jeebus @ mmw
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So, im at the point on my truck build that i need to address the bed floor.
I use my truck for truck stuff still. I throw shit in my bed, load quads into it, and just all around use the hell out of it.
I want to raise my bed floor so i will have a completely flat floor, but i am admitedly not sheetmetal guy, so im asking for some advice here on this, to see what my best options are.
The stock bed floor gains a lot of its strength from the ridges it has it, it keeps it solid. Unless there is a place that makes bed floor sheets that i dont know about, im going to have to make mine from flat steel. If i frame the new floor all in from 1x1 tube, what gauge sheet metal should i use for the actual floor? is 16g enough to withstand the abuse?
As far as the frame goes.... how tight of a grid should i put on the floor?
Any advice from someone who has built a bed floor or knows sheetmetal would be great. Im just not sure where i should start with it. I dont want to build it all and have it dent when i load my quad in there. I also dont want to build it and need a damn crane to lift it on the truck.
Thoughts?