i couldnt figure out how to mount my hi lift in my bed and didnt wanna pay 300 bucks for a piece of steel to mount it on so me and my buddy made this son of a gun in shop class. at first we measured wrong somehow by about 4inches to short. how we did this i have no idea. so we just decided to sleeve it in the middle. teh sleeve is off center by a bout 3inches or so but it doesnt bother me cuz i was going fro function. we weldded my 4XRAC mounting bracket on it and called it doen i just pu tone coat of primer on it a few minutes ago and i should have installed in a day or two when i find time. its gonna go across the front of my bed. its made from some sracp metal from an old batting cage but hey... it works!












its not the perdiest thing but i dont care. tell me what you think good and bad and give me some pointers if i did somethin wrong

 

Hard to see some of it against the garbage bag drop cloth but the welds look clean.
You may have "lost" those 4 inches in the offset for that bolt mount. It happens all the time lol...

 

It's always nice to see a good "doo-hickey"

 

yea i didnt weld any on this my buddy did all of it. i still can tfigure out how we didtn measure it right. and i just noticed we forgot to cut teh hole on one end to mount it in my bed.... crap. oh well nothin the ole plasma cutter wont take care of

 

Measure THREE times. Cut and weld ONCE.

 

Cool, im gonna mount mine on my roll bar

 

X2, Best thing my shop teacher ever taught me... Oh, But it looks like a job well done

 

But using torches/plasma cutters and welders is so much more fun then a dumb measuring tape!

 

finally got this bad boy installed. i was only able to get one cellphone pic so you cant tell much about it but yall get eh idea.. tall me what u think

 

very sweet

 

That looks really slick. Hehhe, Im diggin the little tiny pad locks.

 

i was a little 'iffy' before i scrolled down. but it looks great with the jack on there..

there is something about the designing and fabrication of truly custom 'doo hickys'
that makes you warm and tingly inside ..

 

looks good...i needa hilift!

 

Looks good 48" version right?

Mine is the 60, its big!!

 

ya man looks good

 

haaa yea i was a little iffy to i aint gonna lie. it only has sheet metal screws holding it on now im puttin some bolts in it tommorrow. and yep its the 48incher. and scuba... dont be talkin smack about my brinks pad locks haha jk