My 1999 Taco TuRD Build - I sold it

Arctic Taco · Jul 10, 2020

Sad news, best of luck buddy

slander · Jul 11, 2020

Man that sucks! I'm glad I strategically devalued mine and staved off the "we need money sell the truck" demands from my wife recently.

xtremewlr · Jul 11, 2020

Truck is sold, pending final payment. I have a $500 deposit on it and will be delivering to San Diego next Friday.

slander · Jul 12, 2020

Damn that was quick!!

xtremewlr · Jul 18, 2020

Truck has been sold and delivered. Might get another one someday but for now, I have the '03 4Runner still.

slander · Jul 19, 2020

xtremewlr[OP] said: ↑

Truck has been sold and delivered. Might get another one someday but for now, I have the '03 4Runner still.
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I want to build one of those!

mobflip · Oct 19, 2023

xtremewlr[OP] said: ↑

Spent the last few days building an actual rack for the truck. Reused the 1.75" bars that I had clamped to the bed rails and lifted them up about 9" or so. Top of the tubes where the tent sits is at 9 7/8" from the top of the bed rail now. The kickers are angled at about 37 degrees to match the side of the cab angle. Thought about adding a couple cross bars but they would only be for looks and the rack is more than strong enough as it sits. I decided I didn't need the additional weight of the cross bars.

For reference, here is the original setup I whipped together so I could pick up my tent.

It worked very well but limited the height of items in the bed, making it difficult to fit my cooler and such. You can see the height difference from mine to @Ace115 setup here. The new rack is about the same height as his now.

I started off by measuring things from the front (cab side) of the bed and based all measurements from there.

The base of the rack is 1.5" x 1.5" 10ga angle iron. The legs are 1" x 2" 14ga rectangular tube. The main bars that I reused are 1.75" round HREW .120 wall. All the flat plates used for reinforcement and to cap the tubes are 3/16" thick.

Once I had the measurements to locate the cross bars, keeping them in the same location as previously. I cut the angle iron to length and drilled all the holes to bolt them to the bed. Then I was able to start figuring out the legs. I used an angle finder to match the angle of the cab sides and cut the legs to length accordingly. I then used a 1.75" hole saw to make the cuts in the legs for the cross bars. Then I got the legs centered on the angle iron and tacked them in place.

Next was the cross bars. I cut the top corners off the holes in the legs to make getting the bars into place easier. This later allowed me to hammer those end over, onto the bars, making a much better fit and looked better too.

Didn't take any more pictures until I was done and ready for paint but here is the end result before painting.

Primered with Krylon galvanizing primer (probably won't use that again, goes on thick and runs very easily, but dries quick) and then painted with Krylon spray bedliner. Giving it a try over the Herculiner spray that I have been using. Dries much faster.

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I had this rack on my truck for a little bit, nice work on it haha

xtremewlr · Oct 19, 2023

01Tacoma4x4 said: ↑

I had this rack on my truck for a little bit, nice work on it haha
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Wow, it's up in Oregon now? Glad it's been getting some use and hasn't broken then! LOL!

mobflip · Oct 20, 2023

xtremewlr[OP] said: ↑

Wow, it's up in Oregon now? Glad it's been getting some use and hasn't broken then! LOL!
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I actually had it in San Diego and sold it there as well, but it served me well!

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