[NSRCA-discussion] Moving pickup floor

[Ken Thompson]

Dang Pat,

We must have been typing at the same time ;-)

ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Hewitt" <phewitt at farmersagent.com>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Moving pickup floor


> Hi Ed,
>
> I did it for less than $100.00. Go to a garage door company and get two 
> side
> rails mine was FREE, buy 8 rollers from them and your done the rollers 
> were
> about $8.00 each.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Pat Hewitt
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: 03:23 PM CDT, 04/25/2007
> From: Ed Deaver <divesplat at yahoo.com>
> To: mini-iac at yahoogroups.com,        NSRCA Mailing List
> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Moving pickup floor
>
> Hey everyone.  Am soliciting ideas to make a floor for my 8ft bed Dodge 
> Ram
> that will slide easily.
>  Have checked out drawer rails but none are long enough and the saleman
> states wouldn't handle the weight.  There is a kit out there for around 
> $600
> but think it can be made much cheaper.  Already have a 3/4" piece of ply.
> Just need to figure out a way to be able to slide it in and out of the bed
> without getting a hernia, or using such force that the planes dislodge 
> when
> putting back in.
>  Some thoughts I had are using 2x4's on the side and making a slide 
> channel
> using 1x1's and lubricating with some grease, lithium ect.  Don't know how
> that would work.
>  Another thought is to try to find some sort of premade "track" that can 
> be
> screwed to the 2x4 and the ply using a series of bearings/wheels to slide
> easily.
>  The next question is do I put a movable leg on the end so when pulling 
> out
> it drops down and supports the floor, or just have a dead line on the 
> floor
> and never pull it out past that point?
>  Thanx in advance and any help or ideas are greatly appreciated.
>  Ed
>
>
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