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| | | | Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 9 | today i finished sanding and sandblasting my pickup box got rust and some pretty good size holes where the wheel house boxes bolt to the inside of the box i've tried to gauge the metal for thickness i cant tell what it is if'ts 18 or 20 gauge i got one of each just in case at the metal shop thanks ! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 257 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 257 | omaha, I have a '50 1/2 ton and need to replace some steel on the bed side panels. I measured mine yesterday at 0.065" thickness. I believe this is 14 or 16 gauge steel. But I could be wrong. I'm sure someone else will chime in more definitively. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,708 | omaha joe,
If I remember correctly, this was talked about this in an earlier post. I think the general consensus was 19 gauge, which is about .054.
Stuart | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 63 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 63 | Hey Joe,... Look at Mar-K. From all indications, it looks like the front and sides are 16ga and the cross sills are 14ga.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 | Originally posted by Tweak:
Hey Joe,... Look at Mar-K. From all indications, it looks like the front and sides are 16ga and the cross sills are 14ga. Sorry it took a while to get to this one, it slipped by me. You are correct, the front panels, bed sides and tailgates we make are 16 gage (.056") and the cross sills and rear sills are 14 gage (.072"). These thickess measurements are toward the bottom of the range for each gage and that is pretty common with steel suppliers today. With old sheet metal, 40's and 50's vintage, they often were a little thicker, so the .065 measurement is probably 16 gage. You would have a hard time finding .065" thickness steel sheet today unless you special ordered it from the mill. Mar-Ktech | | |
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