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Design Considerations
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| Red Thunder Before Bed Deck |
The design has to encompass a lot of different things and they are all trade-offs. Many of them have a dramtic effect
on the overall design.
What level of vibration control?
Do I need to change the stack to a weed burner?
How big a drom box?
Custom drom box vs. job site box?
Deck materials?
Sub frame materials?
Total wieght added?
Final Design
So the final design decisions came down to a choice of compromises vs. doing it once, doing it right. Doing it once won.
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| Bushing Package |
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| Bushing Parts |
The drom box will be a custom unit 66W x 30D x 88H. It will sit on a deck frame of 2x2 box tubing. The deck frame will
sit on a 2x4 box tube sub-frame. The drom and bed deck are designed to work with the ballast bumper to complete
the bed build out. These pages focus on the bed deck.
The bed deck is connected to the truck by 8 polyurethane cab bushings. The bushings have two sections, the first
sits on a mounting point on the truck. The bed deck sits on top of the first bushing section. The second bushing
section goes on the top side of the drom bed bracket. It is all secured with eight 1/2"x3 1/2" grade 8 bolts.
The deck and box design required that the stack be turned into a Weedburner. The weedburner details can be found
here.
Click on the pictures below for details on the
construction of the bed deck.
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| 1. Bushing Brackets |
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| 2. The Sub Frame |
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| 3. The Main Deck Frame |
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| 4. Test Fitting |
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| 5. Deck and Skirt |
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| 6. Grinding |
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| 7. Connections |
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| 8. Final Results |
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