Flatbed 1987 Mighty Max

[abeemanator]

After spending a couple of hours in the shop messing around with my truck I thought, "how hard is it to take a truck bed off?" Well to my surprise, when kept out of salted roads, very easy. Well getting the bolts out was easy. After all I have never worked with something this large before and after getting the bolts out I slowly lifted the bed off with a floor jack. Bad Idea, turns out the bed is pretty soft and bends easy. After hours of trial and error I finally got the bed off, when all I really had to do was hook two chains, or ropes to the four corners of the bed to make an X and lift it out with a come along. Well after that I decided I would make a flatbed, what for? Who the hell knows, I just felt like doing something rather than waste gas doing doughnuts, burnouts and 2x4'n. So as a temporary deal, I have the flatbed made out of a piece of plywood I had laying around, and screwed the lights into the bumper, but will improve it with a metal frame (maybe) and 2x6's (defiantly).

SO HERE IS MY QUESTION,
What should I do with the bed? Keep it turn it into a trailer, get $150 from the Pick n' Pull or just sell it to someone?

P.S. I had just gotten done 2x4'n and I didn't feel like washing it in 35°F weather. Sorry about the f-ing huge pictures

[4doorciv]

Huge pictures. Haha. Well, I would hang onto it. I dont really like the looks of trucks made into flatbeds but usually they are made that way for a reason. I'd keep it for the option to revert back. IMO.

[abeemanator]

Yeah, I took it for a drive today and every time I took off from a stop sign I squealed the tires, which is cool, but real dangerous

[4doorciv]

Cause there is no weight on the rear tires. Lol. It'll be different if and when you make the box for the flatbed.

[abeemanator]

Well, I just ditched the Idea for 3 reasons:
1. You cant haul anything in a flatbed, it has to be on the flatbed.
2. People fall off real easy when 2x4'n.
3. Zero traction, unless you got for a frame for it.