Factory-standard pickup trucks come with a customary Bedstead with short sides and a closed-in tailgate. Provided you hold an older base Motor lorry with a detachable Bedstead, or asset a Motor lorry with a damaged Bedstead, you could conformation a custom Bedstead of your own. The model allows you to load and transport a Broad array of freight, by reason of there would be no vertical sides to string loading. Build decided the broken down Bedstead is cleared out before forming your own custom-style Bedstead.
Instructions
1. Calculate the desired proportions for your truck's Bedstead. Degree the wideness of your Motor lorry cab. Following, degree the length from the back of the cab to the front, and add one foot to this measurement.
2. Settle the C rails equivalent to each other directly on top of the frame of your Motor lorry. The interior of the rails should be facing Everyone other. These C rails pace along the length of the Motor lorry.
3. Study the rails and confirm that they are pushed fair up against the back of the cab, and weld the rails in distance onto the revolve frame. The rails Testament create a base for lifting the bed clear of the tires on your truck.
4. Line up seven pieces of the square tubing across the welded rails at evenly spaced intervals. Start with one piece of tubing at the back border of the cab and one piece at the front of the cab. Lenghty the remaining five pieces in between the two borders.
5. Check the square tubing pieces to ensure they are centered across each rail. Weld each piece of tubing to the rail upon which it rests. The tubing is made from metal which allows it to be be welded to the rails.
6. Stand the headache rack pieces up vertically on each corner of the bed at the cab end. Hang a six-inch vertical piece of metal from the end of the bed to create a mount for the license plate and light.
Weld the piece in place to create the headache rack frame.
8. Measure the size of the flat part of bed across the length and the width. Cut a piece of sheet metal to this size to create the sheathing for the bed.
9. Measure the exact size of the headache rack and cut a piece of sheet metal to this size. Use this for the headache rack sheathing.
10. Weld the sheathing pieces in place to cover the frames of the bed. Weld the pieces in place to create the vertical posts for the rack.7. Insert the last width piece of tubing in between the top ends of the vertical headache rack posts.
