[BEECHBM69]

I had a near miss with an individual who was unfamiliar with left turn yield right of way. Anyway, I thought I had escaped unscathed with the exception of losing most of my ice out of a cooler in the back. (It was full of soda, I swear /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif) I have subsequently found that when it slid forward, it bent the front of the bed rail to the point it is rubbing the cab. I cant get my fingers behind it close enought to the middle to do anything with it. I thought about a pry bar, and then had visions of my back glass laying shattered in the back seat. Anybody dealt with this short of taking the bed off? If I resort to prying, what gives first, the bed or the cab?

Thanks in advance, if it has happened, I know it has happened to somebody here.

Dan

 

[GTstangs]

try pulling up to a tree and use a comealong method. i had the same thing happen to me but with a tool box. good luck

 

[BEECHBM69]

I knew somebody thinking clearly would come up with what I needed. Thank you so much. I don't have a comalong, but a variation on the same theme will work. Thanks again.

Dan

 

[fastg60]

go get a come-a-long from tsc and pull your tailgate off and hook one end of it to the trailer hitch and the other to your bent cab section and crank away.

 

[96P_Stroke4x4]

i basically used a strap tied to the frame between the cab and bed, coming up over the rail to a 2 ton chain hoist (since thats what i had lying around) with the chain attached to the trailer hitch

 

[Believer45]

I have done the straightening thing with a rathet tie down strap tied to the frame, up between the cab and bed and out the back to a tree. You would be surprised how much pull you can get with one of those ratchets.

Dave / Believer45

 

[Dr.Evil]

DAVE - And the Other thing He won't believe is how little force it'll take to bend the front of His pickup box back into place! I had a 800# Cub Cadet bow the box on My old half-ton many years ago. I pulled it back by hand. Couple tugs and it was good as new..... sorta

 

[AlH]

I bent mine when a drum shifted and rolled forward. When I bent it back I overlayed it with a thick, maybe 1/4" thick 2x2 piece of angle iron all the way across. Will take a lot to bend it now /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[MKITTOW]

[ QUOTE ]
I have done the straightening thing with a rathet tie down strap tied to the frame, up between the cab and bed and out the back to a tree. You would be surprised how much pull you can get with one of those ratchets.

Dave / Believer45

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I did this, but without the come along, so I just eased the truck forward riding the brake... worked like a charm.

Either way, go slowly once you have tension, as has been said it doesn't take a lot of force, it is only a rolled lip.

Good Luck,
MK

 

[mccollough]

I have the same problem, thanks for for the info. bent mine putting 2 large round bales of hay in short bed 96 f250 p/s. didn't think would bend that easy.

 

[j_apetersen]

I know you dont like my advice but the ratchet strap does work wonders.
comealongs have a habit of wire cutting into the bed. so must not recomend a comealong.