As someone who has done this 10+ years ago, I would say think about water and rust. Anywhere tubing or steel come together make sure it is totally welded around so water cant get in the seem and rust it from the middle out. The only thing I would have done different here is put a sleeve in the tube that was cut for the fifth wheel pin. I can see that tube rusting out in 10 years with all the shit that would accumulate over the years and lay in there. I seen a couple people mention the weight and I'm sure this is heavy but sometimes we use whats we have available. I' m actually watching videos like this to get ideas for my next flat bed. One thing I've noticed over the years and will be incorporating into mine is a wheel well or splash guard to keep the tire from coating all the winter mess all over the underside of the bed. Great video series and awesome build.
@kingfordism Good feedback. What is your advice on welding the deck plate to the frame? I was thinking about priming with weld-through primer, then stitch welding from the underside then caulking with seam sealer to prevent moisture from getting between the plate and the square tubing. Thoughts?
@@danryan3146 I would paint the top of your under frame, and then paint the bottom of your decking. When you put them together just clean off where you weld. I think I would weld up top and do the caulk/seem sealer underneath. I don't think you can ever make it rust proof, but little stuff to make it last as long as possible. I've thought about trying to fasten my deck underneath to the under frame similar to hold downs on a milling machine or similar. Underneath where the deck welded to the under frame was the first place to rust on mine. Extremely bad near the wheels! Put a rubber liner or something to keep the tire from spreading all the road salt around underneath the bed.
Very nice build, don't worry about minor mistakes, means your human, you own up to them and fix them, again very nice build, will be building one soon hopefully
Hey, man just wanted to reach out and say great videos! your welds are spot on brotha and the electric swing caught me off guard but now it plays in my shop hahaha cheers mah dude you got a new sub from me!
I definitely don't like the expanded steel headache rack look. Louveres look good but would be a lot of work. If you happen to know someone with a cnc table I've seen some cool designs.
Let me tell you what you need. You need a way to easily tip the bed up so that you can wash your truck and get at all the mechanical apparatus connected to the chassis like the fuel tank, etc. You should have attached the gooseneck hitch directly to the frame and then put the flatbed on hinges . Perhaps a manual hydraulic lift mechanism would work ?
So you do realize it just pushed you gooseneck ball even further back? The first time you pull a heavy load your going to have reduced steering. Between that and your panhard bar on the rear suspension, it's going to be a really unstable ride
Hey, the music is not half bad. Could be a bit better if it wasn't interrupted with warped tape sounds but it was better than 99% of garbage music on youtube videos.
After a year I am barely getting my parts list for my build. Might be the 5th time I see all your build videos
As someone who has done this 10+ years ago, I would say think about water and rust. Anywhere tubing or steel come together make sure it is totally welded around so water cant get in the seem and rust it from the middle out. The only thing I would have done different here is put a sleeve in the tube that was cut for the fifth wheel pin. I can see that tube rusting out in 10 years with all the shit that would accumulate over the years and lay in there. I seen a couple people mention the weight and I'm sure this is heavy but sometimes we use whats we have available. I' m actually watching videos like this to get ideas for my next flat bed. One thing I've noticed over the years and will be incorporating into mine is a wheel well or splash guard to keep the tire from coating all the winter mess all over the underside of the bed. Great video series and awesome build.
@kingfordism Good feedback. What is your advice on welding the deck plate to the frame? I was thinking about priming with weld-through primer, then stitch welding from the underside then caulking with seam sealer to prevent moisture from getting between the plate and the square tubing. Thoughts?
@@danryan3146 I would paint the top of your under frame, and then paint the bottom of your decking. When you put them together just clean off where you weld. I think I would weld up top and do the caulk/seem sealer underneath. I don't think you can ever make it rust proof, but little stuff to make it last as long as possible. I've thought about trying to fasten my deck underneath to the under frame similar to hold downs on a milling machine or similar. Underneath where the deck welded to the under frame was the first place to rust on mine. Extremely bad near the wheels! Put a rubber liner or something to keep the tire from spreading all the road salt around underneath the bed.
@@kingfordism Thanks for the advice...much appreciated.
Pal it looks great not many people can even weld let alone build there own custom flatbed
Your a legend for making these videos
Very nice build, don't worry about minor mistakes, means your human, you own up to them and fix them, again very nice build, will be building one soon hopefully
Definitely inspired me to start on building one for my square body Cummins.
There are gold hends in you 👍🏾. Hello with Ukraine.
This video helps a lot that exactly what I'm doing with my truck
Nice work! Thanks for posting...building one with my son for his 1990 Toyota.
Have you seen Optimal Welding s channel? He’s has his game set to were he’s making some money on side, just a thought. Thanks again for sharing.
Keep it up man looks good. Going to start building my flatbed here soon.
10:09 holy shit bro, u got enough jack stands. Lol. Great build videos
Super nice build. that section by the rear receiver would have been nice for a binder box with the top piece hinged and hasped.
If I may ask. About how
Much did the metal cost for the build and how much total did this cost?
I use channel flat side up to make Cross louvers. Looks good and doesn’t impede on vision.
Put a washer on the hitch rod and weld it to the tubing.
Looks good. Doing a CNC panel would look good for headache rack.
Noice build
I would of had headache rack come up straight then angered it in to follow body lines of truck
Take a plate drill a hole in it and weld it over so it looks correct
nice project you got there !
Rack looks great
J Moffitt would like your input on a modified B&W latch pit access in a trough CM bed?
Too cool for school
Good old hard working white boy got a love life
How much did it cost you to build this
Hey, man just wanted to reach out and say great videos! your welds are spot on brotha and the electric swing caught me off guard but now it plays in my shop hahaha
cheers mah dude you got a new sub from me!
Thanks, and welcome!!
Me qustaria aprender pero no te entiendo y si entiendes este comentario explicame en español
I must have missed it but what gauge plate are you using?
1/8”
@panicfab thanks that's what I figured, but I appreciate the confirmation
I definitely don't like the expanded steel headache rack look. Louveres look good but would be a lot of work. If you happen to know someone with a cnc table I've seen some cool designs.
Pues laberdad yo no entiendo el ingles pero me gusta el video q ases y me gustaria q me expliqen en español
Let me tell you what you need. You need a way to easily tip the bed up so that you can wash your truck and get at all the mechanical apparatus connected to the chassis like the fuel tank, etc. You should have attached the gooseneck hitch directly to the frame and then put the flatbed on hinges . Perhaps a manual hydraulic lift mechanism would work ?
What’s this music station on apple. This shit bangs ole son
Maybe a chalkboard with a list of stages...
How much did the steel cost end up for the bed?
Dave Jennings idk maybe 1000 so far not sure probably more
how are going to put the lock pin in the hitch
Reach around behind
What size tubing are you using?
roland pope 2x3” some 3/16” wall and most 1/8” wall
Awesome I'm going to be building one for my fummins dually so I was curious. Great work btw.
roland pope appreciate it man, only Ford I’ll drive is a fummins haha
Same here! Its my haul truck and couldn't be happier
Minty👌
A laser cut design would be sweet too. I use a local guy with a laser table to cut my parts for me. 👍🏻
Man! lock down that camera! (Tripod) And focus on the bed not your face, we need only hear you and SEE the truck bed. Thanks.
So you do realize it just pushed you gooseneck ball even further back? The first time you pull a heavy load your going to have reduced steering. Between that and your panhard bar on the rear suspension, it's going to be a really unstable ride
no different than a bumper pull
@@j_moffitt the weight capacities are totally different. Let's see you put a loaded gooseneck on a bumper location and see you tow it down the road
you are right it would pull just fine
Lucas Kirsch a whole bunch of them lol
20k+ equipment trailers dual tandem axles, even get em in triple tandems
Hey, the music is not half bad. Could be a bit better if it wasn't interrupted with warped tape sounds but it was better than 99% of garbage music on youtube videos.
If it was perfect people would say you bought it.
By the time you're done that bed is going to weigh 3000 pounds.
Sell merch
I do, check it out... panicfabrications.com
Stop panning! You move so much, you got me sick! If you improve on this, you will make your videos quite better for your audience!
Please stop putting the music in the videos.
Fuck off
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