Dog Box?
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Dog Box?
Does anyone know where I can get an aluminum dog box for the 5.5ft bed. I also have a toolbox, so I only have about 42" depth. I haven't seen any. I will buy used also! Thanks in advance.
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Man, it disgusts me how some people can be such city slickers. The only ones i have ever seen where custom made. You could probably fit one made for a small truck but it wouldnt hold many dogs. That is one of the main reasons i went with a supercab with a 6.5ft bed.
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Haha, city slickers....a dog box is for when you're hunting you can pick up the dogs off a track....
I don't mind just puttin them "huntin buddies" in the bed, but I like the idea of having a platform and "walking" room up top to shoot from. I am thinking I can just build one, that way it's exactly what I want. The one's that I've seen are outrageously expensive.
I don't mind just puttin them "huntin buddies" in the bed, but I like the idea of having a platform and "walking" room up top to shoot from. I am thinking I can just build one, that way it's exactly what I want. The one's that I've seen are outrageously expensive.
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yeah you would save a whole lot, for a custom built aluminum one up here in VA you pay anywhere from 750-1250 depending on the style
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Yeah that's what I've been looking at. I haven't priced the metal to build it yet...does anyone know where to buy metal like that from?? Is there a website, or do you think it's cheaper to just buy it locally?
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I built a wooden one and linseed oil'd it. it's ugly as sin but warm, roomy, comfy, and has lasted for years and two trucks. 
I want one of those aluminum ones that has the built in box on top for the dog's stuff.
I want one of those aluminum ones that has the built in box on top for the dog's stuff.
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Thats the reason I love my 6.5ft bed.......plenty of room for that kind of stuff. I already have a toolbox in the back of my truck, and can still put plenty of stuff back there.
Also, instead of spending hundreds of dollars on a dog box that you arent going to be happy with, just go out and get some metal, and a rivet gun, and build your own. Thats what everyone around here does. There are no two dog boxes around here that look the same.
Also, instead of spending hundreds of dollars on a dog box that you arent going to be happy with, just go out and get some metal, and a rivet gun, and build your own. Thats what everyone around here does. There are no two dog boxes around here that look the same.
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