Installed my newly made "Cargo Fence Net" today .....



For quite some time I have relied on simple tie downs across my truck's rear bed area to hold some stuff back there near the tailgate for easier access. I have looked for a cargo net I liked, most are made of nylon cord or are stamp cut out of a sheet of something.

I was in Harbor Freight last week and picked up a couple new packs of their 12 foot long 1"wide 1000 pound test load (300 pound working load) "Cinch Straps" cheap. Two packages gave me 48 feet of webbed belt and 4 neat little cinch buckles. I had measured my bed. it was 53-54" inside width between fastening points. I decided I wanted my "fence" to be 14" high overall in center.

The top and bottom strips are doubled and were done simply by mating a buckle and 5 feet of strap in pairs and I used some 1" ID welded rings and hooks at each end. I made a center horizontal that is 1 thickness. The hooks and welded O-rings came from Lowe's.

The vertical pieces are 6" center to center and the center 6 were cut 17" long so I could lap them over top and bottom making net 14" wide. The two end ones were made a half inch longer so buckles could angle up / down to welded rings. These are doubled as they also pull the center across. The very end vertical pieces are secured with cinch hooks and are adjusted to snug up center.

I hand sewed all connections using a lot of nylon carpet thread. There is more there than is appearant at first glance.







I think it'll restrain any thing I'm likely to want to keep back near the tailgate and it's easy to release tension at either one end or other to unhook it to either hang with other side or remove all together. Right now I just have the loose ends looped together to keep them off the floor. I have loops sewn in the ends to assist with tightening it up in place.

 

Looks good. How did you make the top brackets?

 

Nice...

 

Thanks.

The black part is the hardware that goes with my "Undercover" bedcap. I drilled the extra holes after the Undercover was located perfectly. If you are one who doesn't keep a vehicle long the tie down points could have been fixed lower and not included the truck's bedside lip ..... but I did it through lip as even if I remove the Undercover, I'ld reattach the eyes..

The "fasten points" are some items I found at a hardware store, they are 3-1/8" from center to center and will take a 1/4" screw or bolt and I spaced them out with some 5/16" nuts under them to allow me to hook my regular tie downs to them as they have the plastic coated hooks. On the back side is a washer and nylock nut. They are called "Tie Down Eye Strap" if you want to do a Google for them. Mine are chromed steel but below is a link to them in stainless steel .... which I think I'll order some of as well.

http://www.bosunsupplies.com/2-inch-...og-081262.html

 

Great job! Looks very nicely done

 

Thanks All!

Just something I had been meaning to do some time now. There is a "Cargo Net" on Ebay already made that can be had in a 50"X16" size for $30 ( http://www.ebay.com/itm/WEB-NET-NETT...-/290887262893 ) that would have worked as well I guess.

There's also the "Moto-Gate" cargo nets in a 54"X17" size with 10 to 39" of adjustability at each tie point but it's way big for a flareside even in it's smallest setting. It's really a "cargo net" that you can secure the rear of a load with while the tailgate is down. ( )

There is also a smaller "Mini Moto Gate" ( ) that looks a bit too short to do what I wanted to do.

I can use mine with regular tie straps to secure extended loads and this way, there's not a lot of excess strapping laying about..