Young Ed Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Hey thats a great idea! The uprights of a pallet are always hardwood of some sort Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-T-53 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 I cheated and used 3/4" marine plywood painted black. I'm cheap...I mean frugal.... and wanted to be able to use my truck in my construction business. It's held up well since I installed it in 1998. I like this idea, but making strips out of the ply. I've always thought of going with a black bed floor so I can use it, abuse it, and leave the can of Pledge at home. Reg - Did you have to special order marine plywood? I've never seen it in the lumberyard. My gut is ply might be stronger than lumber here. Especially in 3/4". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Evans Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 I like this idea, but making strips out of the ply. I've always thought of going with a black bed floor so I can use it, abuse it, and leave the can of Pledge at home. Reg - Did you have to special order marine plywood? I've never seen it in the lumberyard. My gut is ply might be stronger than lumber here. Especially in 3/4". I didn't cut the plywood into strips. I used a full sheet I got from my brother in law who works for Capitol Plywood in Reno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Not a lot of call for marine plywood in the construction business. priced at cabinet grade plywood and up, they're not going to stock what they most likely won't sell. You might consider treated plywood instead. Less expensive, easily obtained and when the old one gets too beat up, easily replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Its true home depot menards etc don't stock the marine grade stuff but the one here was able to order it. I helped a buddy redo his boat and we used a sheet of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Looks like a pallet might be close. Per google there is no standard for these things. This shows the width of the uprights at only an inch and a half while I need as close to 2 as I can get. And if I could find ones without the notches that would be even better. I've got a couple friends on the lookout for a pallet or two with wider uprights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 the fork cutouts aren't always on pallets, you just have to keep your eyes open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Those aren't that big of a deal. My 46 pickup is only sitting on 2x2s. So a 2x4 with a cutout should be plenty strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Koch Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 Just to let you know that if you plan to have your truck judged at an AACA event and you do not have the correct wood and alsothe correct color and in this case painted black rough cut then you will have major popibnts deducted on your restoration.Please contact the AACA regarding this major issue if you are going for a true restoration project. Yes the highly urethaned oak looks great as a presentation aspect but it is not correct and most people do not know this. It is all looks that they want and not the correctness that counts. If your truck had been a previous AACA award winner several years ago then you were grandfathered in as being incorrectbut they did not take back the award. Alwasy do your homework if the car or truck is going to be judged. Better to do it now and then be caught at the event and lose becasue you over restored with incorrect material. Rich Hartung Desoto1939@aol.com I'm interested in knowing how a person would get a good idea of what's on the judging sheet for our pilot-house trucks. Where do you get this info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desoto1939 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 I'm interested in knowing how a person would get a good idea of what's on the judging sheet for our pilot-house trucks. Where do you get this info? Bob you can contact the AACA in Hershey, PA to get more info on the juding and also the most current jusding book. They publish a book every year. I know they hand out these books at the AACA convention which is held evey Feb. Rich Hartung desoto1939@aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted July 18, 2012 Report Share Posted July 18, 2012 so mounting the bed: assemble bed with fenders, put on truck, space w/ running boards, mark holes, remove bed, make holes, final instal OR us old boards, mark all holes, assemble and install? I ask because of how the front and rear fenders attach to the running boards and if I have the front tweaked different than original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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