That’s always great when you can pick up a solid truck at a rock-bottom price. It sounds as if you’ve determined that learning how to remove a truck bed and replacing it will be less costly than trying to repair it. To that end, you’ll be happy to know that you can remove a truck bed yourself—with a friend or two to help you lift the bed off your truck’s frame.
These are the general steps to how to remove a truck bed—but be sure to consult a repair manual for your precise make and model for more specific instructions:
Ready two sawhorses. You’ll likely want to place the old bed on saw horses rather than on the ground.
Jack up the rear part of the truck. Use two jacks on both sides of the bed.
Go underneath the bed and remove the bolts attaching the bed to the frame. You may need to remove four to six bolts.
Unplug the wiring to the taillights and disconnect the neck of the gas tank.
Lower the truck and lift the bed onto the sawhorses.
You won’t be able to legally drive your truck without its bed unless you find a way to connect taillights to it as well as a license plate, turn signals, and a rear bumper. Even then, expect to be pulled over and questioned by police looking to make sure your truck is road-worthy.
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