1959 stepside bed with wooden stakes

[del]

Does anyone have any pictures of a short stepside bed with wooden stakes to stack a load higher in the bed? Trying to decide if I want to go that route or make a pipe rack. All you work trucks send in your pictures.thanks

[mr48chev]

75% of these guys would be appalled at the idea of hauling any sort of load in their trucks.

To hauls stuff with it you want the stakes on the outside and the boards on the sides on the inside held on with carriage bolts with the nuts on the outside. not as pretty as having the boards on the outside but this way the boards push against the stakes when you have a load against them.

[STEVE60]

My dad still has the ones that were on my truck. He made them when he had it in 1973-4. The truck was baby blue with white trim, the wood was also white. The top board went about 2/3 back and stopped on an angle. I still like the side boards.
Sorry don't have pics. Wish I did.
Steve

[BlueJeep]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

75% of these guys would be appalled at the idea of hauling any sort of load in their trucks.

To hauls stuff with it you want the stakes on the outside and the boards on the sides on the inside held on with carriage bolts with the nuts on the outside. not as pretty as having the boards on the outside but this way the boards push against the stakes when you have a load against them.

I understand your theory with why you'd put the boards on the inside, but in doing so you'd lose width by the thickness of the boards...since the inside edge of the stake pocket is the outside edge of the box.

I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to make a removeable ladder-type rack for mine so I can haul 20' lengths of steel on it without having to remove the tool box.

[del]

I know some people may not like the idea of hauling stuff, but I don't want my truck sitting around. I want to drive it as much as possible. Think I'm leaning towards an aluminum pipe rack and tool box.

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by mr48chev

75% of these guys would be appalled at the idea of hauling any sort of load in their trucks.

Not me, I use mine too. I don't have any pics with it full of lumber or construction debris from our 30 years of remodeling but do have these recreational ones. The bottom one with the snow in the background was taken on July 4, 1980, that was when I learned it can snow anytime in the high county in Idaho.

[tttuba]

Funny you should mention snow in Idaho on the 4th of July. My family usually goes up to Mt Ranier on the 4th and has a snow ball fight. I can visit the snow any time I want. Just prefer it not to be in my backyard.

[del]

anyone with pics of a lumber rack on a stepside truck.

[flatbed51]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Not me, I use mine too. I don't have any pics with it full of lumber or construction debris from our 30 years of remodeling but do have these recreational ones. The bottom one with the snow in the background was taken on July 4, 1980, that was when I learned it can snow anytime in the high county in Idaho.

OMG those pictures make me homesick for Oregon. I might just pack my stuff and head northwest

[magicoolbus]

9 posts with no pics. This is something that I want to do to my truck, but not to haul extra, just to look cool. I have spapped a few pictures at local shows and here's what I could find on short notice. Most trucks of this era that I see are the short bed variety and only have two stake pockets per side. My 57 is a long bed and has three pockets per side. I want to make a stairstep type stake bed out of oak to match my wood bed. Will probably use one 1x4 the full length of the bed and another one that terminates at the middle take pocket. Kinda like the picture on the cocacola truck.