Been raining here so I had an idea for something I've wanted to do for quite a while. When going to cut and you put the saws in the back of the truck they wanted to slide around. Really bad with a bed liner so I wanted to cure that. Some of the woods we have are hilly too so they want to slide then as well. Wanted something that would fold up and be out of the way so I started tossing ideas in my head around and this is what I came up with.
Bought a Pressure treated 2 x 8 some bungee cords and 2 packs of screw on D rings. If you have bigger bars a bigger board would be in order as this is close on some of mine.
I want it to hook in between the gap of the bed and tailgate, thus not allowing it to slide forward. Got a scrap of thin steel and bent a pattern. Then to the steel pile and got some 1/8" strap stainless and cut them to length after cutting the board to bed width and laying it all out.
Transferred the bend lines to the 2 straps and bent them both in the press at once. Makes them the same and used a square to make sure they were straight.
2 simple bends and I'm good to go. Nice matched set this way
Here you can see how the hook in. The 45 degree bend is needed to clear the tailgate. It just barely hits it when closed and locks it into position. Basically trapping it with no straps or bolting down, Quick and easy.
Put the saws in position allowing some space between. Slot positions can be added where ever needed down the road too. I just plunge cut them with a chainsaw and made them twice the width of the bar.
Hit them real quick with a rounding router blade to get rid of the splintered edges. Not too worried about perfection here, it's a used tool.
All the slots done and rounded over. Now I'm ready to attach the straps.
Went to the outer edge and checked to see if everything cleared. After doing so I drilled a 3/8" hole in the ends of both straps and A pilot hole in the 2 x 8. I used 3/8" lag bolts 3 inches long.
Putting them on the outer ends allows you to fold the straps in for storage . It also allows it to be thrown in the bed and wood stacked on top of it when you can just stick your saws into the wood load like we all do.
Bought a Pressure treated 2 x 8 some bungee cords and 2 packs of screw on D rings. If you have bigger bars a bigger board would be in order as this is close on some of mine.
I want it to hook in between the gap of the bed and tailgate, thus not allowing it to slide forward. Got a scrap of thin steel and bent a pattern. Then to the steel pile and got some 1/8" strap stainless and cut them to length after cutting the board to bed width and laying it all out.
Transferred the bend lines to the 2 straps and bent them both in the press at once. Makes them the same and used a square to make sure they were straight.
2 simple bends and I'm good to go. Nice matched set this way
Here you can see how the hook in. The 45 degree bend is needed to clear the tailgate. It just barely hits it when closed and locks it into position. Basically trapping it with no straps or bolting down, Quick and easy.
Put the saws in position allowing some space between. Slot positions can be added where ever needed down the road too. I just plunge cut them with a chainsaw and made them twice the width of the bar.
Hit them real quick with a rounding router blade to get rid of the splintered edges. Not too worried about perfection here, it's a used tool.
All the slots done and rounded over. Now I'm ready to attach the straps.
Went to the outer edge and checked to see if everything cleared. After doing so I drilled a 3/8" hole in the ends of both straps and A pilot hole in the 2 x 8. I used 3/8" lag bolts 3 inches long.
Putting them on the outer ends allows you to fold the straps in for storage . It also allows it to be thrown in the bed and wood stacked on top of it when you can just stick your saws into the wood load like we all do.
i'll probably improvise on you idea but it won't be as nice as yours since i''m not much of a handyman. like you.
