“Made It Myself” Truck Bed Has It All FARM SHOP Miscellaneous Henry Daugherty turned a worn-out pickup truck bed into a rugged flat bed equipped with a crane storage and more It has a rebuilt cab and an 80 by 108-in treated lumber bed with internal 1 3/4 by 3 3/4-in I D stake pockets The stake pockets are used to hold side and backend boards as well as a portable vise “I do excavating trucking snow removal and equipment sales ” says Daugherty “The factory bed on the pickup was rusted out I disposed of it and built a replacement It has hand grabs and tie-down rails as well as bump posts on the headboard for holding pipe ladders and other long material ” Daugherty added cargo lights under body tool storage and a 1/2-ton crane with a 5-ft reach boom powered by a 12-volt electric winch “I added a grab bar on the side of the crane and a ladder under the bed so I can climb onto the bed easily ” says Daugherty “I also installed a 6 000-watt inverter in the cab behind the passenger seat to provide 115-volt AC power to power outlets on the side of the bed ” For added longevity Daugherty added two coats of used motor oil to the surface of the 2 by 6-in floorboard bed The sideboards are treated 1 by 6-in decking The headboard is 2 by 4-in tubing “I built the bed for my own use and didn’t keep track of materials or labor ” says Daugherty “If I did it over the only change I would make is to go with standard 2 by 4-in stake pockets ” He says he is not interested in going into the custom truck bed business at least in the short term “I am building a retirement shop and will probably be busy with it for the next 2 years ” says Daugherty Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Henry Industries 107 Sierra Heights Rd Dubois Penn 15801 ph 814 371-8010; mobile 814 603-0788; henryindustries@yahoo com

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