FROADER's 2005 F-150 Crew FX4

[ZSK]

Can you remove the crossbars to maintain access to the bed?

 

[FROADER]

Can you remove the crossbars to maintain access to the bed?

'Unfortunately,' no. I had thought about doing that, but I will be setting up a pulley system in the garage to store it when I don't want it on the truck. It's only held on by the 8 bolts in the angle iron on the bed rails, so it won't really be a big deal to remove it.

I had the tonneau cover on the truck (since purchased), so I was used to owning a nonfunctional truck... If I needed to use a truck bed, I swapped with a friend, which I can still do.

 

[mustangwarrior]

nice build, i always like to see a ford expo rig

 

[cocco78]

Very nice, to bad you couldn't keep the bed covered to keep your stuff clean and dry...

'Unfortunately,' no. I had thought about doing that, but I will be setting up a pulley system in the garage to store it when I don't want it on the truck. It's only held on by the 8 bolts in the angle iron on the bed rails, so it won't really be a big deal to remove it.

I had the tonneau cover on the truck (since purchased), so I was used to owning a nonfunctional truck... If I needed to use a truck bed, I swapped with a friend, which I can still do.

If you want to make the cross bars removable...

http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/ID-Tube-Clamp_p_1467.html

 

[mustangwarrior]

^^are those the ones they used on Extreme 4x4 on the s10 truggy?

 

[FROADER]

Very nice, to bad you couldn't keep the bed covered to keep your stuff clean and dry...

If you want to make the cross bars removable...

I may still try and find a roll-up cover that will work with the rack.

We thought about using those tube connectors, but I'm not worried about it. I'm going to do the pulley system in the garage.

^^are those the ones they used on Extreme 4x4 on the s10 truggy?

Yeah, those are them.

 

[FROADER]

Dropped it off this morning on the way to work.

 

[Jean-Seb]

That looks pretty good ! Nice work on the rack.

 

[FROADER]

It's getting closer to looking like my photoshop idea...

I painted the wheels on Tuesday afternoon.

 

[Mr. D]

like what yuo are doing thus far, the black wheels look sharp

 

[poriggity]

I dig it! Looks awesome so far! I love the custom rack!
Scott

 

[mastersryan]

looks awesome!

 

[Wolvee]

Outstanding rack you've made.

I'd like to do something like this on my 01 SCREW. I'm putting on a hard tonneau cover on Monday and I'm going to start mocking up some Carbon Fiber tubing to make a large rack similar to yours to go on top. (I'm not putting a Tent on top of the rack but it will carry gear.) I've never worked with the Carbon tubing before but it looks to have amazing strength for the weight.

http://www.rockwestcomposites.com/browse/round-carbon-fiber-tubing

 

[Raul B]

great build. its nice to see another F150 on here....