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fordman68
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Age : 31
Location : illinois
|  Subject: Headache rack March 6th 2010, 1:03 pm | |
| I was thinkin on fashioning up a headache rack for my 88 any questions comments concerns? [img]  [/img] | |
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Jared Olson for SO IL
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Age : 30
Location : Campbell Hill, IL
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 6th 2010, 1:05 pm | |
| u might have to move your whips | |
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doc_auto
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Age : 32
Location : corsicana, tx
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 6th 2010, 1:14 pm | |
| yeah thats what im thinkin, other than that, good luck! | |
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In2Trux
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Posts : 1381
Age : 61
Location : North Bay Ont, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 6th 2010, 1:34 pm | |
| Personally I like Head-ache racks. If your not sportin a tonneau cover? A head-ache rack is a great idea.
To make mine?
I went around to our local grocery stores and picked up a bunch of their scrap metal display unites. I found some good metal meshing and some reasonable thick wall square tubing. | |
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semocoachworks
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Age : 49
Location : rapid city south dakota
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 6th 2010, 1:49 pm | |
| I've made several of these headache racks and if you have access to a press, you can build a jig to put the contour of your cab in it by making small bends etc. I built 9 of them for a company here in town for a fleet of 2007 chevy hd's. They had the cab contours, expanded metal shields for the glass, cutout for the 3rd brake light, and a ladder rack that was removable incorporated into them and also a pedestal for a strobe light. After they were complete, they got powder coated in white and they looked awesome. | |
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fordman68
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Posts : 115
Age : 31
Location : illinois
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 7th 2010, 6:33 pm | |
| i wont have to move the whips. they are not in the stake pockets so all it has to do is wrap around | |
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Jared Olson for SO IL
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Age : 30
Location : Campbell Hill, IL
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 7th 2010, 9:58 pm | |
| - fordman68 wrote:
- i wont have to move the whips. they are not in the stake pockets so all it has to do is wrap around
do u only plan on a 1/4 inch head ache rack lol | |
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merlin5577
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Location : Taunton, MA
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 10th 2010, 5:32 pm | |
| My only suggestion is when you mount it, do not mount it to close to the rear glass. I've seen rear windows get cracked when the truck went over a rough bump. | |
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In2Trux
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Posts : 1381
Age : 61
Location : North Bay Ont, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 10th 2010, 10:20 pm | |
| Hey !!! Mount your whips on the Rack.. And some huge back up lights too  | |
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007jimmy
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Age : 39
Location : levittown, PA
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 10th 2010, 10:24 pm | |
| lol.. dont weld near the glass eather.. one little pop is all it takes.. i know from experiance when i put the drive side hoop brace back in my red truck.. i had the seats and carpet covered but didnt think about the glass.. needless to say i got into my truck and shut the door and darn near crap myself when the back window exploded.. luckely i had the gasket and glass from the choptop to put in its place. | |
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In2Trux
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Posts : 1381
Age : 61
Location : North Bay Ont, Canada
| | Subject: Re: Headache rack March 10th 2010, 10:32 pm | |
| Good advice Joe !!! That reminds me, If your building your own rack? Don't do any grinding near the back window, or any glass for that matter.
I put little tiny pits in the back window of my Dakota by grinding to close to it. | |
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