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Originally Posted by BobCStafford
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At the corner of these panels is evidently a ?? x ?? (more on that in a sec) piece of wood which is 13" long (I guess we are pre-change to aluminum all over). This piece of wood is held in by a lag screw which comes from the inside of the trailer (easy to access when you push the bed in) and two or three smaller screws that come in from the bottom. Then the back panel is attached to this via three lag screws which go through the panel and into the end portion of that piece of wood....
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Actually, you do have a full aluminum frame. The wood you see is for:
a) keeping the aluminum framing screwed together.
b) providing a substrate for the side latches.
I remember dealing with the issue of not being quite 1". I bought a treated 2x4 and ripped it to the exact size I needed. (I had to replace the wood behind one of the bag seals.)