Grocery Corral - Dang!

Cool idea. Thanks for sharing.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Don’t know which I like more the corral or the write up : )

-- Karen - a little bit of stupid goes a long way

What a great idea… I can (no pun intended) identify with your write up!
Crawling up that bed to retrieve a bottle of soda that could explode the moment it is opened makes this a valuable shopping device! Patent the thing!

-- Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

I love it, but you should have made it bigger… Duh, it will hold a carton or two of beer, but where’s the space for the cooler and the ice! Getting home with a hot beer is about the same as getting home with no beer. Time to make another one, to fit the cooler. I see you can open the back window and reach out for a cold one too.

“Hold my beer, and watch this!” (A redneck’s last words)

-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com

Nice write-up.

On the Silverado, they’ve got a space built into the bed where you can place a 2×6 (2xanything) in the vertical position, which acts as a back-end corral of sorts. With an 8’ bed, I use it a lot.

-- Making scrap with zen-like precision - Woodbutchery

I like it! Since I use a tonneau, I’d have to figger out a way to keep the hole thing from scootin. Did you alreddy do that?

Sweet. Nice build too.
The wife unit want something like this for her SUV. No weather to contend with, but the design looks good.

Nice side rails, and shop too,
Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

I really like the looks of the shop – was there a project to see, also.

-- Just learning the craft my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ practiced.

Now you come up with a solution, after I gave up and switched to crew cabs and extended cabs just to have
a place to put that stuff inside. Once more I am a day late. Great looking solution coming from a nice big
shop. Thank you for sharing.

-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter

Very nicely done on a very practical project. The description was excellent!

-- Rick, Tennessee, John 3:16

well done… and very functional… will the next model fold and collapse for storage when you need the full bed for important stuff… ? I need something like this for SUV, too. hmmm, teak is rather expensive… could I do pine with waterproof finish to match the truck color?

-- Al H. - small shop, small projects...

Nice solution to a common problem

-- Scott "Some days you are the big dog, some days you are the fire hydrant"

Add a hook or bungee to hold a milk jug and you got it. I may need to look into one for my van.

-- Lotidus

Thanks for all the great comments, funny comments. It was fun to write and I hope it offended no one. I very much enjoy humor in other peoples postings, the little asides, wry remarks.

Now then, I think I’ve figured out how the site works if you want lots of views, just make beer one of your keywords.
While we’re on the subject, here’s a photo of the preparation for our last open house just before we threw ice on them. You only see a few. A local brewery donated 14 cases of 24 for our enjoyment. All gone.

Dell: I put large rubber feet exactly spaced to the bed liner grooves. Ain’t goin nowhere.
Jerrells: Project coming up. A big one.
Dustyal: Pine is probably not great for exterior use but white oak would be perfect. Cheap too.
regards, gene

-- gene@toronto.ontario.canada : dovetail free since '53, critiques always welcome.

Great idea….
Have had this idea stuck in my head for a couple of years now.
Now that I have a visual, I might build one, so tired of a bag of oranges you need to find
all the oranges in the back of my station wagon.

Regards
Craig/Australia.