Hey folks i was wanting to build myself a headache rack and eventually a replacement bumper/grill guard for my 95 f150 and i was curious of what some of yours look like and what not so lets get the pics rollin!!

 

Got my headache rack from the local junkyard for 40 bucks. It really makes behind the cab look alot less bare. I looked up the same ones online and they go for around 240 plus shipping online. Gotta love junkyards

 

what a steal! lol yes Junk Yards = Hidden Treasure

 

Subscribing and hopefully adding soon. Custom bumpers and headache rack are getting to the top of my to do list.

I need to mount my winches and I got a really cool idea for the headache rack.

 

i have some sweet ideas in my cranium for a rack but i just gotta get the cad program out...

 

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here are some ideas that i found

 

This is just tacked together in this picture.


I built this out of scrap pipe I had laying around and some other stuff. The center of it is the center of a Warn Enforcer bumper (got the bumper from a friend because he destroyed it hooking a chain through the lighthole) I cut the uprights on it out of flat stock that I had, the "tow" hooks on it are off of a chevy that I had laying around, there's a bolt through it (grade 8) and it's welded to the upright. Grade 8 bolts are also holding it to the frame. The smaller diameter pipe is some pretty thick roll cage pipe, the thicker pipe in the center is much thicker than the rest. When I finished it, I had it sandblasted and powdercoated, which was done very poorly, and I painted it over in bedliner.

This is the best recent picture I have of it.

 

that looks pretty sweet!

 

Its also pretty strong. I've used the hooks on it about a dozen times now to pull vehicles out of ditches, and I've hit 2 deer at about 60 mph and its still straight.

I forgot to mention that its also raked out at the top so if I hit a deer it goes under the truck and not into the hood.

 

i noticed that. that could be good and bad lol

 

I am subscribing going to make a custom headache rack with a custom Harley Davidson inlay on my 88 F150.
Trav

In the meantime here is some of the headaches we have so far. First on 89 F250 flatbed:

here is a better shot:

here is a shot of the rack on our 89 F350s flatbed (when on parts truck) want to put an inlay on it to:

and the one I picked up from a guy for $10 that was on our 86 F150 but removed and haven't been able to put back on:

 

I have yet to find a situation in which it's bad.

 

like sending a deer under your truck and poking a hole in the oil pan or a gas tank but its unlikely

 

Probably just symantics, but if you're shopping for metal stock, don't buy "pipe." Pipe is used for plumbing, it's not particularly strong (for it's weight anyway) for structural use. "Tubing" is what roll cages, bumpers etc are made of. If you're sopping for stock, ask for tubing.

 

Friend of mines recently bought ex-plow truck has a nicely home made backrack, that runs all the way down the bed rails. It's all 1 piece and looks really tough and heavy.