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Well.....since it is christmas I decided to give myself a christmas present and start on my bed conversion for the M818. I'm using a 5 ton bed....but that's what I had laying around the yard. I cut it down to 8' because I need extra room for putting a 45'000# hydraulic winch behind the cab...

Yeah....I'm running 16.00 R20's on it.....that's why I figured that I could use the extra hight and clearance of the fifthwheel.....I guess I'll find out....Lol I will definately take lots of pics....:-P

Thanks for the input! Here is my plan.....:roll: I figured that the king-pin will be the only thing that locks it on to the truck. As I said I want it to be "quick-release"! I have a spare 5 ton bed that I'm gona cut down to size, since i want the drop sides. The fifth-wheel stays on and...

Ok.....so I want to keep the tractor capabillity of my M818 but want a bed on it for sum tasks.....in other words "quik change"! I'm thinking king-pin on the bottom of the bed to engage in the fifthwheel and two pins on each rear corner to slide it in to.....oh and some forklift slots to make...