Truck bed removal

[Mastiff]

Is it pretty easy to replace a truck bed? This would be a 1986 long bed. I'd go crawl under there myself but it's cold as hell and snowing right now... so, how many body mounts are there on a long bed? Is that about all there is to it, remove the body mount bolts and lift it off? Can a few guys lift a bed?

My new truck is kinda rusty, so I'm considering my options. I'll probably just live with it for a while, but when I get sick of it, it may be easier to just swap out the whole bed instead of trying to repair the rust. Plus, then I could really get at the frame with POR-15 or whatever and also pre-treat the replacement bed.

 

[Stomper]

6 or 8 mounting bolts
Fuel filler hose
tail light wireing
possibly the dif vent will be connected to the bed
might be a brake proportioning thingy under there also.
I think that is it.

4 guys should be able to lift it ok
1 guy + cherry picker + some scrap steel can do it also.

got wind??

 

[mr_beer]

My dad and I lifted my short bed with no preblem at all

 

[Russ]

Me and my wife just replaced my dually bed on my crewcab. Lift up one side at a time and attach a 4x4 to the bed above the frame. Then you can slide it off and swap the 4x4's to the new one and slide it back on. I took the rear wheels off and lowered the truck down on the axle to get it as close to the ground as possible.

Russ