Transporting a box. - HELP!!!!

[Captainfab]

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Originally Posted by Chevy Fleetside

The bottom of the box has no bends so it is straight metal. The metal will bend sitting on 2x4's. The top rails have bends to them which make the metal stronger and able to take that kind of abuse.

Many years ago, not thinking about what would happen, I hauled a bed upright sitting on 2 x 4's going across the trailer. By the time I go to my shop, the bedsides had huge dents in them above where the 2 x 4's were. Lesson learned. The top of the bed sides is much stronger and stiffer.