Gunna make my brand new tacoma ugly for a bit with my crappy bed side-stake mod.....

Git r dun

 

WTFC

 

I think this is actually true.

 

BEHOLD!

 

I LOVE IT!!!

Looks like a farm truck from the 50s lol

 

You know it's not bad. That said, build a 'headache rack' to save the rear window/cab.

 

HAHA YES

I've got some 16.5 chrome smoothies with a set of sport king radials if you'd like to complete the look!

 

That is next on the list.... but was hoping to make one not out of wood for that.

 

Thanks! I actually dont hate it.... gotta do what ya gotta do sometime to get the job done

 

That would look pretty neat.....

 

not bad, if you wanted to build a fancy version you could use oak and seal it

 

lol this is the complete opposite of fancy. I wouldn't want to spend money on fancy wood and then ruin it by filling the back with garbage! It would look pretty sweet though!

 

Actually looks very functional. Might I suggest some sort of crossmember in the floor of the bed to hold the bottom in place, provide rigidity, and take torque off the gear rails? In the current config it looks like pressure on the top of the “fence” without equal pressure on the bottom could do quite a number on the gear rail.

 

Also, just because people have raised this concern before.... these are attached with 2 bolts per side, into the side rails. if something put enough pressure on just the top of one of these, yes it could break off the rails, however, because I have the vertical wood going the whole way down the side of the bed, and always have part of the load against the bottom in the bed, there should never be enough force for that to happen.... but yes I know it is a risk

 

How many watermelons can fit back there?

 

I had that same idea!!

 

lol I just responded about this topic .... I started writing it before you posted cause someone always brings that up. I could put in a cross member for that reason but then that restricts my ability to slide things into the bed easily (stuff would have to be finaggled around or over the cross member).... my loads I always fill the bottom first so there should always be adequate counter pressure on the bottom of the vertical rail to prevent this issue but I can put one in if it ever gets to be a problem down the road. I used them like this for almost a year in my last tacoma without issue

 

At least 3

 

Great minds think alike!

 

You should match the wood to your wheels