Composite bed repair pictures

Bill_Wolf · Post by **Bill_Wolf** » Thu May 18, 2006 11:47 pm

This is what an "Airborne" 353 composite bed looks like when you have to take all the boards out and replace them because more than 50% were rotted after 60 years..

I will sand blast the steel part of the bed and frame while they are out.

Except for the outer edge of the outer rows there are no bolts put through the wood. They are held down by those steel straps which are also used as slides for the cargo so the wood bed does not get destroyed.

Bill

pfarber · Post by **pfarber** » Fri May 19, 2006 1:08 am

While the bed in in peces could you snap pics of EVERYTHING and e-mail or post them?

I'll be doing the same thing this year or next... plus it will be a good look at the frame to bed setup.

Thanks.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Sun May 21, 2006 6:59 pm

Thanks Bill. Tese are great as you go photos.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:01 pm

Not long ago I started taking the flooring out of Betty Boop and found I had termites in my Army Truck. I bet the Army never of having termite damage to their cargo trucks.

dr deuce · Post by **dr deuce** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:06 pm

Rust NEVER rests....

Neither do termites!