? re. stepside bed floor
 

How many floor supports are used on a stock short bed stepside?? I'm talking about the cross supports that are bolted under the floor with thru bolts going into the top wood metal peices. :confused:

you mean the ones that mount it to the frame? i think 4 lets see if i can find a pic....heres the best pic i can find....think there is supposed to be 4.....

Interesting---mine is the same but it seems like a long distance between the center section without any support for the wood. I would think it would (wood) flex quite a bit if you put anyting heavy between the front and rear sections. Oh well----. Thanks for the help!

It does, that is why you saw so many farmers welded in plates for a floor, because the wood wood giveout or flex too much under the weight of livestock. I have some extra of the smaller cross braces that I am going to add into mine when it gets reassembled.

If I remeber right, the 73-87 steps added 2 of the smaller braces because of that.

Mine has four bars. The wood actually sits on the frame on my truck in the middle. There are three cross sills towards the front of the cab and one in the back.

the middle of the wood floor rest rite on top of the frame rails and a cross member for the frame. there is a 5th cross member that is floating.it attatches to the wood but not the frame.mine was towards the rear of the bed.