duker66
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Nice. Pretty thorough, and likely to hold what you have in mind. Not sure if you saw the shovel mounted on the inside of the bed several threads back. The sheet metal gave in to the constant movement of the shovel and started to split at the drill points. Appreciate the post.I found some plated Unistrut channel and some riv-nut type anchors. the channel was punched with 9/16" holes (!) but there was lots of room in between to drill some smaller ones (I think I used 5/16). Once those were drilled I clamped them against the bed inside, under the rails where there's a big enough spot, and transferred the holes with a Sharpie. Drilled and set one, used it to match a second one, then temporarily attached the channel and match drilled any of the others that landed in an appropriate spot (where there is an obvious gap between the outer skin and the inner structure) and set a few more. I think it ended up being at least 5-6 per side. I forget how I shimmed them out (the riv-nut has a thin head and the channel rocked a little) but they ended up pretty solid. Lots of unistrut-channel compatible options. Will it tow a trailer? Nah. It will anchor cartons, cross-bars, small bins, and so on.
Didn't take any pictures while I did it.
Good luck.
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