stutaeng
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I see. I'm pretty sure the frames of these trucks are plain mild steel, which is perfectly weldable. Folks have done all kinds of modifications for all kinds of reasons, mostly off-road. If you can weld successfully and know what you are doing and with the right equipment, it's doable. It's just a lot of work.
In that thread the guy moved around leaf springs mounts and other stuff and cut off the excess on the rear. Didn't really follow the details. Me personally, I would cut and shorten the frame on the flat, straight portion, that way every mounting point remains intact on the bed (shorten the wheelbase.) That would be the "right" way to do it in my opinion, but I like long beds myself, LOL.
Side story: My buddy has a buddy that bought a nice square body RCSB. A few weeks later he went down to look at something and saw the frame was hacked...i.e. shortened. Kid was pretty disappointed. I never knew what the thing looked like, so I can't comment.
In that thread the guy moved around leaf springs mounts and other stuff and cut off the excess on the rear. Didn't really follow the details. Me personally, I would cut and shorten the frame on the flat, straight portion, that way every mounting point remains intact on the bed (shorten the wheelbase.) That would be the "right" way to do it in my opinion, but I like long beds myself, LOL.
Side story: My buddy has a buddy that bought a nice square body RCSB. A few weeks later he went down to look at something and saw the frame was hacked...i.e. shortened. Kid was pretty disappointed. I never knew what the thing looked like, so I can't comment.