Built a Cargo Deck / Table For My Jeep

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Originally Posted by kognito

Is there anything you can't make??? Now that you are good with concrete, maybe you should try a small home reactor??

I could lend a book I have -- titled "A General Description of a Boiling Water Reactor"...

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I like being able to fabricate stuff. Especially when the results are almost professional and work REALLY well.

This is close.

Functionally, it's very good. Fit and finish are very good, too. I tried it out on this weekend's camping trip (can post photos / story later) and it worked perfectly. At the last minute I welded up a special rail that bolts to the anchor points for the Jeep's factory hard top. The rail is an inverted angle iron with some loops welded to the top. This way I can anchor points on the outer edge of the Jeep tub, too. Had to be careful to clearance it from the folding soft top hardware.

Here are some photos of it in action. I have better shots but nothing posted online yet so these will have to do:

Here's the cargo deck in the back of the Jeep with all my gear loaded
up. Turns out I only needed to use two eyebolts. I ran some tension
straps from those to the special anchor rail on the tub to lash down
the cooler and big blue tote (my camp kitchen). Zoe's dog bed is on
the top of the deck to the left of the gear.

Below the deck is the air mattress, tent, chair, spare axle shafts, the
"recovery back", a tool bag, air compressor, 3 lb. mallet, lug wrench,
1/2" breaker bar, and toilet paper in a ziploc back (don't want it
getting dusty and full of grit and pine needles!). And I still had some
nooks and crannies to fit smaller items in.

Overall the deck made packing gear in the Jeep more efficient and MUCH
more secured and tied down. Everything stayed put until I got to camp.





Here is our camp all set up. My tent is on the far left in the photo an you
(barely) see the table set up with the camp stove / grill on it.

It worked perfectly.