How heavy is the bed of the truck???

[69RustyBucket]

I have my Porterbuilt air ride on order and I'm gonna take the bed off. How heavy is it? How many people does it take to move?

Tks Kevin

[71sierragrande]

Id say around 400+ lbs for a long bed. Ive done it easily with four guys. Could work with two strong guys. If you rig up a four wheel cart into a bed stand and let it take a portion of the weight, two guys could do it easily. One guy could do it if you have strong rafters/trusses with eye screws, and lift it off with straps and then drive the truck away. Lots of ways to do it

[In The Ten Ring]

When my swb bed (wood) rotted out, the original owner made his own bed, complete with bedsides, out of 1/8 steel plate. It is seamlessly welded in there with plug welds to 4 bolts in the bottom. He removed it once, alone, on jacks.

I am thinking about building a hoist out of 4x4 blocks and lifting it on straps or just jacking it up like the previous owner.

[Dave]

Fwiw,
Not sure on weight but I've removed the bed by myself with an engine hoist and some nylon straps. Then placed it on a 4 wheel steel cart to move it around when needed.

[57taskforce]

I will say if the bed is already junk one man can get it off by himself... It wasn't pretty but like I said the bed was already trash
350- 400 lbs is probably about right for a long bed.