus the strips. total of 156 bolts that I had to grind, bend. curse, and more to remove them. Anyway the three cross support rails were just laying in the frame. Are they suppose to be welded in?
Marcus | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | the cross sills are not welded anyplace - the bolts in the skid strips hold the wood to the cross sills, special bolts thru the wood and the sills go to the frame - the bolts at the sides attach the sills to the bed via the angle strips
Bill | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 49 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 49 | Thanks for the imformation. There is so many bolt holes in the cross members that it looks like swiss cheese? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | yeah, some peoples kids eh? you might hafta look at welding up some holes if they overlap the correct ones, but if you have the right width boards , you can just use the right holes and ignore the rest ... there's lots of good info at Mar-K in PDF form about dimensions and how it all goes together Bill | | |
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