Contest: Show off your DIY skills - Round 3!!

[Sitdown]

Great to see this contest is back!

keep an eye out for them ninja's

 

[Hazzard]

Damn Ninja's! Pat better lock his doors this time

 

[Juiced4ever]

Ok well I guess I will dive into DIY thread. I built this bed cage over the last month or so. Got a bunch of Tubing from a friend, turned out to be DOM was pretty stoked on that. With some help of my Brother in Law as he is the one with the bender I got to welding.

 

[Juiced4ever]

The rack started to take shape pretty quick. Only messed up one bend. Had to change the back end of it as i did not give myself enough clearance for tailgate.

 

[Juiced4ever]

Built some custom feet for the rack that connect it to the truck bed bolts. So you pull 4 pins and everything comes right out, leaving the feet in place. Keeps my truck bed usable. Also I wanted to use two point MAC straps and not the more expensive 3 points, so having support bars on the rack was crucial.

After a slight delay in the build my jack skid and mount finally arrived from C4 Fabrications. So time to bust out the miller welder again!

 

[Juiced4ever]

Got the tie down points for the tires as well as cooler and action packer from Ruff Stuff. Great tabs that are super strong and I think gives the rack a unique look, that's different from everything else out there as they are triangular. While I was cruising the old inter-web for those I came across the beer gussets from Chassis Unlimited. Order those up right away. It didn't need gussets for strength but its a cool addition to be able to pop a frosty beverage! Lastly the end caps for all the tubing came from A&A manufacturing. Great people at all shops super easy to deal with and awesome products.

So welded those on, busted out the grinder to clean it up.

 

[Juiced4ever]

And Finally the finished product! The rack works flawlessly. Just ran it on the Ghosttown PreRun last week and everything was perfect. It hold a cooler and my action packer full of tools between tires and tail gate. Also holds 2 fuel/water 5 gallon cans behind the jack. Basically pull a tire out and slide the fuel/water cans in and tie down, then put tire back. I think it came out well. All in all very happy with it, but I guess you all are the true judges!

Thanks

 

[Juiced4ever]

I guess I was supposed to make a build thread. Haha I should read from now on. Sorry.

Here is the link to the build thread. Mods do whatever you please with the previous posts in this thread!

THanks

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f65/tahoe-terrain-raptor-42082/#post861092

 

[Bulletnjm]

@Juiced4ever that is sweet, great job!

 

[scarrjack]

Ok, here is my submission...

http://www.fordraptorforum.com/f170/4-more-aux-switches-42118/