Colinb17's kinda sorta build thread - now with 4-link and long travel

and at least you colored in your paint drawing

 

Lol i don't have a welder nor materials... Problem is .... it looks as though your tool box sits inside the bed rails so there not a worry on length between vertical supports. Mine sit's on top. So i would need to make sure the supports allow the room in between and making sure height on the rack isn't a problem..... It owuld be a shame to build it them decide i dislike it hahah

 

my toolbox sits on top, it also doesn't open all of the way, but i knew that would happen when i built the rack.

here's a picture, before the shovel/hilift/fire extinguisher, etc.

 

you get a for the day, now go outside and enjoy recess

 

needs more lights

 

needs better lights

 

Much better photo - and maybe i wont use one of those yakima racks... im not sure. But the idea of having a rack over my bed sounds awesome.
Do you have measurements?

 

measurements for what?

 

Just got a call from tillis hill, they said you're banned for life

 

sheeeet! gues i'll be camping in the caves with the weird hippies from now on

 

Sounds good, no hurry

 

Like how tall the cross bars sit off your bed rail
space between your vertice supports.

 

i'll try to remember to get that measurement when i get home tonight

 

I really like your rack :O How far does the toolbox open? Enough that it stays propped open and you have no problem getting stuff in/out?
Just crawled through this thread page by page in reverse order until I found where you built your rack. Hahaha.

 

Feel free to tell me what page because i don't wana search haha

 

Don't remember the number off the top of my head but it's somewhere in the post #200 area. Page eleven or so.

 

Page 12 to be exact

 

hey colin how man feet of tubing did you use for your roof rack and what size was it if you can remember?

 

14 inches between the bed rail and bottom of the tube.

it opens about 2/3 of the way. stays upmost of the time, but i got it used, and the gas shocks are a little worn, so sometimes it closes itsself.

1'' x thick as hell'' - used for the floor frame, light hoop and main brace. used about 15-20 feet.

3/4'' x not quite as thick'' - used for the floor grid, light hoop deviders, and basket sides. used about 25-30 feet.

sorry, i threw that rack together real quick before i moved back to florida, and can't remember actual thicknesses. the 1'' tube has a wall thickness greater than .120'' closer to 1/4''. heavy as hell......it was designed to be able to tilt the truck over into a tree and work as a "slider" for the roof.