Sides for the bed

Wild Bill

Wild Bill

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Built some sides for the bed this past week.

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I used four 36" long 1" square tube sections for the poles. They slip right in the existing pockets. I cut four 50" long rough 1x10's for the sides. Those 4 boards then soaked up an entire quart of Minwax ebony stain. 3/8" bolts and eye bolts were inserted from the inside. T-nuts were were used to secure the bolts from the outside. The remainder of the bolts were cut off flush.

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Here you can see there were eight 3/8" eye bolts aded for addition hold downs. I had to move the rear facing light inboard from the roll cage for clearance.
 
your side came out great can i ask you a question .what size tubing did you use to slide into the holes on the bed and what is the distance from the hole center to center?. i might sneek into the bota yard to get the measurements i need .they don't like me around there and when i show up with a tape measure they are very quik to escort me off the property.lol
 
Wild Bill said:
Built some sides for the bed this past week.

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I used four 36" long 1" square tube sections for the poles. They slip right in the existing pockets. I cut four 50" long rough 1x10's for the sides. Those 4 boards then soaked up an entire quart of Minwax ebony stain. 3/8" bolts and eye bolts were inserted from the inside. T-nuts were were used to secure the bolts from the outside. The remainder of the bolts were cut off flush.

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Here you can see there were eight 3/8" eye bolts aded for addition hold downs. I had to move the rear facing light inboard from the roll cage for clearance.
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those eye holes will work gret is you have a load in the bed and it's pushing to hard on the sides just get some small turnbuckles with cables and help secure them sides from bending out .
 
Peanut said:
your side came out great can i ask you a question .what size tubing did you use to slide into the holes on the bed and what is the distance from the hole center to center?. i might sneek into the bota yard to get the measurements i need .they don't like me around there and when i show up with a tape measure they are very quik to escort me off the property.lol
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I used 1" x 1" square tubing, 36" in length. Center to center running down the bed I believe is 46.5" and across the bed 53" (both center to center)

Peanut said:
those eye holes will work gret is you have a load in the bed and it's pushing to hard on the sides just get some small turnbuckles with cables and help secure them sides from bending out .
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I was thinking of making a U shaped bracket with some 3/4" square tube to slip down into the tops of the 1" to hold things together but I really think the eye bolts will be all I need. and I will most definitely need them.

Last night i had the thing heaped well over the cab with prunings from the apple trees. Fire wood won't be so forgiving at that height ;)
 
A piece of chain with hooks in both ends would fit nicely into those eye-hooks adjusted to just the right length to prevent spreading the sides. One on the front could be semi permanent and the one in back easily removed for loading.
 
I always carry a few rope ratchet straps and if I'm going to load it up with anything heavy I put them on and cinch them up.
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I don't leave the sides on all the time, only when I need them. They really limits visibility when backing up.
 
Here's a shot of my rails. They're very similar in design to yours, Wild Bill.
Yesterday I added the chainsaw mounts. I'm going to start planning a front rack soon.
 

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very nice guys. :clap: :clap: This thread has been added to the index in the one sticky thread.

I like the addition of the chain saw hangers. Very handy. :thumb:
 
A few more pics
 

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Here's a little more detail on the bulkhead design. Simple tool-less on and off.
 

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Thank you bigorange121 I am going to add those rales to my RTV 900. Such a great and efficient idea.
 
Nice job on the side rails.Im betting youll end up adding a back board on yours like most have here.It keeps the junk from falling between the bed and back screen.You will notice ofer time if you dont add a back stop you will collect a ton of junk on top of the motor.Its amazing how much someones machine looks a lot like mine for chain saw and log roller placements lol.
 
I found a couple pics of my sideboards so will stick them here. I used 1" square aluminum tubing with 1" aluminum angle pop riveted to the tubing, and pressure treated boards. I'll paint it this spring, don't know what color yet. Suggestions?
 

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