Louisd75
Adventurer
Cooking on my tailgate was getting a little old and I didn't really want to drop the coin needed for a lightweight table. Instead, I whipped up a little shelf that attaches to the shell of my truck and hangs on the side near the wheel well, like so:
It's made of 1/4" plywood with an oak veneer screwed and glued to a frame made of 1x2:
The webbing is some 1" stuff I had laying around. I put grommets where the webbing connects to the shelf and to the S hooks. The S hooks connect to the underside of the fiberglass shell or to the underside of the truck bedrail:
I used nylon buckles to make the webbing adjustable because I didn't have any of ladderlock buckles kicking around. I can adjust the length of the straps to level the shelf out. The straps are attached to the shelf with #8 SS screws and washers. There's also a piece of rubber weather stripping on the edge of the shelf facing the truck to provide a little bit of grip and keep things from moving around too much:
I'll cut the excess of the strap off after I use it for a while and make sure that everything is where I want it.
-Louis
![DSCN4096.jpg](http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/louisd75/Side%20shelf/DSCN4096.jpg)
It's made of 1/4" plywood with an oak veneer screwed and glued to a frame made of 1x2:
![DSCN4102.jpg](http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/louisd75/Side%20shelf/DSCN4102.jpg)
The webbing is some 1" stuff I had laying around. I put grommets where the webbing connects to the shelf and to the S hooks. The S hooks connect to the underside of the fiberglass shell or to the underside of the truck bedrail:
![DSCN4099.jpg](http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/louisd75/Side%20shelf/DSCN4099.jpg)
I used nylon buckles to make the webbing adjustable because I didn't have any of ladderlock buckles kicking around. I can adjust the length of the straps to level the shelf out. The straps are attached to the shelf with #8 SS screws and washers. There's also a piece of rubber weather stripping on the edge of the shelf facing the truck to provide a little bit of grip and keep things from moving around too much:
![DSCN4098.jpg](http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad341/louisd75/Side%20shelf/DSCN4098.jpg)
I'll cut the excess of the strap off after I use it for a while and make sure that everything is where I want it.
-Louis