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Originally Posted by pistolpete
being that you are in one of the richest towns in CA.... median household income >$120,000 (yorba linda- home of former President Richard Nixon) why not just purchase the Sporttube double hauler....its only $168...I was trying to save money... |
I'm not swimming in cash either, so I do like to save money wherever possible. I built a rudimentary rack for the rod holder out of some square tube steel that I had laying around and road tested it..... Lets just say that the aerodynamics proved lacking with the rod holder installed...(read) It was trying to fly off the truck @ 75mph. My original goal was to provide secure storage for my rods outside the cab, so I had to modify the original design a bit. I ended up cutting down the pvc pipes to around 5' and just placed the rod holder in the bed secured with pad-locks and high strength steel cable. I also doubled the rod carrying capacity to 4 rods by adding 2 more tubes to the original box. Now that it's done i've found that I can still offroad on some very nasty trails without fear of a rod holder bouncing off the roof of the cab or becoming tangled in low hanging branches
