Convert a 62 D100 longbed to a shortbed

bteam_hoss · Post by **bteam_hoss** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:06 pm

Has anyone ever converted a longbed to shortbed? whats involved?

thanks

Post by **cowboy** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 9:44 pm

to make it clear , you would have to cut the frame in the middle to keep wheel wells lined up , about two feet on each side ,just the different between the length of thetwo trucks A big rig frame shop (18wheeler) can fish plate it together as they do the big rigs all the time , I don't have them here right now lwb should be 128 wb

can't think on the swb off hand , some one here know's that

meangreen · Post by **meangreen** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:34 am

long beds look way better in my opinion. sometimes i stare at my friends dodge and the funny thing is the hood is almost as long as the bed. just looks too weird.my opinion though CHOP ON man

Post by **Hobcobble** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:40 am

Short wheelbase is 114". Are you talking about
shortening the frame OR shortening a box to fit
your frame??

.

Oh... if you own an early '65 or older... your
long wheelbase dimension is 122" [short is still
114"].
John

cudajimmy · Post by **cudajimmy** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:04 am

I have never done a Dodge, but I've done about 6 bowties. Here's the thing. If you do the welding yourself, go in and make it arrow shaped (come to a point on the flat wide side). When you get the extra length cut out, weld the 2 sides back together (go about 1/8" longer than you need as the welding seems to shrink up the length a little), then add a piece if flat 3/16" steel to the INSIDE of where you welded. Grind off the top, bottom, and outside edges, and throw some paint on, and WAHLAH! You'll hardly be able to tell. I use compression fittings on the brake line to shorten it up, and you will want to take your driveshaft to a specialist to have it shortened and balanced correctly. This is the only costly part (It's about $125.00 around here).

bteam_hoss · Post by **bteam_hoss** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:02 pm

thanks for the responses. im now thinking of leaving it a longbed. aside from the frame work, it would probably be difficult to find a shortbox for it.

meangreen · Post by **meangreen** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:42 pm

i found a shortbox bed up here that is going to waste being used as a trailer

Cageman · Post by **Cageman** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:19 pm

I hate that, Oh I use it for trash and I kinda like the shortness of it, I dont think I could handle a long box by maself, I had a guy say that to me, and it had a 410 posi in it too, I tried trading him and He still said NO. oh well, when he dies Im sure they will just crush it, WHAAAAA

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:41 pm

waste of a good truck/bed

meangreen · Post by **meangreen** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 9:44 pm

that was me