8 foot bed SRW/DRW

[DuallyDreams]

Hey all,
In need of a rust free 8 foot bed for my 2k crew cab dually. They don't seem to be easy to come by but seem to be plenty of southern 8 foot regular beds out there. Are the only differences between the single wheel and dually beds the obvious outside flare and the locating holes for the dually flares? Could a guy open up a bedside on a SRW bed and make it into a dually bed easy enough or is there something I am missing? thanks! hoping to pick this project back up this year. Having kids is expensive.

 

[skylark]

Hey all,
In need of a rust free 8 foot bed for my 2k crew cab dually. They don't seem to be easy to come by but seem to be plenty of southern 8 foot regular beds out there. Are the only differences between the single wheel and dually beds the obvious outside flare and the locating holes for the dually flares? Could a guy open up a bedside on a SRW bed and make it into a dually bed easy enough or is there something I am missing? thanks! hoping to pick this project back up this year. Having kids is expensive.

Heads up, in 99-00 the dually fenders are shorter. That is why a short bed dually was only available in 99-00.

 

[DuallyDreams]

Heads up, in 99-00 the dually fenders are shorter. That is why a short bed dually was only available in 99-00.

Thanks for the info, didnt know that. I have the flares still but junked the rest of the bed. If the flares are different than previous years I would assume the dually beds are different from 98-earlier and 99-00? I am likely going to be doing some cutting and drilling if I get a regular 8 ft bed anyway so I guess that would only matter if I came into a dually specific bed?

 

[Keeper]

the short bed dually also has two different size rear fender flares... the driver's side is several inches shorter than the passenger side to accommodate the gas fill

edit: technically called a standard bed dually (6'6" bed), not a short bed (5'8")... but whatever... CCSB works either way