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    LATEST PROJECT - Truck Drawers/Sleeping Platform

    This was my outcome. Works really really well!
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    Home brew light duty bed slide

    I was thinking of that but probably won't. I used Behr Deckover in rough finish and like the results.
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    Home brew light duty bed slide

    I recently switched vehicles to a 2012 Fx4 Super Crew I do a lot of kiteboarding and other outdoor stuff and with a hard tonneau this is the perfect vehicle....except having to dive for stuff at the back of the bed. I spent a ton of time looking at options for a slide. Commercial are way...
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    LATEST PROJECT - Truck Drawers/Sleeping Platform

    Looking at my own garage doors there is a fair amount of slop between the rollers and the rails, not laterally but in the weight bearing directions in your configuration. Is this the case? The other concern is rattle noise when going over bumps. The closer tolerance of the bearing setup might...
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    LATEST PROJECT - Truck Drawers/Sleeping Platform

    I had thought of it and ruled it out. But you are making me think again. How stable is it extended out? I want to extend as far as only leaving 1.5 feet in. Are the rollers loose enough in the tracks that it would droop in that case?
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    LATEST PROJECT - Truck Drawers/Sleeping Platform

    I could also use a hardwood for the rails. Biscuit joints and gorilla glue would not allow any bowing. The OP top bearings are very close to the edge of the board but I think he implied that the tip slide outs were not used much and probably not loaded up like the drawers which are in a much...
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    LATEST PROJECT - Truck Drawers/Sleeping Platform

    I have been lurking and have decided to use the method to build a low profile light duty slide for my 2012 Ford F150 Super Crew Short box. I have a Tonneau cover and want to use the slide to deal with skiing, snowboarding and kiteboarding equipment. The trick is to have it as low profile as...
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