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Idahome
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Bed is hard mounted to frame, body is on rubber pucks
To reduce the cab/bed flex remove the rubber replace with urethane or solid.
You can fully box a ranger frame that will help a great deal as will additional crossmembers. I am not sure about hard coating or heat treating, all I have dealt with is boxing the C channels with new steel.
The 02+ Explorer sport had a fully boxed frame from the factory, nice eh? If I ever rebuild another truck (IE wreck my BII) I will start with one of these.
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