l.lyle
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Originally posted by Daniel Evans
The top of the dogbox sits on top of the bed rails of your truck.
I can use mine year round around here. Its mostly 1/2" angle iron fame for two compartments covered with expanded metal. It is only long enough to go to the back end of the wheel wells, leaving enough room for a cooler between it and the toolbox. Easily hauls 8 dogs though. Where the tailgate latches is altogether about 4 inches narrower than the rails, which means once I slide it almost in I have to pick up the door end of the box and drop it behind the corners of the bed. Z-71 for example. But that also means the box can't slide out.There is about a three inch gap above the rails to the box top. That is because I have tall dogs and don't want them having to crouch on the ride or get beat on the shoulders on rough roads. They need to stand at ease for a ride. Can you imagine how tired you would get half squating for an hour? I don't use bedding so they normally stand if I'm on rough roads. That 3 inch gap I might cover up so they can't see me when I head for a tree that makes them want to bark and I'll beat the hide off a dog for barking in my box. The top is covered in alluminum thich enough to stand on salvaged off a sign. looks like tongue in grove 4"wide wood. Non-the -less, What I like best about it is the grill I made that covers the whole box top. It is stainless steel. got two round holes and small burners for coffee pot and catfish stew and the rest is like a table at a Japoneese Steak House, Or I recon a Huddle House if you like them better. I go the Japoneese route myself LOL. Big oblong tobacco burner under that part.
Anyway , a box tall enough for a hound to ride comfortable will be tall enough to just use the side mirrors. The rearview mirror won't hardly work. The first box I built was out of plywood , just a box, not a rail box, found out I had to chain it in to keep it from sliding out. Found that out the hard way. Also too short and beat the hair off the dogs head and shoulders. So I built one tall enough to where I cut the holes high enough to use the rearview mirror. I came riding up to the coondog convention and a fellow asked me , "What you got in that goatbox son?''
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03-25-2012 02:49 PM
