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trex/hitch rod rack
Here's a pix of somethin I whipped up with an old trailer hitch and a piece of trex lumber.
screwed 2 layers together(make sure you don't screw down layers where the rod holes will go), Drilled a hole for the bolt in bottom layer and wider hole in middle layer to accomodate the bolt head bolted to hitch where the ball would be, screwed in 2 pieces of angle aluminum to keep it from spinning, then added another layer on top (hides the bolt head). Use a spade bit to drill holes for rods. Routed for smooth edges. This one worked out to be the perfect height on my Explorer, level with bumper. Glass opens with rods in place and gate opens without the rods.
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1984 V20 "Express" & 2003 Suzuki DF140 (SOLD!) 2000 GradyWhite 265 Express YouTube/SkunkBoat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4F...znGospVOD6EJuw Transom Rebuild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc 
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06-13-2012, 10:29 PM
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I like it. Simple and cheap.
 Everybody on here likes that! 
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1983 V-20 capsized. . . . in the garage.
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06-13-2012, 11:48 PM
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 Nice job on the rodholders well thought out.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless. Last edited by Destroyer; 06-22-2012 at 03:48 PM.
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06-14-2012, 07:37 PM
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[QUOTE=Destroyer;190494]That's because everyone on here IS that....:P (including me) /QUOTE]
Cheap? or Simple? 
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1984 V20 "Express" & 2003 Suzuki DF140 (SOLD!) 2000 GradyWhite 265 Express YouTube/SkunkBoat https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4F...znGospVOD6EJuw Transom Rebuild https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEz94NbKCh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe_ZmPOUCNc
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06-17-2012, 11:02 PM
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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06-18-2012, 12:41 PM
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ooh, ooh...me next, me next....
Here are the ones I made for my rack. Heres what I got in em..... A stick of PVC, hose clamps, $8 worth of SS fastners, black Fusion paint......works like a champ. I have a hardware store so I think Im about $12 into this rod rack...... I needed something to get my rods out of the way with a truckbed full of coolers and speargear.......
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- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt"
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06-19-2012, 10:30 AM
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My buddy had his rods in the back of his truck and tried to haul azz when the light turned green. The J-bolts holdin his tool box down weren't tight enough and the entire tool box slid to the back and crunched all 15 of his rods in half.......OUCH!!!!! 
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- The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but obtainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Lucky Jack - .......The Surprise is not old; no one would call her old. She has a bluff bow, lovely lines. She's a fine seaboat: weatherly, stiff and fast, very fast, if she's well handled. No, she's not old; she's in her prime. 85' Wellcraft 20 Fisherman "Guale Girl" 1979 Alumnacraft 14 - STILL got holes in it 2006 WS Tarpon160f - "Mudd Butt"
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