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You haven't repaired that rusty tool box yet?
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M756 Pipeline Bed install /redneck engineering
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another day, a little more rustoleum
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Will next weekend be the final assembly of the bed? Looks like the strips are done, I know you have the bolts. Nothing much left but final fitting of the harder than nails wood. I wished I had a semi trailer load of yellow locust.
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Hmmmmm, I have alot of large locusts on my land. I could cut them down if you want the logs for a fee.Also there is a sawmill near my place to cut them. They should season for a couple of months though. Because you know they will shrink. What do you have to trade?
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Transportation is the prohibiting issue on the locust. Can't justify the expense in picking them up.
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another day... progress was halted when I broke part of my HiLift jack 
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Well, I make trips to and from PA every so often. I'll be coming down with my Deuce this fall in all likelyhood.Recovry4x4 said:
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You are making excellent progress Joel, the cut-outs along the edge for the stake pockets look very good!
Don't see any of the 4-1/8 inch holes yet, my bed had three of them.
Again, I appologize for the rather poor quality of the wood, the sawmill didn't want to deal with it any longer and the locust apparently is not what it was years ago. Anyway, it looks great and some defects can be fixed.
Have you decided on the finish? When weathered, the wood will turn greyish white. It's probably not possible to keep the yellow when exposed to the outdoors, the so called UV-blockers I have tried don't last long.
Don't see any of the 4-1/8 inch holes yet, my bed had three of them.
Again, I appologize for the rather poor quality of the wood, the sawmill didn't want to deal with it any longer and the locust apparently is not what it was years ago. Anyway, it looks great and some defects can be fixed.
Have you decided on the finish? When weathered, the wood will turn greyish white. It's probably not possible to keep the yellow when exposed to the outdoors, the so called UV-blockers I have tried don't last long.
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Wow, that wood really makes the bed stand out. Plan to stain it when it's done being installed?
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looks done, but isn't
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Man, Joel, that is looking good! You 756 guys have it going on!
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the wood is done 
If possible could one of my fellow pipeline bed owners check the size of the screws that hold this reflector on? (I need to go buy a tap to clean up the threads)
If possible could one of my fellow pipeline bed owners check the size of the screws that hold this reflector on? (I need to go buy a tap to clean up the threads)
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1/4-20 on my bed.