Fun little welding project. It weighs about 120 pounds and mounts up on the bed rails. The rack bolts down to the bed anchors with large ratchet straps, and is rock solid once secured in place.
We designed it to be light enough for two people to lift it in and out of the truck. 4 feet from the truck bed to the base of the rack and about 12 feet from my eye level to the ground.
Designed to be tall enough to fit dog boxes in the bed - under the rack.
The materials used were as follows:
Humvee roof rack from army/navy surplus store
2 Academy boat seats, swivel bases, mounting hardware
1'' Square tubing & 2'' Angle Iron
4 large ratchet straps
Because of the weight concerns, I want any additional modifications or additions to be removable. I ordered an ATV gun rack to mount on the front rail, but need some suggestions on storage baskets for binos/gear/beverages ect.
We were going to build a gun basket out of square tubing and expanded metal, but after mounting it up there - i don't want to affix any more permanent weight!.
I was thinking about using milk crates, and zip tying them to the top corners?
Thanks for checking it out.
-walker
We designed it to be light enough for two people to lift it in and out of the truck. 4 feet from the truck bed to the base of the rack and about 12 feet from my eye level to the ground.
Designed to be tall enough to fit dog boxes in the bed - under the rack.
The materials used were as follows:
Humvee roof rack from army/navy surplus store
2 Academy boat seats, swivel bases, mounting hardware
1'' Square tubing & 2'' Angle Iron
4 large ratchet straps
Because of the weight concerns, I want any additional modifications or additions to be removable. I ordered an ATV gun rack to mount on the front rail, but need some suggestions on storage baskets for binos/gear/beverages ect.
We were going to build a gun basket out of square tubing and expanded metal, but after mounting it up there - i don't want to affix any more permanent weight!.
I was thinking about using milk crates, and zip tying them to the top corners?
Thanks for checking it out.
-walker
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