New bed rails and headache rack
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New bed rails and headache rack
Had some time the other day and made new rails and headache rack for the toy. The how to is obvious. The materials included:
2" angle iron
2" square tubing, 14 guage
expanded metal.
2" angle iron
2" square tubing, 14 guage
expanded metal.
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over the years I have broken everything on a truck that can break. The expanded metal is just protection for the rear window and cab and more importantly I just like it. It is also not distracting when you drive. It is connected to the bed with 4 stainless steel hex head bolts. just cause I had them laying around.
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something to consider - when I make mine, i'm planning to drill/tap holes on the angle iron for removable loops (for tie-down anchor points) - and to attach the whole thing to the top of the bed rail with nutserts (since I've got a bedliner and no access to underneath the rail). on the bed floor, you can get fold-flat mounts or even u-bolts.
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The top rail is as wide as the bottom (outside angle iron edges) and I designed it that way because I wanted it wide enough to sit a canoe or very small jon boat on it for close trips to some ducking hunting spots on the river. I intend to put a removable set of uprights on the back, in effect creating a ladder rack for this.----Plus, I like the way it looks being wide.
There are 10 tie downs welded onto this set up. They are what we call fencing clips. pretty stout and anything that can rip them off I would rather have away from me anyway.
Thanks for the input and questions.
Mike
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