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Austin

Austin

FTF's #1 Knob Polisher
10,350
297
Cumming, GA
... does my bed weigh?
 
fatherdoug

fatherdoug

Tonto Papadapolous
18,892
650
90 Clicks East of Hell
A single wheel bed is "around" 500 lbs. If your flares are fiberglass, there won't be too much more additional weight. Dropping things like the tailgate and bumper will decrease the weight, also.
 
O'Rattlecan

O'Rattlecan

Redneck Prognosticator
26,687
797
Belton, MO
I don't have anything to back it up, but I'd shave 100 pounds or more off that estimate.

350-400? I have taken this bed off with the help of my parents (no dually flares) and I got one side of it completely by myself.

Ryan
 
DNFXDLI

DNFXDLI

The Token Canadian
Staff member
49,083
1,089
The Great White North
DNFXDLI

DNFXDLI

The Token Canadian
Staff member
49,083
1,089
The Great White North
I would say so Doug, when I moved my box (short) it wasn't no 215lbs!
 
Austin

Austin

FTF's #1 Knob Polisher
10,350
297
Cumming, GA
Okay then. I'm dreaming up a rolling stand for painting the bed... again.
 
DNFXDLI

DNFXDLI

The Token Canadian
Staff member
49,083
1,089
The Great White North
Look through my 79 thread, there are a couple of stands in there...used scrap wood and $15 in casters.
 
Austin

Austin

FTF's #1 Knob Polisher
10,350
297
Cumming, GA
What are the rough measurements of the stand for the bed?
 
DNFXDLI

DNFXDLI

The Token Canadian
Staff member
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I would say around 5' long, 3' wide and about 2' high.
 
Austin

Austin

FTF's #1 Knob Polisher
10,350
297
Cumming, GA
That's about what I was thinking. I've already got a rolling base that I'm just adding 3 3'x2' frames onto with some sort of 2x4 across the top length wise. Should have that done tomorrow.
 
LEB Ben

LEB Ben

Arrogant A-hole At-Large
34,919
1,124
outside your house
When I needed stands, I always liked building saw horses out of 4x4's...cheap, easy and once you have all the supplies can be thrown together in a matter of minutes.
 
Possum

Possum

Georgia Chapter member
290
18
Redneck Heaven
I got the 235lbs for the LWB off of my '89 F250, when I pulled the bed off to put the welding bed on, it had this weight written in grease pencil on the frontside (at the plant???)

I got the 215lbs for the SWB from my uncles '92 F150, he said thats what it weighed when he took it to the scrapyard.
 

Alvin in AZ

1,330
46
Venta de la Mesilla
fatherdoug said:
The box delete options show a weight of 354 lbs for the SWB,
and 389 lbs for the LWB.
Click to expand...
Cool thanks for that. :)

Alvin in AZ
ps- Your numbers helped me find 'em in the fuzzy scan! :)
Notice there's a front/rear weight that needs to be either added or
subtracted from the other, to get the total off-the-truck weight.
-16 on the 133" so... 389 -16= 373#
+8 on the 117" so... 354 +8= 364#
And those figures include the tailgate and hardware, I can weigh a
tailgate and hardware separate easy enough if anyone is interested.
 
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