Truck bed

frikenwoodro · December 2nd, 2009, 10:42 AM

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I wanna dd this too. Next one will be tho

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frikenwoodro · December 2nd, 2009, 10:47 AM

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Welcome :hello: Now we just need a little more info, so we know exactly what your trying to accomplish.

Well right now I got 37's that measure 35"

I wanna go to 40's when a d 60 falls into my lap. I wanna DD it still.

I want a little bit of room for a spare I am undecided on the fuel tank?

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**Cricket** · December 2nd, 2009, 01:08 PM

I still run a stock longbed like yours with 35's but I trimmed "pie slices" out of my wheelwell entry points. I did not enlarge the whole thing and kept a relatively stock looking body that way. As long as you can keep the tire from catching your wheelwell edges when they stuff the bed will stay intact. I did the same thing on the front fenders and rounded up that drop down in front. Once I made just a little more clearance I didn't have any more issues. If you do make a larger wheelwell you can add fender flares to reduce the giant hole effect.

I ditched the saddle tanks and run a Blazer fuel tank in front of the bed with a toolbox over the top and a modified skid plate to protect it from "in the bed" punctures. Haven't had any problems yet. I have also seen some guys lift their saddle tanks up higher on the frame so they tuck.

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**VegasBruce** · December 2nd, 2009, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by frikenwoodro

Well right now I got 37's that measure 35"

I wanna go to 40's when a d 60 falls into my lap. I wanna DD it still.

I want a little bit of room for a spare I am undecided on the fuel tank?

If all you want is room for some 40's, thats just a little trimming. A 40" spare will have to go inside the bed. There is not enough room for it under the bed. For a gas tank, I'm presuming you want to get rid of the saddle tanks. You could us a Blazer tank under the back, or something up in the bed.

Here is a set of 40's with a 5 or 6 inch lift, and some trimming.

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frikenwoodro · December 2nd, 2009, 04:53 PM

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I still run a stock longbed like yours with 35's but I trimmed "pie slices" out of my wheelwell entry points. I did not enlarge the whole thing and kept a relatively stock looking body that way. As long as you can keep the tire from catching your wheelwell edges when they stuff the bed will stay intact. I did the same thing on the front fenders and rounded up that drop down in front. Once I made just a little more clearance I didn't have any more issues. If you do make a larger wheelwell you can add fender flares to reduce the giant hole effect.

I ditched the saddle tanks and run a Blazer fuel tank in front of the bed with a toolbox over the top and a modified skid plate to protect it from "in the bed" punctures. Haven't had any problems yet. I have also seen some guys lift their saddle tanks up higher on the frame so they tuck.

You got pics of this?
My saddle tank is currently sitting in the bed with some tie downs lol.
I plan on putting 63's in the rear. I wanted to leave the rear mount in place to shorten the wheel base a little. With the 56's in front she is stretched a little. Overall wheel base I want is like 117? ish. I am really undecided

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78blazer454 · December 2nd, 2009, 08:12 PM

then you should have got a short bed. they are 117.5 i think.

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**Loftis61** · December 3rd, 2009, 05:11 AM

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then you should have got a short bed. they are 117.5 i think.

Or just make it into a shortbed and move the axle on up, and find a shortbed driveshaft... just MHO...

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**Cricket** · December 3rd, 2009, 07:03 AM

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You got pics of this?
My saddle tank is currently sitting in the bed with some tie downs lol.
I plan on putting 63's in the rear. I wanted to leave the rear mount in place to shorten the wheel base a little. With the 56's in front she is stretched a little. Overall wheel base I want is like 117? ish. I am really undecided

Probably be Saturday before I can get pictures posted, my schedule is jam packed over the next 48 hours and the bed is full of snow at the moment. Unless Scott has something buried in his deep dark photo archive.

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**MrK5** · December 3rd, 2009, 09:29 AM

This is the closest I have:

I don't have any pics that show the inside of the bed is the problem.

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**Cricket** · December 5th, 2009, 10:54 AM

Managed to take a few this afternoon. The Blazer tank is in the bed front under the toolbox. There is halved Suburban skid plate protecting the ass end which is bolted to the toolbox base and bed floor. The spare tire is mounted to that skid. Scott, Nick, and I dropped the tank about 1/2 way through two of the bed supports and still had to stick a square tube between the toolbox and bed rail to get clearance. You cannot cut all the way through the supports without making some type of additional support brace, the supports are what keep the bed rigid.

I took conservative slices out of the wheelwell leading and trailing edges. It does fine with 35's and my guess 37's. 40's may be a bit different and require either modified tubs/wheelwells or the simple route of flatbedding. Guess it depends on what kind of look you want and what type of usage it will see. Longbed trucks are longer in wheelbase than Suburbans so tight corners on descents and inclines in rocks make it harder to keep un-squished.

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