Build your own soft top rack?

So I'd like to put a soft canvas cover over the bed of my access cab. basically a can back, however since they don't make one for the 2nd gen (to my knowledge, which could be wrong) the only other option I've found is the folding soft-topper. This would work however I'd like a solid frame. What do you guys think about building a rigid frame and putting the soft-topper over it? Does anyone make a solid frame soft top?

 

It's been a while since I've been here but there was a member on here that was building them. They looked solid!

 

The first batch he made were shitty. He improved his design but then fell off the face of the earth and shafted a bunch of people on here.

OP - there are plenty of fab guys that do bed racks, but none that I know that do a canvas cover. As soon as mine is done, I'll be looking into fabbing something myself for the canvas cover. The material is relatively cheap, but just a matter of putting it together.

http://www.sailrite.com/SeaMark-Black-60?sc=46#.UzW7zxYfxz8

 

How about a bed rack over a soft topper?

They are readily available and need to be bought separately, but expensive

 

thank you, i needed that. now i can make my own yeti straps.

 

Call some local canvas shops you can find. Guys that fix convertibles and such. I found one in Portland Or many years ago when I was gonna have a soft top made for my Bronco. Might be able to make the rack and then have a local shop make the cover.

 

Thats what Im doing. Bamf is going to fab me one in a couple weeks.

 

Someones already doing them and I don't mean a small shop like Bamf...could of swore it was a big company

 

Boat companies can make them too. There's a bunch of shops near me that can do something like that, but I want to try and tackle it myself.

 

I don't need a rack, what i'm looking for is a solid frame for a soft top. Something fixed and rigid. I just don't like the look of the softtopper with the sides rolled up and you can see all the folding frames.