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Posted: 4/3/2015 12:12:55 PM EDT
Hey, everybody...thought I might post a quick DIY idea.
I was never happy with the options to secure tanks in a truck bed, especially on long hauls. So, with a few parts from Lowes and ACE, totalling ~$40, I have a pretty secure tank rack. Parts: - 1/8" x 2" aluminum - 5x 2" tie downs - 1/4-20 machine screws, fender washers, and lock nuts - 2x 4" rubber stair tread 
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Posted: 4/5/2015 8:08:22 AM EDT
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Nice! I don't have a toolbox, so what I did was bolt a beefy piece of angle aluminum the full with of the front bed rail, then thread a bunch of eye-bolts into it at scuba tank spacing. Then got bungees to loop around the tanks. And I painted it with black spray on Bedliner. Holds 8 tanks securely for when 4 of us would go do 2 shore dives in an afternoon. Unfortunately it got replaced by a tonneau cover, and we don't have any scuba friends in the keys to need 8 tanks. Everybody just freedives, uses a hookah to lobster, or just fishes from boats.
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Posted: 4/7/2015 12:25:44 AM EDT
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Thats how I usually roll for 6 divers. All gear in the middle of the bed. Bakflip closed and tailgate locked. No one knows there's $$$$$$$$ of scuba gear in the bed. Standing up tanks are nice, but people can see 'em and steal 'em. edit: before I have my truck, I had a hatchback mazda6, here was how I transported tanks 
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Posted: 4/9/2015 12:44:55 PM EDT
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I made one out of some scrap wood that I bolted down to my bed rail. I like your though and seems like that would be a good idea if I wanted to mount them standing up on the other rail.
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Posted: 4/9/2015 5:07:16 PM EDT
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I made one using pool noodles and rope I had laying around. Works great.
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Posted: 6/19/2015 8:39:52 PM EDT
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I put a 2x4 in the slot in my truck bed liner just behind the wheel wells (near tailgate) and it holds two sets of doubles or four single AL80's from sliding around.
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Posted: 6/29/2015 2:01:03 AM EDT
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This is how 99% of people get their tanks and gear to the dive sites where I live
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Posted: 6/29/2015 9:29:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is how 99% of people get their tanks and gear to the dive sites where I live https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/401655_982320884245_157325509_n.jpg?oh=1b4dcaee70cae8be8dba63aff47c7405&oe=5634C225 You ride in the bucket with all of your gear and pay someone to peddle you to the water? |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 3:14:14 PM EDT
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You ride in the bucket with all of your gear and pay someone to peddle you to the water?
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This is how 99% of people get their tanks and gear to the dive sites where I live https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/401655_982320884245_157325509_n.jpg?oh=1b4dcaee70cae8be8dba63aff47c7405&oe=5634C225 You ride in the bucket with all of your gear and pay someone to peddle you to the water?
Not quite... |
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Posted: 6/29/2015 5:03:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not quite... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: This is how 99% of people get their tanks and gear to the dive sites where I live https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/401655_982320884245_157325509_n.jpg?oh=1b4dcaee70cae8be8dba63aff47c7405&oe=5634C225 You ride in the bucket with all of your gear and pay someone to peddle you to the water? Not quite... I like my idea |
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Posted: 7/4/2015 6:24:41 PM EDT
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I made one using pool noodles and rope I had laying around. Works great. PVC pipe and rope works well too. Collapses small for easy storage when not in use. |
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Posted: 7/5/2015 1:46:23 AM EDT
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Here's the one I built myself that never gets used anymore... |
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