TC bends frame of Dually - pic
I apologize if this has been posted before, I just saw this. It's not 'shopped (We have to resize pics for the forum, I have the higher-res original and looked it over pretty close). You can see obv...
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jimh425 wrote:You can install a pickup bed on an F450 chassis cab with extensive modification to the bed, the frame of the truck, or both.Stefonius wrote:
F350/450 with bed will bend. An F450 chassis cab frame will not.
Keep in mind that you can install a pickup bed on a F450 chassis. People here have done it. As far as the frame being exactly the same goes, wouldn't it mean that a F350 frame would be just as strong as a F450 chassis?
Finally, I just speculated they could be different considering the weight difference. If you have links that give the details, I'd like to see them. I was unsuccessful other than one post in another forum that suggested the curve of the frame rail is different in a F350 vs F450.
Prior to the 2008 model year, you couldn't order an F450 with a bed from Ford. That year, they made two versions of the truck - one with the same frame rails as an F350, and the traditional chassis cab with straight, heavy-duty frame. The F450 with a factory bed isn't a "real" F450. It's just an F350 with stiffer springs.
My 2003 F450 (Truckasaurus) has a payload capacity of 8,100 pounds. That's over 4 tons in the bed. I don't think you could do that on an F350 frame for very long without ending up with a truck that looks like the OP's picture.
