After looking around at what was available for the Super Duty for side steps I decided to just make my own. I have a RDS 60gal/toolbox combo that does not come above the rail of the truck. It never seems to fail, what I want out of the toolbox is in the middle. lol

Now, the $12 came from buying a piece of 1 inch black iron pipe. The rest of the project I made from scraps I had sitting around.

I bent up the 1 inch pipe using a Harbor Freight bender. The back plate is only 3/16 inch as that is what I had. I did however reinforce it with 2"x 3/16" angle iron on both sides.
There are two holes in the frame that appear to be there to mount a step but, they put the EBrake cable in the way so the step they used on the F150 won't work. The frame holes seem to be made for some sort of bolt that would go in the bigger hole and slide over into a slot and lock down. The slot is not square however so a 1/2 inch carriage (bumper bolt) would not go into the slot far enough to suit me. I ground down opposite sides of the square head under the carriage top making the leading edge just a bit smaller than the back edge. It slid into the slot and locks down nicely. Without removing the fuel tank it would be almost impossible to use a regular bolt/nut combination.

I used a old mower axle for the angled reinforcement from the back plate to the step bar. If not for the Ebrake cable I could have brought these out further on the pipe.


I then coated it with a spray can of Bed Liner.


About to mount under the truck. I welded two studs on to mount the Wix Fuel filter housing used with my Aux tank.


From the side. I thought I had it laid out perfectly but when I started tightening down the frame bolts the step came up enough to barely hit the bottom of the bed. I had to remove it and elongate the mounting holes with the plasma cutter. I now have 1/4 inch clearance.




Look down the side. I had a small piece of steel diamond plate. I had planned to use a piece of aluminum diamond plate but they wanted $50 for a 12"x24" inch piece.

 

Looks good!

 

That will work. Something relatively simple, and it doesn't look too bad either. Very functional.

 

I like it, did you do one for each side?


When does production start?

 

No, I only made one side. Thinking about the other side though.

Using a jack bender it might be hard to go into production. lol

 

Purple, looks like you are competent !
Nice job

 

should have made it stick out a little more and put a hole in the middle and it would be like a bumper dumper! looks good tho.

 

Great Job !!

 

Nicely done!!

 

Looks super strong! Nicely done!

 

Thanks guys. The bumper dumper really got me. lololol At first I was gonna have it slide out. Then I realized that huge fender is sticking out anyway so no need to have it slide. If it were a single wheel truck it might be a shin breaker.

I'm 190 and I jumped up and down on it and all that happened was the whole truck rocked. My better half always says everything I do, I overkill.

 

Haha, so now you can do nascar style tire rotations?

 

when are you gonna make a bumper dumper then? all these accessories your making, might as well make one you can use when thinking up more.

 

lol, that would be far easier to make. Just hook it into the receiver on the back of the truck. I prefer one that I just have to flush though. I hate washing out those buckets.

 

no im talkign about making a permanent one on the truck, no bucket needed itll just flop on the ground then drive 10 feet up and you got a new poopin spot.