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[AlienXtx]

Wheeling the new Auto's is FAR better than trying to wheel with the six speed, for me anyway. You can control the transmission just like you do with a stick and with the Crawler box that just makes everything better. I'll never wheel a stick again.

HA....see drew, I told you....

 

[drew02a]

Instead spending time and money tracking down and fitting a stock short bed on the new truck, I think I'd rather go this route so I could get a fuel cell, roll bar, and chop the frame just beyond where the shackles mount.

 

[AlienXtx]

That would be fucking sick!

 

[balakay]

I want to do that to mine. There's a picture around here somewhere of the one I want...

 

[Silverback]

There is a guy on TTORA who did that to a new Taco. http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=160142

 

[06HAOLE]

There is a guy on TTORA who did that to a new Taco. http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=160142

Good find. Thats not a bad way to go Drew. Better buy a bender, welder etc. Thats some serious fab to get it right.

 

[drew02a]

There is a guy on TTORA who did that to a new Taco. http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=160142

There's only 1 pic of the bed and from what I can see, I don't like the way he did his at all. I want kinda a hybrid between flat bed and cage.

Good find. Thats not a bad way to go Drew. Better buy a bender, welder etc. Thats some serious fab to get it right.

That's the plan because there's no way I'm paying anyone to do all the fab work. I'd rather spend more time doing it myself and get it exactly how I want it

 

[balakay]

Found the one I was talking about. Pretty simple design.

 

[Silverback]

There's only 1 pic of the bed and from what I can see, I don't like the way he did his at all. I want kinda a hybrid between flat bed and cage.

Gives you something to think about. There are other pics of it in more detail. http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136502&highlight=tube+bed

 

[drew02a]

Gives you something to think about. There are other pics of it in more detail. http://www.ttora.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136502&highlight=tube+bed

I'll definitely box the frame and add cross beams while I'm in there.

More pics = I like the way his looks even less.

His design doesn't look very sound if he's wanting roll protection. He should support the roll bar with a 2 pieces of tubing that come straight up off the frame rail.

 

[Silverback]

Its not what I would do either, I merely was pointing out someone who did it and thought you might like to see what they did.

 

[drew02a]

Its not what I would do either, I merely was pointing out someone who did it and thought you might like to see what they did.

You're such a dick... I mean who tries to be HELPFUL on a forum?

 

[taco4x4rar]

Have you seen Wyatts tube bed? Looks just like what you want. Actually just read this thread http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98472

 

[Silverback]

You're such a dick... I mean who tries to be HELPFUL on a forum?

LOL.. I know.. I'll just go over here and sulk a little.

 

[drew02a]

Have you seen Wyatts tube bed? Looks just like what you want. Actually just read this thread http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98472

A few of those are really good, and the rest are shite

 

[taco4x4rar]

This one is just cool as hell

 

[taco4x4rar]

And this is very similar to what I will be building I like almost everything about it, it's clean, it's simple, it looks good, it's functional, and I can build it without a tubing bender/notcher.

 

[balakay]

Pic?

 

[AlienXtx]

This one is just cool as hell

This is very cool, i wouldn't mind having that on my truck.

 

[drew02a]

Think I could use the parts I cut off of my 4Runner to do a 3link for the front of a Pickup?