C.B. wrote:
AdvancedQs wrote:
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Obviously, a new bed will not work because it will just crush the same way this one did.
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From what your pictures show to me (in my opinion) your current box is not worth repairing.
Here's my .02c
Option (1) Replace box with a flat bed with side tool boxes.
Option (2) Find a southern take off box in good shape and reinforce where you know reinforcement is needed before installing.
Good luck
C.B.
Funny you should mention that. I was just starting to Google some of the flatbeds out there. Cobbling together another one of these standard beds seems like it’s going to be a lot of work just to end up probably back where I am now.
Looking at the failure, it’s those cheap beams that go across. I would have to install new, high-quality beams across the new bed. At that point, along with switching a bed, might as well just get the aluminum flatbed right?
I think another big issue here is also that the towers are gone. Those are welded to the frame. They are not bolted on. So, I would have to get some new ones fabricated. As well as buy a new bed. Maybe it’s time for the flatbed. But I’d have to get a flatbed that has wheel wells. Not a true flatbed. Because the height of the camper would be ridiculous otherwise.
