I’m 16 and I love to collect bikes and cars so I’m broke and my daily is my 04 Silverado and my bed rusted out and this helped me majorly , thankyou sir!
I just did the same thing with my 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 mybox rotted out and figure to make a wooden flatbed out of my truck it works excellent have removable walls and a swing open tailgate
Thank you! My nephew did his truck and for me and my situation it was a no brainer.. sold the bed for 600-800 (I forgot) so didnt cost me anything.. I use this truck all the time around the property now.. also makes a nice "scaffold" when I am working on the exterior of the RV I am restoring lol
Glad to see you used my middle name! 😇 I’m going to copy your idea onto my 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 4X4. I use it to pull my camper. I need a flat bed to lift my Scooter onto and haul it.
lol yeah I totally copied my nephews idea .. it was much easier then I thought and I use it for alot of things.. lol even as a scaffold to work on the side of my RV
Sorry for late reply but i hope that worked out.. I use mine for literally everything including a portable workshop on the property.. hope it worked out
I liked what your thinking was on this truck, I too have 04 Silverado which I want to remove the truck bed.I am 64 and getting stuff in and out is cumbersome. I'm finding the aluminum are so expensive plus most have to be custom. Did you have any further update or ideas you did, how much weight you think was the difference between the original bed and the wood bed you did. Reason i ask is I'm going to do a off road type with performance mods and i don't want to add allot of weight, i wood think it shou be lighter than the original bed
How has it held up over the last year! I just built a wood flatbed, a lot of people are saying that a wood bed will just fall apart going down the road, but they can’t give me any instances that they actually know that this has happened!!
@@sethgreenwalt4375 my truck is 6.5 ft I made the flatbed 8’ my runners sitting on the truck frame rails are 90” my cross prices at the front and rear are the same as the steel flatbed I took off. I’ll check tomorrow and get you a length
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I’m 16 and I love to collect bikes and cars so I’m broke and my daily is my 04 Silverado and my bed rusted out and this helped me majorly , thankyou sir!
Nice! Thinking about doing a wood bed instead of buying a steel deck and this really made me want to build one out of wood
Very nice!
I just did the same thing with my 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 mybox rotted out and figure to make a wooden flatbed out of my truck it works excellent have removable walls and a swing open tailgate
Very nice build. Very practical and perhaps fairly inexpensive considering the cost of a new all metal bed.
Thank you! My nephew did his truck and for me and my situation it was a no brainer.. sold the bed for 600-800 (I forgot) so didnt cost me anything.. I use this truck all the time around the property now.. also makes a nice "scaffold" when I am working on the exterior of the RV I am restoring lol
Thanks!! Much less expensive!
Glad to see you used my middle name! 😇 I’m going to copy your idea onto my 2002 GMC Sierra 1500 4X4. I use it to pull my camper. I need a flat bed to lift my Scooter onto and haul it.
lol yeah I totally copied my nephews idea .. it was much easier then I thought and I use it for alot of things.. lol even as a scaffold to work on the side of my RV
Sorry for late reply but i hope that worked out.. I use mine for literally everything including a portable workshop on the property.. hope it worked out
I liked what your thinking was on this truck, I too have 04 Silverado which I want to remove the truck bed.I am 64 and getting stuff in and out is cumbersome. I'm finding the aluminum are so expensive plus most have to be custom. Did you have any further update or ideas you did, how much weight you think was the difference between the original bed and the wood bed you did. Reason i ask is I'm going to do a off road type with performance mods and i don't want to add allot of weight, i wood think it shou be lighter than the original bed
Looks good, just replaced my crossmembers on my 01 looking to make it look like this👍
Thanks! My nephew did this with his truck and for what I do here, it was just something that made sense.. Thanks again
Sorry for late response.. i assume ya got er done by now?.. thanks!!
Hey you look like the guy that would come into the Ace Hardware in northern WI.
Lol I do come in there all the time!!!!
Very Nice. I have an 05 2500 hd my bed is in bad shape and I'm looking for ideas.
Drywall screws will rust out in no time
How long were the 4x4’s
Treat that wood with used motor oil and diesel
What kind of wood did you use
Hi.. I actually used treated 2x8s and so far so good....
So sorry for late reply.. for what its worth i just used treated pine
How has it held up over the last year! I just built a wood flatbed, a lot of people are saying that a wood bed will just fall apart going down the road, but they can’t give me any instances that they actually know that this has happened!!
Hey!! I used treated wood and its out in all the elements and not one single problem yet!!!!
How long are your 4x4’s I’m gonna be doing this to my 06 Silverado
@@sethgreenwalt4375hey are you on the flatbed truck camper group on Facebook? If so I can send you pics to show how I built it
@ronnie32567 I am not on that group but will have to look for it and join it and yea I was just curious about how long you had your 4x4’s
@@sethgreenwalt4375 my truck is 6.5 ft I made the flatbed 8’ my runners sitting on the truck frame rails are 90” my cross prices at the front and rear are the same as the steel flatbed I took off. I’ll check tomorrow and get you a length