bobbin

[bigman]

w hat tools will i need to bob my bed
tell me o mighty ones

[seanc]

sawz-all, 4.5" cut-off wheel, welder. and a 14 and a 17 mm wrench and socket to take the body mounts off

[KYOTA]

Grinder BLEH !! step up like chopperman did and use a concrete cut-off saw

[blackdiamond]

A friend on mine did mine without removing it from the truck, use cutting tool of your choice and a welder.  Make sure you cut it in the ribbed section of bed so that it will match up when you put it back together.  I cut mine way at the back where it is flat and it looks ugly attached to the ripped portion.  I had never seen it done when I did it, learn from my experience.  I wouldn't cut more than 10-12 inches, I cut 13" and I hardly ever get close to touching it offroad.  Also make sure you leave at least 2-3 inches of frame behind the rear shackle mount in case you upgrade in the future to longer rear springs, another mistake that I made.

[Jared]

actually kyota i used one of the hand held cutoff 14 inch saw to trim my friends bed...worked out great...

[seanc]

i wasn't saying you had to take it off but if you have a 4runner or a long bed there are 2 rear body mounts that will need to be chopped off. and moved forward.

[blackdiamond]

i wasn't saying you had to take it off but if you have a 4runner or a long bed there are 2 rear body mounts that will need to be chopped off. and moved forward.

I think mine was a long bed, but I didn't move any body mounts, hmm.  Is that all years, mine is an 85?

[seanc]

maybe its only 4runners i though the 2 shared body mounts apparntly not. oh well

[4Hummer]

you all fogot the most important toolz

You need a couple cases of beer to do the job.  Geez

[awhotrods]

thats a sweet 55 chevy in the background!  I got one next to my yota project too!

Grinder BLEH !! step up like chopperman did and use a concrete cut-off saw

[alwayzbroken]

Just use a hacksaw. 

[bigman]

thanks guys for the info
just how long will it take me do do the whole thing

[blackdiamond]

mine took about 6 hours, but we didn't clean the weld up very much.

[toybuilt]

I used a sawzall, welder and some clamps.

[TrackVino]

Just did my 4 runner, check it out.

http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=6974.60

Click on page 3 where I cut and put together.

I used a 4" cut off wheel on my grinder, and slowly cut down the line.

For the bed bottom, I did cut on the rear flat part, then left an extra overhang on the ribbed side to overlap on the flat part.
I then cut lines on the high side of the rib, then hammered one side down at a time which made a flat lip thats easier to weld. It doesn't look very bad either.

I cut 3" strips of the section I removed in order to use as backing, it helps with strength and easier to weld.

Before I cut Theo, I drilled some holes on the edges that were going to stay which allowed me to weld the extra plate on the inside by just filling in the holes. This added strength and made it easier to weld instead of trying to weld from the inside.

Didn't take very long to cut and tack weld, but I wanted it to look a little bit better, so I took some time on it.

Hope this helps, from one newbie to another.

[blackdiamond]

That is a great example of quality work.  I have not seen the fiberglass top cut at that location before?  Truck looks great!

[UNBREAKABLE]

umm, lets see. Beer for sure. BFH, battery drill, sheet metal screws and bondo

[TOYJOETA]

On mine i tried a couple of different tools, 4.5 ginder, sawsall, but  jigsaw with a bocsh metal cutting blade made the best cuts and was 20 times easier to use, still had to bust out the sawsall for a couple of places, like where the bed sides and bed floor meet, but that was it.

[bigman]

 i was thinkin about a jig saw i like the way u think toyjeota.
can u gus post some pics of the process.
trackvino i like the crawler

[TrackVino]

Thanks

The problem with the jig saw and sawzall however you spell it, is that it wiggles the metal front and back, which in some places gets out of hand. If you use a cutting blade on a grinder, its just a smooth streight cut, no moving, so things dont get warped. Thats my 

[bigman]

that is some good info trackvino

[TOYJOETA]

Thanks

The problem with the jig saw and sawzall however you spell it, is that it wiggles the metal front and back, which in some places gets out of hand. If you use a cutting blade on a grinder, its just a smooth streight cut, no moving, so things dont get warped. Thats my

True, I had that prob at the top of the bed but it wasn't to bad, the rest of the cutting was as smooth as butter, just make sure you buy good blades, the ones I bought were bosch I got them at home depot, there progresive, they go from 24-36 TPI or somtin like that, but they work really awsome, and really easy to control, I still used the grinder just to make, the starter hole to put the blade through.

Have some pics there in my buddy's camera, I'll have to get them from him.

[bigman]

thank toyjoeta