Originally Posted by
Gary Lewis
Might look better if you incorporated the same angles as on the headache rack. Come up from the deck on the rearmost piece at the same angle and then go horizontal where it meets the current horizontal line. Similarly, on the top piece come up at the same angle to where it meets the horizontal line.
And, unless you are going to have a lot more wood underneath for the tubing to leverage against you could put similar plates to the headache rack's plates on the bottom of the tubing.
Not exactly sure what you are saying with the angles, but I will try to model that during lunch.
I thought about the rails sliding down too far as well. I think another 2 x 4 screwed to the 2 x 12 on its backside would create a "shelf" for it to sit onto. I even thought about buying some sort of marine grade steel pocket for the tubing to slide into, but that is going to add too much cost. KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) that's my motto for myself