Bed bob..
there are so many ways to do it, there are alot of good posts out there.
here is how I did it...
first figure out how short you want to go and mark it.
it looks dumb but do it.
once you get your measurements from the out side... and remember to look under the truck you have to at least leave the spring mounts to the frame.. for leaf sprung trucks.
drill a small hole and transfer the lines to the inside of the bed.
use tape to get the line straight, but then us a marker and pull the tape off.
saws all and tape makes a mess.
choose your weapon of choice, I used a saws all.
measure, measure measure.. then go for it.. your first cut.
make sure all wires are out of the way.
clean up the next 4 to 8 inches because you will be cutting this into mounting strips, about 2 inches wide.
now look back at how weird it looks
I prepped the frame for the rear 3.5 inch tube bumper.
clean up the next 4 to 6 inches of steel to cut into strips.
the strips that you cut and saved above.
line them up and screw them down, this took about 50 small sheet metal screws.
you have to leave a small area at the bottom of the box for the tail light part to slide in.. the corners that is.
cut out this part for fitment over the frame.
now the tail light part up over the bottom part and out side the bed sides.
this is where you will see why you clean up and cut the metal into 2 running strips. or maybe you want 3.. heck you are cutting out over 10 inches of bed. only takes a few minutes to cut extra strips.
drill your holes to snug the joints as you screw them in.
not bad,, bed looks ok,, but front fender cut sucks. more saws all.
this is the rear bumper that I came up with.. I think it was 3.5 in pipe. I could just make a fist inside of it.
I wrapped the upper and lower frame metal that I left earlier on around it and welded.
re cut the front fenders to look better.
I measured the fenders before I cut them to weld a little piece of pipe. the pipe had a nut welded on the inside of it.. I welded this to the cab. I hope the pictures make sence of that.
next post is painting the truck..... My wifes truck and her pink camo that she wanted.... ( some of you know the story behind this, there for a while I gave her what ever she wanted, thank you all for being there for me and her.) those of you that don't know it was a tough time. And I still give to her what ever she wants...she knows this and doesn't abuse it, she knows that I am there for her, and you guys too.... really,,, she wanted to know what you guys said, what you were posting ... (thanks people.).