We bought this truck last winter and a 8.5 foot lance camper. But I needed a way to carry the genny while pulling the jetboat. Actually two Generac GP 2500 inverter units with a parallel kit to run the AC and microwave together.
I sat around the house thinking about it for a couple weeks and then ordered some Aluminum from Online Metals.com.
This is what I came up with. It's not quite done. I still need to round off the sharp corners at the top insides so someone does not get injured by falling on them. And I have to drill some hole for security cables to pass through.
1/4 inch diamond plate. 1 x 3 x 1/8 under the rear to stiffen it. 2.5 x 2.5 x 1/4 for the vertical to lock it onto the stinger. 3/4 x 1.5 x 1/8 for reinforcement. 12 x 48 x 1/8 for the fence pieces. and 3/8 plate for the retention Ds and for the hinge plates.
The entire deck rotates up to 45 degrees and mounts onto the tailgate hinges, just like placing or removing the tailgate. It weighs less than half of what the original tailgate weighs.
I sat around the house thinking about it for a couple weeks and then ordered some Aluminum from Online Metals.com.
This is what I came up with. It's not quite done. I still need to round off the sharp corners at the top insides so someone does not get injured by falling on them. And I have to drill some hole for security cables to pass through.
1/4 inch diamond plate. 1 x 3 x 1/8 under the rear to stiffen it. 2.5 x 2.5 x 1/4 for the vertical to lock it onto the stinger. 3/4 x 1.5 x 1/8 for reinforcement. 12 x 48 x 1/8 for the fence pieces. and 3/8 plate for the retention Ds and for the hinge plates.
The entire deck rotates up to 45 degrees and mounts onto the tailgate hinges, just like placing or removing the tailgate. It weighs less than half of what the original tailgate weighs.