After pricing steel I’m gonna go the angle iron route and fab “pockets”. 5x2” 3/16” tube is just shy of $400.00 and more than I wanna spend. Angle and flat bar comes in around $250.00. And c-channel isn’t much cheaper than the tube.
Have you seen any accelerated salt corrosion with the channel? I’d think it would be a salt trap. I might go tube without holes and just squirt the bejesus out of it with fluid film every fall. Keep it debris free with a blow gun. Airspade lol, just giv’er.
That’s nice and simple!
It’s just an everyday flat bed not deck over. I’ve got a pic over in the BMG rake storage thread.
I’m probably going the tube steel welded underneath route. Full width with some kind of drainage/debris holes yet to be determined. And I really like the simplicity of that...
Title kinda says it all. I’m looking for storage ideas of forks on my mini hauler. Mostly what you guys have and use to secure them. Locks, chains, latches, pins whatcha got some pics would be amazing? Thanks!
Yeah but all that room of the crew cab you could take out the seats and really customize the hell out of that. If you didn’t have a crew. Some shelves, full width slide out drawers, oh my! Weather tight and secure.
$30k sounds like straight up rape to me. It’s not like it’s rocket surgery it’s just a flatbed on a cab chassis with tie downs. I would think $4k in materials at best and two weeks welding in your driveway. Don’t forget the welding blankets to protect your glass and paint.
Only if they and I are on a peyote trip. Preferably in a sweat lodge with a spirit animal sitting in the corner waiting to take us on a journey when we start peaking.
From a production standpoint I’ll stick with time consuming. Lol But your sentiment is basically my point as to why it’s a good thing to know. Knowing the simplicity of just a rope makes for a valuable skill no doubt.
I’d bet Notch would lobby pretty hard against this. Personally I think every tree person should learn how to natty rig. Just like the taught line hitch and hip thrusting, outdated and time consuming but may save your bacon one day.