-JefF150-

I have a 2011 F-150 XLT Supercab Ecoboost and am looking to make wooden bed rails for my truck. I measured the stake holes on my truck today and they are about 2 1/4'' x 1 3/4''. I'm not the most construction knowledgable person(I've got a tool box and that's about it) and am wondering how I should go about doing so. At Home Depot they had 2"x1"'s which was as close as I could get to the size of the stake holes. I was thinking I could get 4 of those and then get some plywood or something to connect the 3 sides excluding the tail end. Not sure how well that would work...


Helpful thoughts/tips would be great!

jeffinthebag

Need more information. What are you going to use it for? How light weight or how heavy duty do you need it to be?

-JefF150-

Mostly just for leaves, mulch, etc. Not real heavy duty just need more space for hauling away yard waste so I don't have to make as many trips.

jeffinthebag

I would use the biggest piece of wood for the vertical stake pocket post. Use the pressure treated wood for the rails. 2x10 or 2 or 3 of them for 20 to 30 inch high. I would drill and bolt them together. Pressure treated wood will survive the weather better.

Steve Osborne

i just threw this together, for dump runs as well...2x4 ripped in1/2 for the stakes and a couple other 2x4's for the top rail and scraps to fill in and rest on the truck box inner lip..