I am a hillbilly and these pictures prove it
 

I've been outfitting my 3/4 ton into my welding truck.

I'm building all the racks and stuff for my torch and Bobcat welder to be able to do all fabrication out in the field.

I figured while I was at it, I'd build a tailgate. I bought the truck without a gate at all.

I think the name in the middle puts me firmly in the redneck category.

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Sweet, I like it.

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Looking goood!!!.........................and red;) :lol:

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Nice gate, I think it needs a little Ochre...

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Actually I think to be an "actual" redneck you have to have mudder tires on the back with regular tires on the front. Your close though ;)

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Show me the latch/handle assembly. My pos aftermarket tailgate is going in the trash soon. My neighbor gave me a homemade pipe gate that came off a '76,so i am ging to clean it up & mod it to fit my '72.

RD


PS-AFTERMARKET TAILGATES SUCK!

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wheres the skeleton key for that gate. bars like that bring back baad memories!!! gotta love them old chevy trucks! nice fab job too

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Looks good, the mud grips would top it off.

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I like it! To be more redneck it may need some bailing twine tied to it. MAybe to hold a "same sh!t - difrint day" sign. If my tailgate gets much worse I may do the same thing. People here expect me to make something whenever stuff breaks.

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I hear banjos

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Twangy dangy twang twang ....

Huh shucks,that thar sure is a purdy thang,uh huh uh huh.I ain`t got no use fer no gall dern store-bought citified tailgate no way.`Sides,this way you git ta put yer own name on `er.

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I was thinking that maybe you're just a big Flo-Rida Fan?

Is that your Taco?

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If being practical makes you a hillbilly, I'm guilty as charged...

Looks great TX!

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Looks to me like your a fabricator/welder with a country accent. If you were a Hilbilly, that tailgate would be made from a shipping pallet and the name would be spray painted on.

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:agree:

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Very Redneck, I agree you need some Boggers on the back and a nice Fat Round pipe bumper would top it off.....and maybe a Rebel flag!:chevy:

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The Tacoma ? Yes it's mine. I ordered it earlier in the year when gas prices were so high. My short bed gets 10 mpg and the Tacoma gets 24. Money well spent.

I did have to order it and wait a month to get it as it's a real unusual truck in that configuration.

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Now you just need some tires with "no hunting" spray painted on them. You can find a nice set hanging on fence posts sometimes.

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I'm actually building the pipe bumper right now. 4 inch round pipe with rounded corners and treadplate on top. Recessed license plate and back up lights with hidden reciever hitch behind the license plate. I will post pictures when I'm done with it.

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pipe bump'er...

I have one on the rear of orange...my buddy down on the farm fab'd his up so it'll hold air, Im not sure how many psi it holds but it'll air up his tires if he needs it to-

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A hillbilly in flat land country? Maybe a "coastalbilly." :lol:

Besides what's been mentioned already, here's a few more things to complement the look.

A bale of hay.
Upside down rubber boots between the cab and bed.
Got to have a chain and coil of hemp rope in there.
Throw a set of jumper cables in.
And for sure a pair of cojones hanging from the trailer hitch when your done.

One more thing, a sticker showing Calvin pi##ng on a Ferd.

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You guys got me wrong. I'm rigging it to be my mobile welding truck. The bed will be full of a very large welder, a torch rig, and lots of other welding stuff.

Wait till you see the bumper though. It's big enough to build an elementry school on.

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Oh, one of those uppity red necks then... ;)

You got enough to handle that load? May have to go with extra heavy duty springs. Some welding rigs with oxy/acetylene tanks that I've seen are pretty heavy!

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Guess I'm one too.............



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"gitter done"