2024 F-350 aluminum bed

[rruff]

Are you accepting orders?

 

[Oyster9]

Are you accepting orders?

Sorry, no

 

[Oyster9]

Welded front rack to outside of the box and started tacking stiffeners/shelf ledgers to the inside of the box.

 

[Oyster9]

Ran out of argon Saturday, so worked on letting in the compression latches on the doors.
Also cut the last of the framing members and mud flap brackets.

 

[Oyster9]

Welded stiffeners in the big box and got one door frame welded up and one tacked off today.

 

[Oyster9]

Pulled the bed to weld the last of the frame members.
Broke it all down to grain the surfaces.

 

[Oyster9]

Added a drain, drain shroud, mudflap brackets and let in the tail and clearance lights on the lower rear boxes today

 

[Oyster9]

Welded up the last 2 box drains, cut a couple step grippers and rubbed on some more boxes.

 

[Oyster9]

Got the step grips bolted in and got the door latches in the last box today.

 

[Oyster9]

Worked on more surface finish today. The 120 grit striped pattern suits my eye.

 

[rruff]

I did swirls on my aluminum... with 60 grit in an angle grinder.

 

[Oyster9]

Made a couple grab bars today to aid climbing on the bed.

 

[Oyster9]

Grab bars not only work well for climbing aboard, they also make lifting the rack in and out from the ground a breeze.

 

[Oyster9]

Temporarily wired the lights, plenty bright in my eye!

 

[Kingsize24]

Temporarily wired the lights, plenty bright in my eye!

It looks damn good IMO. You plan on coating the aluminum? Or leaving it raw?