My Man Step
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From: Whittier, CA
3/8" x 2" HRS. The piece with the tack welded nuts slips inside the bed strut channel, and is very important. That piece is 1-3/4" x 4" HRS. This keeps the thin sheet metal bed strut from bending under load.
My Backpack Gots Jets
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From: LBC
This is my man step. It's nowhere near as nice as Bill's, but it was a lot less work to fabricate.
Amazon.com: B&R Plastics 101-6 White EZ Foldz Step Stool: Automotive
It also serves to get short people in the passenger seat, and for me to reach the hummingbird feeder on the high eve.
Amazon.com: B&R Plastics 101-6 White EZ Foldz Step Stool: Automotive
It also serves to get short people in the passenger seat, and for me to reach the hummingbird feeder on the high eve.
Amazon.com: Cosco 11-115CLGG4 One-Step Metal Folding Step Stool, Grey: Home Improvement
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That looks good, I.B. I could use a pair back at the bumper too. I'm glad the footpad drawing worked out for ya.
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That's Sweet!
Bill, I'm no small fella, would your set up hold a 6'3" 300+ lbs guy like me? And in all seriousness, would you/do you make these kits for sale? Hell I'm looking for some tight now and the cheapest I've found is $185.00, I'd just rather see you get the dough.
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Big Mike, I'm about 220 on Monday mornings, and it holds me fine. It is a little springy if I bounce on it because of the angle, but no where near the yield point. Unless you jumped up and down on it, I think it would be fine.
Sorry, I cannot build them for sale.
Sorry, I cannot build them for sale.
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Looks like a great idea. I'm only 5'5" so I can definitely relate. I guess I'm still young enough that using the tire as a step is no big deal. Of course, I drive a straight truck for work and I have to climb in and out of the back of that thing quite a few times a day too.
