Building A New Flatbed Rig

[greg/sd]

Tim im going to look at a 18 ft npr flatbed today. only thing i dont like is its a steel bed.

 

[Ron Musgraves]

Tim im going to look at a 18 ft npr flatbed today. only thing i dont like is its a steel bed.

Whats wrong with steel? Ryno cote the steel. I have one 15 years old. No real problems.

Wood decks have gone bad on me with in a few years.

 

[greg/sd]

Ron if you carry alot it chlorine it will rust out the steel even with the spray on liners on. i just got rid of a box truck that was completely rusted out from chlorine. it dont matter now though the guy sold the truck before i got there.

 

[JohnB]

Damn Aluminum went up in price... Maybe thats why soda is so expensive in the can.. I went and looked at some aluminum and decided to build me a full 2x6 box frame for the f-150 bed .. And guess what I found at the scrape yard in Yazoo City ( Diamond Plate ) !! This is going to be a nice project. I also have two sheets of 16 guage Stainless steel that I am going to build some underside storage boxes out of.. And finally I am going to get the swivel for my 300 ft hose reel and some new non marking hose... We are going to put a Draw Tite behind the van to pull the trailer while I work on the truck ... I figure about 2500.00 for what I want to do with it.. I will take photos... We still havent found the box truck yet but we are going to the auction next week to take a look...

 

[taselton2]

Tim im going to look at a 18 ft npr flatbed today. only thing i dont like is its a steel bed.

Steel is not the end of the world, I would just get an aluminum bed if you could find it.

 

[greg/sd]

I had a ford e 350 box truck sitting out behind my shop because chlorine rusted the frame and box rails almost completely away. it took about 5 years to do that but im a little gun shy about steel now.

 

[taselton2]

Latest picture of my slow going project.

 

[Apple Roof Cleaning]

Latest picture of my slow going project.

Lookin Good Tim.
Happy Easter!

 

[Russ Spence]

Tim ,wen do you think you will have it all up and running

 

[taselton2]

Russ, I couldn't tell ya. I work off of it now, we use it and my ranger on jobs together. I need to test a few more things out before I plumb it permanently. I am mounting this 10.6 @ 580 hypro, gear reducted to a 4hp honda (extra rinse pump) on it though.

 

[Russ Spence]

thats what I am talkin about , I just may have to take a road trip when you get it all done

 

[Ron Musgraves]

I got some cutting done today. I cut all the pieces long and I'm going to take them to a friend of mines machine shop and use his hydraulic feed band saw to make perfect cuts. I hope to get some welding done in the next two weeks, She's slowly coming together.

Thats a Pretty bed

 

[Dan Manley]

Man o man, thats one beautiful build! Great work!!