Miss flatbed

[LBrown59]

Flat bed, flat bed, flat bed, where fore art thow flat bed. Man do I miss my flatbed.

Can load and unload from any angle with forks, much more user friendly than truck bed.

Here are pictures of the one I built for my old chevy.

I really miss that truck too, strongest pulling machine I've ever owned, outpulls my current F250 2 to one. the 4:10 gears were awsome.

Only addition I was going to do was head ache bar and pockets for side rails.

Joel

Not complete without a dump bed.

 

[jayste]

That DIY flatbed is one great looking Chevy farm truck. Congrats on a nice job.

Put a trapdoor GN hitch in the middle of that bed you built and I'd be set to haul my soon-to-be restored 1951 Minneapolis Moline BF tractor on the 18-ft GN tiltbed trailer I'm jonesing for. The guys in the antique tractor club would really go for a rig like that and I'd be proud to such a vehicle.

I've been half toying with the idea of getting an old 1980s 1 ton truck like your Chevy, installing a rebuilt engine and drive train and welding up a flatbed frame and installing a wooden deck like yours. That would be one fun project.

That would be a good thread. I'll look for it.

 

[jayste]

Nice.
How high is it from the floor to the street ?

You know, I'm not sure I'd have to measure it. I'm thinking it's a little over waist high and I'm 5'9".

Jay

 

[LBrown59]

You know, I'm not sure I'd have to measure it. I'm thinking it's a little over waist high and I'm 5'9".

Jay

I need the bed to be low enough that I can load dirt sand gravel etc on it with my BX23 FEL.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I need the bed to be low enough that I can load dirt sand gravel etc on it with my BX23 FEL.

Ok?????

Chris