"Karl Townsend" wrote in message
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When the horrible heat breaks, I need to put a new wood deck on my old
truck. I found the steel frame on the dump bed to be really rusted and
replaced most of the cross members with a heavier channel iron than
original.

What fastener is best to put 2 x 12s on to a steel frame. I looked for
self tapping screws and didn't find anything rated to do the four inch
channel iron. Maybe I need to look more.

Suggestions?

Karl

They make a screw specifically for mounting 2 by deck boards to truck and
trailer beds. Its drill point with a couple ears that make a larger hole
through the wood then break off when they hit the metal so the screw can
thread in. I have a half box of them ont eh shelf.