Hi all, While looking at many of the great trucks in the gallery section I noticed how many people have pic of things or accessories they have made for their trucks. Many are hitches and skid plates and so on. I was just wondering what problems have been corrected or added to your trucks that you built in your shops? Some of you folks are really good fabricators.
tim

 

The combination Sleeping bed /and underbed Storage (oh, and the curtains for the windows).
See gallery.

 

hmmm....I would say that my custom made rear airbag setup would be the most useful so far. I lowered the rear to get a softer ride and to give it a level road stance. To regain the load hauling and towing of my boat capabilities I added my home made air bag setup. I can inflate them from in the cab and when I get the gauge put in I'll be able to monitor and inflate the left and right independently. It rides so smoothly now with no load and give me 2 inches of lift or drop, depending on what I want to. See pics in my gallery.

 

Me too on the lowering and air bags. It's nice to have the on board air for other uses also.

 

I made a center councle out of a tool box, sectioned it off for tools, napkins, and other little things. Works great and doesn't look to bad.
I also did a dual Battery set up that I like for when I go night mudding, or just when ever I use my lights.

 

I didnt make it myself but I recently bought a bedslide for my 75. I carry alot of tools and my knees get so sore from crawlin cross the tailgate tryin to reach stuff. The bedslide measures 4 x 8 and rides on two rails with ball bearings. To get your stuff you just open the gate, turn a handle and pull the slide out and you can reach everything easy. It cost 500 clams. The canopy places sell them.

 

so far it's been the daul alts. i have it set to weld with the aux alt but so far have not had to use it. but when the main alt failed on a trip it was sure nice to be able to turn a switch and keep on driving.

 

Not as involved as some others but my dad made a passenger door unlocker........a stick he could use to reach over from the drivers side to unlock the passenger door. Worked well, saved stretching.

 

Probably my front hitch. It is nice for pulling, or getting pulled. I would also rate my rear spring drop brackets up there, since they eliminated the rear blocks. Other than that, I haven't made too many little things yet.

 

Best thing I've done is adapt '86 F150 power windows into my '73. I can't inagine being without them now...

Marty

 

I put a flat dump bed on my 78 F250 4x4.

 

I made an aluminum hot air adapter to go over my header tube to draw warm air into the air cleaner so that my carb wouldn't ice up in the winter.

 

how did you install the dual alts? do you have instructions? or did you just wing it? also how is it set up for welding?

 

the most usefull thing i have made would have to be the hand throttle. i took a bicicle brake lever and mounted it on the gearshift lever (manual tranny) then got a long bicicle cable and sleave and piggybacked it onto the carb linkage. it comes in handy when wheelin on steep hills and it surprises how much i use it on the street, all for like 2 bucks and an hour or so of work.

the other thing would be my front tow hooks you can see them in my '79 gallery if you are interested

 

I guess the ball valve that I installed into the inline heater hose is one of my favorites. That way I can turn the water off coming into the heater in the summer time to keep the heat out of the cab.

This is especially helpful when you don't have a/c.