But for the most part the aluminum passed with flying colors.
Ford aluminum truck bed test.
A steel truck bed weighing 2 000 pounds can therefore be replaced by an aluminum truck bed that s up to 800 pounds lighter.
I could tell it was weaker than steel as pretty much everything dented it.
Ford aluminum truck beds prove haters wrong are cheaper to repair than steel by stephen edelstein may 20 2019 when a redesigned ford f 150 pickup truck arrived in late 2014 with aluminum.
These tests lead to ford selecting a thicker aluminum for the bed floor and redesigning an access panel.
This difference can then be added onto the truck s payload capacity.
Line x solved the issue.
Our 2017 f150 bed got beat up just by using it everyday.