Build Your Own Bike Rack For Truck

Materials for the bike rack.

Build your own bike rack for truck.

I have a 1996 toyota tacoma and i built the rack to fit my truck. If you have a different truck you ll want to measure your truck and cut the pipes accordingly to fit your truck bed. Here s what you need if you want to craft your own rack according to this design. With the clock ticking they get to quic.

Just lay it in the truck bed i m doing this most of the time see above. A cap fitting a wood board clear vinyl tubing screws and wood stain or paint. Building one s own truck bike rack is a great way to save hundreds of dollars. How to build a bike rack for a pickup truck step 1.

Building your own bike rack for the truck bed 1. Bike rack options for trucks. Black iron pipe fittings floor flange fittings a 90 degree starter elbow fitting two 90 degree starter elbow fittings nipple fittings. Parts laid in place.

Cut the pvc pieces. A hitch rack i got a pretty decent one that hold 4 bike for about 100. Tired of lumber hanging out the back of their truck the boys decide to build a homemade truck rack to carry lumber. That usually on the back of my wife s crv.

2x4s truck rack step 1. One can adapt the rack to meet the specific measurements of one s truck and ensure the desired quality without straining the budget. I recently wrote a blog post about how to choose the best bike rack for your car check it out here but i didn t include bike rack options for the back of truck beds because that s a whole other topic there are diy hacks which you ve probably seen in the back of some of your friends trucks front fork thru axel racks that fit inside the truck bed and. Wipe each end with a piece of sandpaper to remove any cutting burrs.

The diy bike rack shown here cost less than 100 to put. For this project im using regular 2x4x8 that you will find at your local lumberyard or bigbox. Even though we only have two bikes i wanted to build a rack that fits four bikes but my truck is too narrow so i settled for three. In many instances it s possible to build your own approximation of these designs with off the shelf items sold at your local home center.

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