long bed to short bed?

[tkgibbs27]

i figure you can chop the frame and get a short bed, but would there be any complications with the mechanical stuff if you decided to make a long bed a short bed?

[Wildman]

Why??? :hmm:

 

Problems, yea, drive shaft, E-cables (front) brake lines, fuel filler, gas tank?

spring shackles, tail pipe, that's all I can think of real quick.

 

You would need to cut 6 inches off the front and 6 inches off the back of the frame to make a short box work. Plus I don't think the box bolts would be in the same locations?

[DrThunder]

gas tanks are different i believe. i would love to see it happen and support the idea. i love shortbeds

[tkgibbs27]

hmm, i was just curious. i stepped out side of a few minutes and part of the garage was cutting some of the bed off and i started thinking if it would even work to make a short bed out of it.

[DrThunder]

you can make anything work it's just how much work do you want to put into it???

[TNT]

Extend the cab, use a shortbox bed and cut the rear frame rails.

 

That would be sweet.

 

On my short box I'm extending my cab to use 2dr XJ doors and building a custom bed to finish it off. The frame will be bobed at the rear shackles.

[1999MJ]

Extend the cab, use a shortbox bed and cut the rear frame rails.

 

That would be sweet.

 

On my short box I'm extending my cab to use 2dr XJ doors and building a custom bed to finish it off. The frame will be bobed at the rear shackles.

 

 

Lets see some pictures of this thing already

[Renegade]

I thought about doing this. Found a shortbed with a junk motor & banged up front end. I was thinking of cutting both trucks in half behind the cabs & just swapping the shortbox back end, frame,axle,gas tank & all onto my front half.

The challenge would be to make it track straight & actually be SAFE.

[Wildman]

The challenge would be to make it track straight & actually be SAFE.

 

I think that would be the biggest challenge right there ;)

 

Cutting the frame in the right spot would have to be done, on both sections, and after cutting up 2 MJ (Don't curse me, they were rot boxes, even the frame was gone) there is not a lot of "frame" there, 3 folds of sheet metal, forming a 'U' At least up to just behind the cab, then the "real" frame starts, how to to join the 'frame' sections back together???

 

BTW - A sawzal goes right thru the frame like butter ;)

 

Yea, anything can be done, But this saids it best-

 

DrThunder

you can make anything work it's just how much work do you want to put into it???