So I'm a bit of a tightwad and can usually find substitute materials and ideas for projects I'm working on. I wanted to give this idea a work out before I posted it and it looks like its gonna work just fine. I've read about guys using old bedliners for glides but couldn't find any in my area, so I went to the local lowes looking for garage door molding like others had used but 15.00 a stick was to rich for my blood and then it hit me. Black corrigated drain pipe is made of low density poloy its abiut 6.00 a stick 10' length just what I needed. Here's how I did it and what you need.
Materials
2 sticks of pipe (or more if your trailer is longer)
Heat gun
2'×8" 1by
Some kind of heavy weight ( car batt, 1 gal paint cans etc....)
A buddy for just the first part.
Process: have your buddy lay out the pipe infront of your pick-up making sure the seams if the pipe are at the sides, now start to roll over the pipe your buddy needs to make sure the pipe stays straight. Now cut the pipe at the sides you'll notice it has broken in places atb the seams thats ok. Now you have 4 6" wide pieces. Take each piece and heat untill it becomes plyable at that point lay your board on it and apply the weight I found working in 2' sections is best by the time you heat up the next section the previous section is cooled and flat. Screw the flat sections on your deck and
The best thing about it is if you hsve to slide a sled over thers no grooves to lift it iut of
there you have it. I used self tappers my deck is metal about a foot apart
Materials
2 sticks of pipe (or more if your trailer is longer)
Heat gun
2'×8" 1by
Some kind of heavy weight ( car batt, 1 gal paint cans etc....)
A buddy for just the first part.
Process: have your buddy lay out the pipe infront of your pick-up making sure the seams if the pipe are at the sides, now start to roll over the pipe your buddy needs to make sure the pipe stays straight. Now cut the pipe at the sides you'll notice it has broken in places atb the seams thats ok. Now you have 4 6" wide pieces. Take each piece and heat untill it becomes plyable at that point lay your board on it and apply the weight I found working in 2' sections is best by the time you heat up the next section the previous section is cooled and flat. Screw the flat sections on your deck and
The best thing about it is if you hsve to slide a sled over thers no grooves to lift it iut of
there you have it. I used self tappers my deck is metal about a foot apart
