Roy the Truck

we are taking the ladder rack off of doug



and modifying it to fit roy






Earlier today it looked all ready to get mounted onto roy ...

Those mavericks are nice trucks for what most people use a truck for (putzing around town, occasional long distance trips, and carrying light loads). We have several in the fleet at work, and they work well. They're just an escape with a truckish body,  so they've gotten y good underpinnings.

PTJ peeps working on the ladder rack for Roy

Some pics of the ladder rack when it was on doug

The old bed was 8 feet long.  The new bed is a bit over 4 feet long.  So the overhang is gonna hang a LOT more and need support.

PTJ peeps install the rack on Roy test the first part of the rack on Roy:

The ladder rack had to go through a major transformation.   All three dimensions needed to be changed.  And because what hung over the cab had to be much longer and because what rested on the bed was about half - the whole thing had to be re-engineered.  It was all cut apart and re-welded.   A lot of metal had to be added.  Then thorough sanding, then primer coats and fresh black paint.  Fortunately, a lot of PTJ peeps wanted to learn all this metal working!

It sounds like the marriage ceremony between roy and the rack is tonight.

Liz shows the rack in construction:

Roy gets lots and lots of PTJ community love!

Another pic of the ptj crew welding the rack for Roy!

How's Roy the truck holding up these days?

Any new photos of the rig?

roy is boring - which is what you want in a truck.  

now with snow tires!