Topic: Mounting wood racks in the bed

[NorCalToy]

Anybody have any ideas how to mount woodracks in the bed? the lack of utility holes makes it somewhat difficult to produce a sturdy rack...i built some mounts for now, that might be temporary pending any ideas shown here. ill have pics in the morning

[superyota]

do you mean a headache rack, or a full lumber rack?

[NorCalToy [OP]]

i mean like wooden bedsides that go above the bedsides so you can stack wood against them.

all iv got is a crappy paint edit of a pic i took when i had wood in the bed



does that make sense?

[NorCalToy [OP]]

well i think they turned out pretty freakin similar


and how i did the mounts

[unclejpl4x4]

ya i think your only option is to add pockets like above  U can screw them like shown or screw or weld them on the top of bed sides.

Nm u allready did

[junya92toy]

I would get angle and bolt it down to the bed rails, them mount the wood rack off of that. its how i mounted my rack. even if you mount a stack pocket like you posted, it would be stronger. Like 1/8 angle would be good. 3/16 maybe even 1/4. I bet if you weld or bolt the pocket to the sheet metal after time it will tear on you

[NorCalToy [OP]]

I would get angle and bolt it down to the bed rails, them mount the wood rack off of that. its how i mounted my rack. even if you mount a stack pocket like you posted, it would be stronger. Like 1/8 angle would be good. 3/16 maybe even 1/4. I bet if you weld or bolt the pocket to the sheet metal after time it will tear on you

yea im sure it will tear. its temporary for now. i think im gonna get a longer piece of angle iron and weld that bracket to it and then mount it with  at least 2 bolts to teh bed rail.

[catfish]

use angle all the way around, make slots for removable sides or build a tubing box welded to the angle and just set the whole thing on the truck when you need it