I broke loose 6 of the 8 bed bolts. They don’t seem rusty. They feel like they have loctite possibly.
Sounds about right. God bless 135 psi, a "real" impact wrench, and impact swivel sockets.
The other 2 I will have to pull the receiver hitch to get at. I think I will also pull the rear bumper as I’ve seen a couple videos where guys dent the bed using the tipping method without removing the bumper.
When it was me, I had to pull the hitch, the bumper, (I had more trouble with those bolts than with the bolts holding the bed. I may have used oxy-acetylene to blow the nuts/heads off some of them) and I pulled the wire harness. Then I lifted the bed completely off the frame using chain, a 2x4 cut to length, and an engine hoist.
Fortunately, my bed has speed-holes in it so it's very light-weight. Never occurred to me to just tilt the bed--until I read about that on a forum.
Photo 1. Bed hanging from the hoist. Note that the chain is bolted around the hook, so the chain absolutely, positively cannot slide through the hook.
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