<div>Pat and Ken WOW methods of genious. I didn't even think about that.</div> <div>Mathew, Home Depot and Sutherlands have already fallen on their faces telling me to go elsewhere.</div> <div>thanx guys.</div> <div>think that is the ticket.</div> <div>ed<BR><BR><B><I>Ken Thompson <mrandmrst@comcast.net></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I had thought of something like this back when I used to drive a pickup. The idea I was going to use was 2x4's down both sides with 8' lengths of garage door track bolted to them. You could use 4 garage door roller assemblies bolted to your "strengthened" sheet of 3/4" ply. Utilize a stop to keep it from coming out too
far and also 2 legs that swing down for additional support.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have no idea what kind of lengths of track are available, as I said, I never went past the planning stage.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm sure there are a ton of good ideas out there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good luck,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=divesplat@yahoo.com href="mailto:divesplat@yahoo.com">Ed Deaver</A>
</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mini-iac@yahoogroups.com href="mailto:mini-iac@yahoogroups.com">mini-iac@yahoogroups.com</A> ; <A title=nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org">NSRCA Mailing List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:21 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NSRCA-discussion] Moving pickup floor</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Hey everyone. Am soliciting ideas to make a floor for my 8ft bed Dodge Ram that will slide easily.</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV>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?</DIV> <DIV>Thanx in advance and any help or ideas are greatly appreciated.</DIV> <DIV>Ed</DIV> <div> <HR> <div></div>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing list<BR>NSRCA-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR>http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion</BLOCKQUOTE>_______________________________________________<BR>NSRCA-discussion mailing
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