Truck: Remove Rear Seat
I have a Ford 2006 F350 extended cab. I'm thinking of removing the rear seats. I'm hoping to reduce some weight. Plus add space for chairs, ice chest, fishing gear. Has anyone done this or is this a bad idea.
Forum Discussion
- We just fold ours and put a weeks worth of cloths in two large totes.
- Sure you can do it.. Why not? If you don't use them for people, then rip 'em out and enjoy.. ;)
It's not gonna gain you much payload, but if the room it provides is more than you use them, go for it.
On my 97 F150, the ext cab seats flipped forward making a nice BIG flat area to load stuff.. On my 13 F150, the seats flip back and while that's nice, it's not a nice as the old F150..
Good luck!
Mitch - Half the area under my F150 Super Cab rear seat is the sound system amplifier setup which is a very large metal box. On the other side of the rear seat area are my two way radio main units, 1000 Watt Power Inverter and 12VDC distribution and fuse panel. All of these items are bolted down under the rear seat floor area.
There is no way I could just remove the rear seats... It folds up very nice to the rear seat backing and I have a very large area in the back seat area to store all the things you listed. I can even safely stow away my 2KW Generator and large tool boxes here as well... With the two rear side half doors opened and the back seats folded up you can almost run thru the back area and not slow down haha...
Roy Ken - Lots of people have removed their rear seats. Search the old threads including archives for ideas.
- You are going to remove a 50lb back seat to reduce weight. But you are going to add more weight than the back seat weighed. What are you trying to accomplish?
- The weight for seat is pretty far forward. How about just
folding down the seat into a flat area. This would give
more space.
