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| | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 248 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 248 | I've seen 'bolts with steel beds in magazines and on the 'net, anyone here replaced their wood bed with a steel bed if so please share your experience. This is something I've thought seriously about. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 622 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 622 | I think that you should go with aluminum tread plate. Mark the holes and bolt it down.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2006 Posts: 8,351 | There was a company that made steel planks that replaced the wood planks, can't rember the name of the outfit right now. I called them to try to get a price, but got no answer other than their machine.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 990 | Hey cuzin, I was going to do that on my 59. But...the steel diamond plate was VERY expensive, and it was also REALLY heavy. I was going to use 3/16s thick to avoid bends/warps etc. It was also going to be akward to make on my 9x6 ft bed.
When you get oil on wood it just sucks it up. Oil on steel is going to stay there for quite a while.
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