I Just Gotta Make Me One of These!

[Docdc]

I think by the end of the summer I'll have one in the back yard. Depends on how long it takes me to find a good tailgate.

Doc

 

[Tom S.]

That's very cool. :thumbsup: Shouldn't be too hard to come up w/the right tailgate - it's better if it isn't pristine. See if you can lay your hands on some solid old weathered barn wood and carriage bolts for the frame.

 

[Tom S.]

Great, so now you've got my wheels turning. Look at these other examples I found. What a fun project this could be.

41 DIY Truck Tailgate Bench Ideas - Upcycle a Rusty Tailgate - Clicky Pix

 

[Docdc]

Thanks for the link Tom. Now I have to study all the pictures and put together a little of this, a little of that and make it my own. My wife is going to kill me but I've been dead before. She is a city girl lol.

Doc

 

[rayvel67]

Thanks for the link Tom. Now I have to study all the pictures and put together a little of this, a little of that and make it my own. My wife is going to kill me but I've been dead before. She is a city girl lol.

Doc

Very cool post some pictures once your done. If you still alive:thumbsup:

 

[JKautoFab]

my dad restored the back 6 inches of an old chevy into a fold down bench for our basement with a pool table when i was growing up. if that tailgate could talk....:laugh: imp:

 

[Mark G]

my dad restored the back 6 inches of an old chevy into a fold down bench for our basement with a pool table when i was growing up. if that tailgate could talk....:laugh: imp:

There is a Bar just outside of Buffalo that has tailgates hanging on the wall all around the pool room, and they are at table height and actually fold down so you have a place to set your beverage:thumbsup:

 

[WLB]

Those are neat. The one that folds down would have been nice in my shipping container hunting cabin. Too bad I have already glued insulation to the walls.

By the way, gluing insulation to a container wall is a very BAD idea. Moisture still condenses in the corrugations and runs down behind the insulation. Although kind of ugly, spray insulation would have been much better.

 

[countstevula]

Those ideas are too cool! Might have to find me one of those

 

[Tom S.]

There are one or two shown in that link that use leaf springs for arm rests. I like that.

 

[toomanytoys]

I really like that one!

Darn you guys...now another project to think about..

 

[mipowdercoater]

seems like you would burn your back.

 

[Docdc]

seems like you would burn your back.

It's not easy being country but someone's gotta do it.

Doc

 

[Havasu Dave]

It's not easy being country but someone's gotta do it.

Doc

That fancy Chevy ass is 100% yuppie. It'd look better sitting on the rest of the truck. :laugh:

 

[dajsnipe]

That's cool. I like the built in bottle opener.
When I get my potting shed built I am planing to put one like this on the side for a extra workbench.

 

[buckeye]

My wife would down vote this but, I like it.:thumbsup:

 

[markus]

that ones cool and would be handy as well:thumbsup:

I had these, My wife was extremely happy that they would not fit thorough the door of the house :anon.sml:

they were all on wheels and lights converted to 110v this one was the miami vice edition:

this one was the "hoodride" edition, I kept my hot tub supplies and stuff like that in it out on the deck

this one however DID fit in the house :drinkup:, but it quickly got banished to the "room of broken dreams" where it sat for a few years till I sold it to a Restaurant, It was being setup as a bar.

 

[dajsnipe]

Those are great. Did you make those?

 

[Havasu Dave]

More repurposing:

 

[Docdc]

Those are great. Did you make those?

I haven't made one yet but I am going too..:laugh::laugh:

Doc