Truck Bed Extender

Looks like a viable solution. Now if I can just keep sheet goods from taking off from my car top carrier, I’d be a happy guy. Take care!

-- gjd Southcentral Wisconsin

I know I saw plans for a simple carrier in one of my magazines (i THINK it was family handyman – not having any use for it I really wasn’t paying too much attention tbh), I’ll have to go back and try and find it for you.

-- - Jei, Rockford IL - When in doubt, spray it with WD-40 and wrap it with duct tape. The details will attend to themselves.

Great idea, I am sorry to say I had done that a few times myself. Amazing how fast you can pick it all up!!!

-- Dennis in Iowa "You can have 30 years experiance or 1 year 30 times!!!!"

Yup, that should keep them in. Gary, if you tie them a little tighter, yoiu could fly home:-))

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence Wake Up America!! Please read; http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/01/26-0

What a great Idea! Thanks for the post.

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From a transplanted kentucky boy that looks like a pretty good piece of hillbilly engineering for somebody who’s not a hillbilly. I think I see one in my future.

-- "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure." Mark Twain

Hey that is a great idea, I have the same issue with my truck. I’m gonna have to make one of these, and thanks for the incarnations, you just saved me some time! :)

-- -Curt, Milwaukee, WI

Great idea, throw some paint on it and you could sell them. I’m gonna make one for mine but afraid if I paint it,,, it would clash with the rust. L.O.L. That’s using the ol noodle for something besides a hat rack, thanks for sharing

Now that you mention it, I should get a can of that chaulkboard paint and cover the back side of the upright, so I can write uplifting messages for the poor guy stuck behind me :D Or I could just let my niece decorate it, she likes writing on stuff shes normally not supposed to hehe :)

-- - Jei, Rockford IL - When in doubt, spray it with WD-40 and wrap it with duct tape. The details will attend to themselves.

I had similar issues with my short bed stepside ford. I bought a simple bolt on tie down ratchet strap from HD and perminantly bolted it to my bumper. very very helpful. I’ve used it for over a year. Just dont try using it to pull a bush out of the ground.

((( By the way, I’m in Machesney Park

Hmmmm, I wonder if something similar could be adapted to work with my Tahoe with the double doors. I live on a steep, narrow mountain road. Every time I buy lumber, I have visions of my precious cargo sliding out the back, hitting some ice, shooting off down the mountain, and flying through the window of that really nice house at the bottom. Or worse, having to climb down to fetch it.

Looks doable

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