Mounted bed rail to bottom of truck bed

Got antsy about a project i've been thinking about doing for a while, so i did it lol.
Took the bed rail off the bed (the rail below the rear window since i never had a use for it anyways)






cut it in half





figured out where i wanted them (each side of the bed in line with the edge of the wheel wells so they were "out of the way" but easy to get to and use) and drilled through the existing holes in the rails





and then mounted them with some hardware i had laying around






now i just need to drill an additional hole at the far end of each one so i can secure that end down also. Probably going to use eye bolts and get some extra T slot nuts to throw in them to use as tie downs.

i know i could have went and bought a rail tie down system but why not just use the rail i already have thats not being used

 

Well most commercial bed rail systems are going to be lower profile, but if this works for you it's a great idea!
Love cheap mods!

 

Nicely done, sir!

 

Yeah these aren't bad because they are kinda to the side and only sit above the bed 3/4 of an inch

Thanks. Going to put some better hardware on it today and get the eye bolts for it

 

When you mentioned how expensive the commercial stuff was, I thought I'd take a look.
Check these guys out, they may give you some ideas if nothing else.