"Outside the Box" porch idea - opinions?
While pricing the materials for a custom porch/deck I always decide that it's not worth the cost if I can't get my DH to weld it for me. And it's not worth my marriage to try and work with him on a...
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A picture would help, but let me explain a little that I can remember.
Stars101 runs a tailgate on her truck now and that sticks out about 4" past the camper. She is wanting to have a 2' porch beyond her current tailgate.
What I would do is make a platform that attaches to the existing tailgate latch points. Then add a chain from the top of the jacks to the end of the 2nd tailgate. You could even add a brace off the jack bracket so you could close the 2nd tailgate when in transit. Would be simple to have it fabbed up with some grate and angle iron, weight would be about 20 pounds.
Stars101 runs a tailgate on her truck now and that sticks out about 4" past the camper. She is wanting to have a 2' porch beyond her current tailgate.
What I would do is make a platform that attaches to the existing tailgate latch points. Then add a chain from the top of the jacks to the end of the 2nd tailgate. You could even add a brace off the jack bracket so you could close the 2nd tailgate when in transit. Would be simple to have it fabbed up with some grate and angle iron, weight would be about 20 pounds.
