[AT] Flat bed trucks

[Dave Merchant]

I have an old 1 ton flatbed, which I had insured as a pickup
until State Farm realized it was a flatbed.  They immediately
changed the rating to "commercial", much higher premium
for a truck I don't use much.

Dave Merchant


At 11:16 AM 11/22/2010, you wrote:


>I've been thinking about replacing the bed on my 1997 F250 with a flat 
>bed.  My box is starting to rust out and needs a new tailgate and rear 
>quarter panels.  I think it might be more practical (and cheaper) to 
>replace the box with a flat bed instead.  Can anyone point out some good 
>reasons why I wouldn't want to do this?  I have an 8-foot box, and am not 
>concerned about re-sale value.  The truck has 300,000 miles on it and I 
>hope to keep it for a while.  Oh, it's also a single wheel rear end.  I 
>have seen the aluminum ones, but I am afraid they may be too light as the 
>front end is already to heavy with the 7.3 Diesel engine in it so I 
>figured steel would be best.
>
>What have been your experiences with flat beds vs. traditional?
>
>Enjoy, Joe
>
>
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