DIY tailgate extender/table

[kawie95]

DIY wood tailgate extender/table in action (pics)

My dad build this for his Silverado about 5 years ago. This year, I adapted it to fit on the Raptor, keeping his memory alive.

I am thinking of flipping the mounting brackets so they pivot upwards, so the bed extender cannot lift off the tailgate stud.

Makes a great table too when camping. Not sure how it handles offroad hardcore, but offroading a bit with it was fine.

I have the sway bar off, and noticed a bit of the wheel fighting back on the highway at high speeds (like if I didnt hold the wheel, it may have gotten "head shake"). Also had some understeering going up the tight mountain roads at 50+mph with all that weight so far back.

 

[kawie95]

Few more pics (second one is a duplicate, sorry)

 

[Prybar]

Um...wow...

 

[willis68]

If you paint it black that would look much better, but the wood look is to Jed Clampett for my taste, but to each their own

 

[Maxx2893]

Looks great man, and functions great too. Just hit with a shot of black paint so it matches the truck a little better and your good to go

 

[Pynenut]

I would just buy a bed extender for a couple hundred bucks. It will look alot better IMO. I mean, what is a couple hundred bucks for a 50k vehicle?

 

[Humvee21]

I would just buy a bed extender for a couple hundred bucks. It will look alot better IMO. I mean, what is a couple hundred bucks for a 50k vehicle?

A couple hundred bucks still.

If you like it, who cares what they say.

 

[gotSVT]

Good job on keeping one of Dad's projects going. My vote is to Linex that thing! My Linex guy was doing wood restaurant booth bases when I was getting my bed done. They looked awesome AND waterproof!

 

[kawie95]

Yea, my dad stained it way back when and it sat outside for a while. Its not made to look pretty, its made to hold a bunch of crap to go camping. Just thought someone else wanted a cheap way to haul extra stuff around.

When you have a $62k truck, you dont need the bed extender to look pretty Its an offroad truck, not a street queen. Working on mounting the Henessey intake as well (using aluminum there though)