[Oletrucks] wood livestock rack for flatbed

[David Camp]

Thanks for the reply Robert. I searched their site and could only find stake
pockets.

Dave Camp

-----Original Message-----
From: Rrogers57 [mailto:rrogers57 at clearwire.net] 
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:39 AM
To: David Camp
Subject: Re: [Oletrucks] wood livestock rack for flatbed

I think Northern Tool has them

Robert Rogers


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On Jan 28, 2011, at 8:28 AM, "David Camp" <dxcamp at bsink.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have an online source for the corner/latch hardware? I've been
> looking for awhile, and haven't found anything.
> 
> Thanks,
> Dave Camp
> Kent, OH
> 49 3600.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oletrucks-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:oletrucks-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gale Gorman
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 8:16 AM
> To: Paul Bytheway
> Cc: oletrucks at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Oletrucks] wood livestock rack for flatbed
> 
> I had an uncle who hauled cattle and built his own sideboards. He used oak
> and assembled the parts with carriage bolts. All members had all four
edges
> eased with a router. The post were a full 2x3 and the rails or slats 1x3.
My
> memory has the gap between slats at 4". Cab height seems a bit short. You
> can buy the hardware to lock each panel and the corners together. His main
> truck was 40' long with a couple of shorter 20' bobtails. He also
> occasionally swapped out the cattle racks for solid sideboards to haul
grain
> or feed.
> 
> Gale Gorman
> Houston
> 
> On Jan 28, 2011, at 6:55 AM, Paul Bytheway wrote:
> 
> Morning everyone,
> 
>               I just stumbled upon a 56 3/4 ton with a flatbed on it.
> Since
> it has the flatbed on it, I would like to give it a old farm truck look by
> building a wood livestock rack.  I have been looking for pictures online
to
> model my design after, but cannot find any.  Does anyone on the group know
> of
> any website to look at with something similar, or maybe have some pictures
> of
> their own?  I would like the rack to be approximately the same height of
my
> cab or just a little taller.
> 
> thanks a ton in advance
> 
> 
> Paul Bytheway
> Regulatory Tech
> Schreiber Foods Inc. Smithfield Utah Plant
> 2180 West 6550 North
> Smithfield, Utah 84335
> Phone: (435) 563-9340 ext. 5645
> Paul.Bytheway at schreiberfoods.com<mailto:Paul.Bytheway at schreiberfoods.com>
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