BED WOOD for a B2C

[Ruderhaus]

I am to the point where I can make the bed wood for TANK. (3/4 ton 1950 b2c) Does anybody know how wide the outside boards need to be? I am getting some local maple that was milled and dried from a few trees that had to be cut down in town. it looks like the outside boards are going to be close to 11", and the four inside boards are in the 7 3/4" to 7 7/8" range, and the overall length is 7'-6". I have looked on the pilothouse site and only find info on the 1/2 ton trucks.  

[ggdad1951]

Measure the distance between the holes in the supports. Remember to leave space for the bolts.

[JBNeal]

looking at the B1D116 and the B4B116 sitting in the yard, the original heavily weathered outside boards are close to 10".  FWIW the B4 has 5 boards that are about 5-1/2", not sure when the lumber change was made from the original style...

[Merle Coggins]

For some reason I remember 10-5/8", but it was several years ago when I did mine. I'm pretty sure it's over 10" though. All of my boards are two glued together. Since they're painted black it didn't matter.

 

Merle

Edited October 20, 2013 by Merle Coggins

[kenaroo2002]

I replaced the bed wood in my 49 B1C last month. The bed is 54 inches wide and 90 inches long. outside boards were 10-5/8 wide and other four boards were 7-9/16 wide. leaving 1/2 inch between boards this fit perfect on my truck. hope this is of help to you. I searched and could not find deminsions for a 3/4 ton either. 

[Ruderhaus]

YEP!!! 10 5/8" on the outside boards sounds right, and I too will be gluing a couple 8" wide boards together before I have George mill them down to the 10 5/8" wide dims. Thanks for the info and I will post the AS-BUILT dimensions that I use when the project is complete.

[Ruderhaus]

I ended up purchasing the bed wood from MAR-K. The inside boards are 7 1/2" wide. Outside boards are 10 1/2" wide. I'm sealing the wood with tung oil.