Im looking for a fleet side bed and while searching craigslist i found a person with a 7 foot bed. i was wondering if that means that the truck was a single cab. I need one that will fit my 98 ext cab. its from a 1996 xlt but i wasnt sure if it would fit. thanks

 

I don't think it will fit with out modification. I could be wrong though. I thought it would be awesome to put a 7 footer on my ext. if you do it you should put up some pictures

 

ok well im gonna call in the morning. they want 100 for the bed so im definatly sold. i could always cut off a foot if need be lol.

 

Long bed won't fit unless you modify the frame or the bed. 6 foot is all that will work.

 

well it wouldnt be that hard to mod the frame would it? just some welded on frame extenders right?

 

In theory yes. I would just look for a 6 foot bed.

 

well thats the thing i cant find any and i found this 7 foot one. would it look bad to cut the bed a foot and weld it back together?

 

If it was done right then it could look fine. Why do you need a bed? Accident?

Is there any junkyards around you?

 

It depends on your skills... I'd just expand my search area and keep looking.

What is wrong with your current bed?

 

nothing. its a step side and i hate it. i want to get a nice tool box and i just like the look and room of the fleetside better. and there is one junk yard but im not entirely sure they would have something like that. i was hoping to find one broke down sitting in someones yard but for some reason all i see are s10's lol

 

You have a stepside? Post it in the for sale section as a trade and someone will trade. People love stepsides.

 

i did that on here and another site. its also on craigslist. ive never had any emails messeges or anything.

 

It is not anywhere near that simple, as there is about 6 inches in front of the axle and six inches after the axle. 6 foot beds should be a dime a dozen compared to 7 footers, as they were used on all extra cabs and all regular standard cabs. Good 7 footers are pretty much unicorns. In order to put a 7 foot box on an extended cab you would need the back half of the frame for a 7 footer and the front half of the frame for the extended cab. I have thought it would be a nice project, but since the turning radius of a standard 7 foot ranger is already close to that of a bus, adding more wheelbase might make things "interesting". You would also need to figure out EXACTLY where to cut the frame to make everything match up, because an EXT frame is different from a standard cab frame all the way to the rear of the cab, for sure - and perhaps beyond. You can even put the fiberglass sided "edge" box on your EXT cab truck - they don't rust away nearly so badly - so should be readilly available ( the only ones available in my local wrecking yard) I had to search high and low to find a rust fee 7 foot box to replace the box on the "longranger"

 

depends on your skills
anything is possible