Great idea, I'll have to remember that for any that aren't pulling tight on install.If you have to take it apart before you reinstall it put toothpicks in the hole's with a little wood glue & break them off & when you reassemble you have a new hole.
Yep! I won't build anything like this but sure enjoying the design and build
Hi Greg,
Weight is definitely a concern, I bought five sheets of .75" Plywood. One sheet was Birch for the drawers which is around 50 pounds worse case. The rest I assume about 40 pounds a sheet. I'm gonna use about 85% of it by the end so I'm guessing somewhere between 150-200 pounds for the whole thing. If we assume 10 pounds of paint and hardware and about 30-40 pounds for the rubber I'm gonna cover it and line the drawers with it all adds up to be pretty heavy. Plus the topper has gotta be at least 200 pounds maybe more. No noticeable settling of the suspension yet but once they're loaded up there could be. As long as it sits decently I'll be happy, only thing I ever haul in the bed is cans of diesel and wood pellets. Between the topper and now the lost headroom to the platform you'd be hard pressed to fit enough stuff in to overload the bed now. I use a trailer for 90% of what I haul.
Nothing too fancy, I don't love the giant chrome T-handles but they make it so you unlock it and slide it out in one smooth motion rather than having a latch and a secondary pull handle. Lights are tempting and I really like the idea of the ones underneath the drawers. I don't think I need any in the drawers as the leds I installed on the hatch of the cap light up the drawers nicely.
I've seen so many 1/2 ton trucks with those giant old campers in the bed, never good when your headlights are signaling aircraft and your hitch receiver is acting as a wheelie bar on the big bumps.
This made me think of your earlier post.
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