Thread: Bed shortener?
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Old 01-11-2017, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Fasttrackranger View Post
Its just that this question has been asked a few times already. The answer is always the same. If it requires actual skills to do or cost too much people look for another answer. There is nothing you can do that'll magically install itself into your bed and not cost a dime. Head to a jy and get you a bed extender from a sport trac for $50. Pocket the brackets they require. Then install it somehow into your bed. Then your 5 and a half foot bed will only be 3.5 ft and the extender can flip out and make your bed 7.5 ft when necessary. Cut up some 2x's and make baskets. These are options that are realistic.

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Like I said in my original quote, I didn't know what to search for. and so did not find what I was looking for. I'm not afraid to build something, or spend the money on something that fits my needs perfectly, but before I went and designed something to build or dropped cash on something, seeing what others have done gives me an idea of what works and what does not.

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Originally Posted by SB03Ranger View Post
I had a bed divider thing at one point. I actually sold it on here. Worked great cause it was adjustable.

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Called a loading zone bed organizer.
awesome! thanks, that looks like a good product, and not too far out of possibility, Its not perfect, but pretty darn close.

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Originally Posted by RoberticusMaximus View Post
i used an old shower curtain rod (screws out against the bed sides) for years. it was going in the trash anyway, so i though what the hell. kept my mower against the cab and the gas cans against the tailgate

and i'm just about to take some junk lumber and build a cage for hauling slippery shit around that i don't want slipping around the bed lol

both about as cheap as you can get!
Very true, I unfortunately don't have scrap lumber sitting around, but I love the idea of the shower curtain rod. Simple, cheap, effective! I wonder how it would work if and two and hooked up some mesh bags one on top, other on bottom, to work as a divider as well as a something to hold smaller things. and when its not going to be used, can be put out of the way pretty quick and easy.

I tend to carry a lot of boxes and computer equipment around, and having to unfold a bed cover to reach something that has slid to the front is a pain that can be avoided, and that's really what I'm trying to avoid doing.
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