bpdchief
11-05-2012, 08:38 PM
Finally getting around to a tailbox. Today I put the shelf on (14x17 black plastic cutting board)
and I have to redo the brace. It is in the middle of the shelf and leaves too much overhanging.
http://s12.postimage.org/drej9523t/tailplate_003.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/drej9523t/)
I read another entry where a vice and socket was used to create a curve rather than a sharp bend. I don't have access to a vice, so, I clamped my strap between two 2x4's. The redo will involve 2 additional straps bent at the angle needed to provide rearward support, attached to the existing bolt.
http://s8.postimage.org/yoej5sxs1/tailplate_mod.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/yoej5sxs1/)
http://s9.postimage.org/4gahsm0jf/tailplate_005.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/4gahsm0jf/)
The box comes next paycheck, but, this worked to get groceries home this evening. Hey, poor folks got poor ways...
http://s14.postimage.org/f8f9ve2st/tailplate_006.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/f8f9ve2st/)
and I have to redo the brace. It is in the middle of the shelf and leaves too much overhanging.
http://s12.postimage.org/drej9523t/tailplate_003.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/drej9523t/)
I read another entry where a vice and socket was used to create a curve rather than a sharp bend. I don't have access to a vice, so, I clamped my strap between two 2x4's. The redo will involve 2 additional straps bent at the angle needed to provide rearward support, attached to the existing bolt.
http://s8.postimage.org/yoej5sxs1/tailplate_mod.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/yoej5sxs1/)
http://s9.postimage.org/4gahsm0jf/tailplate_005.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/4gahsm0jf/)
The box comes next paycheck, but, this worked to get groceries home this evening. Hey, poor folks got poor ways...
http://s14.postimage.org/f8f9ve2st/tailplate_006.jpg (http://postimage.org/image/f8f9ve2st/)