This is why I use white oak for bedwood on my old trucks . Tight grain sheds water and more rot resistant
White Oak takes forever to dry.
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This is why I use white oak for bedwood on my old trucks . Tight grain sheds water and more rot resistant
jimdeere
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Is that bed for an International p/u?
No 68 Chevy stepside
That was my first truck. 68 step side strait six with 3 on the tree.
Dad's first brand new truck when he went into business for himself was a 72 Chevy C30 with a 12' stake body, 350 4 barrel, granny 4 speed, power steering and power disc brakes in the front. The truck it replaced was a 68 C50 With no power anything. Since I got the new truck I thought I died and went to heaven. In 78 he bought two new Fords, an F250 for him, and an F600 12' dump for me. It had a little 330 V8 and all I can say about that truck is it was sllloooowwwww.
The 70's was not a good decade for cars and trucks, They rusted everywhere and broke down all the time.
Had a 73 silverado 305, pulled that piece of junk 305 and put in a built LT1, rand great with that motor but the rusty old body was still a piece of crap.It was a good sleeper though, a rusty old 73 with a built LT1. lol
Mine is a 250 six . Granny gear 4 spd with 4:57 rear . In first I can pull a oak out of the ground
I have several trucks but this one just hits a cord with me. I'm basically doing a ground up on a 10k truck . I'll have more than that in it without my labor.
I have a 72. 149k on the original 350 . Great truck . Sorry for the tread shift.
Heres my seceret for drying whiteoak. I keep it in log form for about a year. I lay a couple logs on the ground and stack the rest cross ways on top. In about a year the bark will start to slip, this shows its drying. I then buck and throw in a high pile, The higher I can pile it the better, as high stacks mean less soil contact. The next year, I split and stack on pallets in the dry. Again, I stack as high as I can reach. The next winter, I burn in stove. Usually 2 to 3 years and its ready to burn. White oak on the ground is a sponge and will rot before it drys. I have split 36-40 in dia white oak that has been bucked for 4 or 5 years and left laying on the ground. The outside will be fluff and the middle will drip water.
