Toolbox Doubles As Rear Bumper On Pickup

Toolbox Doubles As Rear Bumper On Pickup FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 20-3-8 Bruce Gamble, La Feria, Texas, mounted a heavy duty toolbox on back of his Chevrolet 3/4-ton pickup in place of the original rear bumper. The 6 by 8-in. toolbox-bumper is fitted with a sliding drawbar that makes hookups easy. Gamble bolted a pair of steel plates to the bottom of the pickup frame, then welded the toolbox to the plates. "The toolbox is made of heavy-gauge metal so it makes a solid bumper when closed. The toolbox comes in handy for storing bulky tools such as chains, bars, jacks, sledge hammers, etc.," says Gamble. "Such tools always seem to be on the bottom of your toolbox whenever you need them so you have to move everything out of the way first. "The sliding hitch consists of a wedge-shaped steel plate that's free to slide 18 in. forward or backward and 12 in. from side to side so I don't have to back up perfectly in line with the trailer." Gamble also welded a hitch onto the grille guard on front of the pickup to back trailers into his barn. He simply welded a steel plate to the bottom of two vertical pieces on the grille guard and drilled a hole in the center of it. The hitch plate doubles as an access step to the engine. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bruce Gamble, Rt. 1, Box 173, La Feria, Texas 78559 (ph 210 797-2169).

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