Blythewoodjoe

I figured it would take a 5 or 6 inch move of the axle to make the M105 bed work. The funny thing is now that I made the 8.5' bed for my truck I wish I had it 9'. If you look at most 1 ton civilian trucks as well as smaller trucks, the rear axle is about centered with the bed. I think my truck looks a little short with the bed I have on it. I think the extra 6" would have centered the axle nicely. If you look at a M105 the axle is about 6" closer to the rear, which is what you want with a trailer anyway. I almost cut the fender wells out of a M105 and make me a set of custom fenders that would look a lot like the front fenders on the deuce. I was going to mount them centered in the bed and centered over the axle. I just don't have any good way to fab up stuff like that. I also concluded a dump truck would be nice again and figured the flat bottom would be good. I was going to buy the steel to make the whole bed, but I had the old deuce bed sitting around collecting rust.

And there you have it.
Joe Trapp