Love dem old square bodys,, I had a old 77 when I was 19year old. My favorite is the 60-63 not alot of them left worth fixin. Great channel Sir like watchin you getr done,, wish I still had that drive man.
I stopped using a Sawzall for cutting frame rails.I can't cut straight with them either.6 in wheel on a angle works so much better.I like the idea of using the old frame section for reinforcement.Nice work.
You don't have to angle or z you can plate and gusset if your worried about hauling weight but it happens every day in body shops and chassis shops backhalfing trucks and cars. your work looks awesome and great explanation
Nice job! You probably know this, but Brothers Trucks makes a kit for this. Of course, I like your solution better as you are using what you took off and saving the money on the kit.
Had a guy ask me to shorten his dully frame so he could use a step side bed back in the early 80's. Everybody told me I was "ruining the truck" by cutting the frame and putting it back together. lol It was stronger AFTER it was shortened than before.
Here is a tip for you, since you used a part of the origional chassis as a fish plate, i noticed you had a problem getting the back half getting the back half of the chassis sliding passed the fish plate, since you bolted both fish plates, you should have loosened one of the fish plates so it will allow the back half slide pass the fish plate, once you have achieved what you wanted to do, all you had to do was tightened those bolts up then continue doing the rest of the main job, hope this information helps in the future.
If you go back in my other videos I have another video where I shortened the frame on a quad cab long bed. All the measurements and everything you should need are in that video
@@HarmonGarage, I appreciate the reply. I figured you used 220v also but he just couldn't wrap his head around the fact that guys on RU-vid have used high quality 110v welders and multiple passes to weld truck frames. You did a phenomenal job on this truck. Really enjoy the content.
To shorten the frame. Rewire the back, shorten exhaust, shorten driveshaft, shorten brake lines and clean and paint everything is about $1500 plus materials. (Paint, some bolts, welding wire, etc.) that does not include the bed. Thanks for watching. I appreciate the support!!
I have the same truck but the frame is bad. I wanted to know if I could do the double frame using a K20 frame. Did you take anything off the rear of the chassis?
You can use the k20 frame if it fits. This truck was a dump truck before I started on it and the frame was hacked off right behind the rear leaf spring mount when they cut the bed off
You done the best job I’ve seen compared to the Z cut and others. Welded and bolted double frame has to be stronger. I just want a daily driver that I can haul a little heat and there
I’ve shortened a bunch of these frames with no issues. This particular truck tows a 30 foot dump trailer everytime it’s used and it’s never had a problem
Also you should sand blast that flat bed and hit it with some steel it! Make it last a little longer. I’m super anal about rust i attack that stuff with a prejudice haha
I rebuilt the entire back half of my 95 F350 4x4 dually cab and chassis, but I cheated and had my local steel sales place actually bend my new frame rails. I had the bend a second set 20 inches long, same as in this video. I bolted and welded the double frame then used Zinga cold galvanizing on the entire frame, under the cab and in the cab. 5 yrs in upstate NY and impervious so far to rust. Zinga rep stated that cold galvanizing is good for 50-70 yrs at 30% salt exposure, but we will see.
