How To: OBS Ford Truck Bed Removal F350

[@chrisdigiuseppe7717]

The best rust protection I've found is to clean up the frame as best as you can, treat it with a rust converter and then paint the frame with an oil based paint like XR Rust or Rustoleum. Then coat everything down with Fluid Film every year. 1996 F-250 living in upstate NY, been battling rust since I was 16 - Fluid Film is the real deal.

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Gosh darn that sounds like a lot. Especially for a lazy person like myself.

[@chrisdigiuseppe7717]

@@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312 Pay now or pay later brother, you know how it goes!

[@chrisdigiuseppe7717]

@se fi haha now that is solid advice!

[@bishdavid99]

wow so much easier with a excavator around but i couldnt find mine in my toolbox had to use man power lol nice video

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Machines make it nice. I’ve done a few bed swaps using trees, ratchet straps and more cold beer than if I had a machine.

[@bishdavid99]

@@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312 me and my friend had to remove the bed to replace the rear fuel pump so much easier than dropping tank just to let u know if the pump in your truck goes out

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

🤛🏻. I removed the front fuel tank permanently and when my rear pump goes out, I’m going to replace it with a 38 gallon tank.

[@RichardProfenno]

Up here in Maine we'd say that bed was rust free! Lol

[@melvinmccoy9830]

Thanks for the help. This is way easier than dropping my fuel tanks.

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Awesome. Glad it helped ya!

[@capecodder04]

Build the flatbed out of wood. There are lots of videos on how to do it. Start with 4x4's bolted down going across the frame for your support for the wooden flat bed then choose your wood to use for the bed. White oak, Ipe(looks like mahogany but hard as a rock and durable) or regular 2x6 or 2x8 boards or planks treated with a wood preservative or used motor oil/diesel mixture.

[@taylorschmied9507]

Is this the same or similar to a 96 and a 97 f250? Also is there another way that you suggest moving the bed besides an excavator?

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

It’s the same. You can park under a sturdy tree and use ratchet straps to slightly lift it off the frame. Check out a few videos back and I show how I did the exact same thing.

[@kristinastellrecht6673]

Why did your grandpa didn^t got a box with the same color of the box .And what year is the truck?

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

He bought it brand new but without a bed (it is NOT a cab and chassis). He always put flatbeds on his trucks. He got sick and couldn’t farm any longer and needed to sell the bed to pay some bills. He bought the mismatched colored bed circa 2014 bc it was cheap. Truck is a 96.

[@allendaleguitars.stpetersb4528]

What I did with my 94 F150 wire wheeled the frame went to Home Depot and bought four cans of Rust-Oleum spray-on bed Liner coating. The spray-on bedliner worked awesome

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

I like the wire wheel idea but I’ve heard horror stories about bed liner trapping water and causing even more damage.

[@allendaleguitars.stpetersb4528]

Russ dissolver I think it's called osprey. They say I think it turns rust into iron phosphate and you can paint right over it

[@allendaleguitars.stpetersb4528]

Imma keep up with all your videos. Working on mine now I Let It Go for a few years but it's coming back together. Good luck with the build and upgrades.

[@philsketball]

Part 2?

[@kaylummclachlan3964]

Where did you get the replacement bolts?

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Tractor Supply

[@Dukemeistro]

What’s going on with your exhaust pipes, one being short, at the cab?

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

I have an exhaust cut out which lets me switch back and forth, from a switch in the cab, from loud exhaust to kind of loud exhaust.

[@Dukemeistro]

heyitsmedouglas heyitsmedouglas oh, seweet!!

[@JD-ml7cg]

Is this the same for the 92' flareside?

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

I can’t imagine it would be too much different. I could see the bolt holes being in slightly different places but it should be a very similar process. Try it.

[@parales03]

Broooooo!!!!! What part of Texas do you live in, I sure as hell need help with my dually. My shit is rusted as hell

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Just outside of SA. I can’t touch rust. I tend to break it and also get tetanus.

[@nick7.3]

Where do u connect the straps too?

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

If you mean the ones that attach to the excavator, you can use the four corners and latch on under the bed rail. To keep them from sliding to the middle, you could use a C style clamp (you’d need 4 of them) and clamp them on the bed rail.

[@nick7.3]

Anyone have a link of video how to take the bolts out from bottom view?

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

I don’t recall what size nut is on the bottom side but you just need a ratchet, a standard depth socket or an open ended wrench. An extra set of hands to hold the bottom side tool on is helpful. If you’re alone, you can get 4 of the 6 off by yourself (the 4 corners). Put your wrench or ratchet on the top side and then go underneath the truck and do the ratcheting down there. The tool on the top side will hit the tailgate and also the front of the bed and you’ll be able to get those off.

[@kristiangarnica6210]

I’m assuming u did it seeing how old this video but for new people seeing this comment what I did was go through the whole thing with wires wheels wiped it down with rust dissolver then bought rustoleum high performance primer and gloss black and it looked good as new I wouldn’t do it with grinders because the grinder leaves lines and imperfections on the frame

[@dakotakernodle2324]

Weld your own bed, that way your grandpa is still teaching you!

[@noscopesallowed8128]

Oh and for what it's worth, I'd go with a flat bed with a headache rack. Everybody knows life is 95% fashion show.

[@jacobmarshall3878]

I have a 93 f350 and a 97 f250. I’m swapping beds. 93 has reg bed and 97 has reading utility bed with ny cancer. I’m swapping 93 bed to 97. Went to remove the 93 bed.... snapped bed mount bolt 😂

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

It’s a real problem

[@mesothelioma5024]

You think that’s bad? Come to Connecticut

[@AuditorsUnited]

3:36 thats the biggest rat turds ive ever seen

[@noscopesallowed8128]

Wow good thing you caught the leaf spring mounts before you drove it anywhere. That woulda been a mess. I'm about to take my bed off to fix my front fuel pump, which is completely fricked of course. Can't wait to deal with the bed bolts. Whoever thought that was a great idea should be taken outside and shot immediately lol

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Well I DID drive around like that for about a week lol. Good thing the overload tangs weren’t also rusted through bc that would have been 😬

[@alexburr9411]

Use fluid film from summit racing

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

I’ll have to check it out. Can I light it on fire while it sprays out of the can? That’s a requirement.

[@philsketball]

Boat enamel

[@brandonruhl4525]

por15>>>

[@christophercain7343]

The truck is toast man, your frame is destroyed

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Karen, I’ll just cut the frame in half evenly on both sides and put some JB weld on it. Should be able to still haul about 47,000 lbs with a serious set up like that. Let me know if you need any other advice.

[@christophercain7343]

@@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312 if you have a welder you could get some big steel box section and completely rebuild the rusted section of the frame if you’re planning on restoring the truck

[@heyitsmedouglasheyitsmedou1312]

Yeah I was joking about JB weld. It’s good enough as is for now. When I give the truck to my son, we’ll probably do a frame off resto.