Sam - Your modifications remind me of an old Pennsylvania Dutch saying:
*Too soon we get old . . . too late we get smart!* (with appropriate
accent, of course) <G>
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> From: Sam Parthemer <samp@cts.com>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: Re: Front Bed Bends?
> Date: Friday, September 05, 1997 5:30 PM
>
>
> >
> > But my old Toyota would never have bent that easily (pardon me while I
> > duck <g>).
> >
> > Marc Robertson
> >
> >
>
> I've got dents in the front of my bed from pushing my 2 jetskis into
> the truck. I also have a slight bend in the center from tying down my
> motorcycle,
> and having the front tire press square in the middle. To cure this, I
have
> cut a piece
> of 3/4" plywood that fits tight up against the front of the bed, and has
> 2X4's cut on the
> side that keep it from falling over when nothing is against it. This
board
> spreads the
> load of the motorcycle's front tire across the entire width of the bed.
> Works great.
>
>
> OH BTW: My buddy has a Xtra Cab Toyota, and his bed bend so bad when I
> tied
> down my bike in his truck that the bed touched the back of the cab... We
> had to put
> a pry bar from underneath to get the bed bent back in shape. He too has
a
> nice
> piece of plywood on the front of his bed! :P
>
>
> Sam '95 SLT Dakota
> http://www.users.cts.com/king/s/samp/
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