I have a 72 1/2 ton short bed stepside truck that has very
original wood in the bed because its had a shell over it
most of its life. The bedstrips are rabbited into the wood and
are about 1/8 inch higher than the wood. There is a offset in
back metal by the tailgate for the wood to set on and it flush there
if the bed strips aren't down far enough you would see the end
of them there. This bed is the last of the wood beds with metal
strips and looks just like all the older trucks i have seen.
I have a bedwood kit from fankeins in minn that is hand selected
ash that i just looked at it and it has a rabit in the wood about
3/16 deep by a little more in width.
While on the subject of bedwood and hardware if you are doing
something and are going to use stainless. There is a difference
some stainless strips are rolled through a die and some are
stamped the cost is almost the same but the stamped stuff looks
a lot better.
Bob Casebeer
Advdesign1@aol.com wrote:
> An irate customer called. He got a bed wood kit from Carter's, and found the
> rabbets and grooves where the skid strips go are not cut deep enough. He got
> the bed installation booklet and page 6 shows end view of planks with
> "proper" grooving. Text says skid strip top sticks out above the wood just a
> hair-- or somthing like that. I spoke to Carter's people, who say the book
> is wrong, there should be no rabbet, just 2 grooves where edge of skid strip
> drops down. So horizontal section of strip sits on top of plank.
>
> Does anyone have a real original bed whose skid strips have not been pounded
> into the wood over years of abuse? How high do the strips ride?
>
> I've also seen these called ware irons to hold up your wares, and wear irons
> to keep planks from wearing out. and the real name is....
>
> 1953 master Parts Cat. calls them Iron, floor board wear.
>
> Bob ADler
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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