DIY Mega cab long bed
Legend
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From: Central Oklahoma
the pics are in here, i made the connectors and hooked the long bed frame to the truck under the cab, if my long bed frame wasnt bent where it was, there would be no connectors, there is a factory seam there that could be split and the too welded back together for a 100% factory look, but its what i had
Your pictures are "Fifty footers". I would have liked to have seen pictures up close where the frame rails were aligned, when the splices were positioned, after the initial welds, and then the completed work.
Yes, I'm picky but as the old saying goes, "One picture is worth a thousand words."
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Your pictures are "Fifty footers". I would have liked to have seen pictures up close where the frame rails were aligned, when the splices were positioned, after the initial welds, and then the completed work.
Yes, I'm picky but as the old saying goes, "One picture is worth a thousand words."
Yes, I'm picky but as the old saying goes, "One picture is worth a thousand words."
Legend
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From: Central Oklahoma
well.... i hardley think the pics of the frame were "fifty footers" but here is one again, you can see where they are positioned (just foward of the rear cab mount) the alignment was done with the bolts, marked and drilled before anything was cut, then after positioning, a hundered measurements were taken to be sure, and setting the bed on before welding to ensure the visual alignment as well
OK, my mistake. I had to go back through the initial set of pictures again to see this one. Pictures that don't have much white space to break them apart causes me to see one large, jumbled image. Once I scrolled back through a little slower I could see the mock up.
The fifty footer I was referencing is this one:
I took that as what you meant to be an example that showed the splice.
Again, my mistake and I apologize. Overall, very interesting work. Were the nuts and bolts welded as well to prevent vibration and twisting from loosening them? I ask, because when Dodge redesigned its trucks back in 1995, a local dealer had conversions made of the extended cab that included slicing and extending the frame. Dodge made them quit doing that as it voided the warranty.
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Again, my mistake and I apologize. Overall, very interesting work. Were the nuts and bolts welded as well to prevent vibration and twisting from loosening them? I ask, because when Dodge redesigned its trucks back in 1995, a local dealer had conversions made of the extended cab that included slicing and extending the frame. Dodge made them quit doing that as it voided the warranty.
for the bolts/nuts, i did weld flange head, crimped lock nuts (all metal) to the inside of the frame rail to prevent any loosneing, but in any case, i never should have to worry about them with the amount of weld in there, they were just for alignment purposes, the design i made is basically the same as the factory 3rd gen frame seams, except i have twice the overlap and more than double the connection with welding than the factory frame does
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Legend
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From: Central Oklahoma
no problem, i thought something might have been overlooked
for the bolts/nuts, i did weld flange head, crimped lock nuts (all metal) to the inside of the frame rail to prevent any loosneing, but in any case, i never should have to worry about them with the amount of weld in there, they were just for alignment purposes, the design i made is basically the same as the factory 3rd gen frame seams, except i have twice the overlap and more than double the connection with welding than the factory frame does
for the bolts/nuts, i did weld flange head, crimped lock nuts (all metal) to the inside of the frame rail to prevent any loosneing, but in any case, i never should have to worry about them with the amount of weld in there, they were just for alignment purposes, the design i made is basically the same as the factory 3rd gen frame seams, except i have twice the overlap and more than double the connection with welding than the factory frame does
Cool. That is definitely something you want to overkill.
