Box cross rail caps

[vince1]

If some of you are looking for an easy fix for somewhat rusted out box cross rails, I found some U channel at the building supply store.

It is galvanized 18 gauge 1 3/8" by 1/2" by 1/2" by 12'. They come in pieces advertised in the rack as 11' 11 1/2" long but when I got them home they were actually 12', so cut in half each covers two rails.

If I were to design new caps for these cross rails I couldn't think of anything better or easier. They will snap down with hand pressure and the holes can be drilled through from the underside of the original rails. Not a perfect restoration but they more than meet my standards.