Simple Door Steps For Pickup Topper

Simple Door Steps For Pickup Topper PICKUPS Accessories After the lift cylinders on the rear door on his pickup topper failed Jeff Hoard came up with a simple fix using pvc pipe “After it crashed down on my wife’s head for the third time I figured I needed something better than a board to prop it open ” says Hoard His solution was to remove the cylinders and cut a few feet of 1/2-in pvc pipe He heated the pipe ends with a hand torch and flattened each end 90 degrees from the other “I drilled a hole on one end to match the stud on the pickup topper door and cut a fairly deep notch in the center of the other end ” says Hoard “With the one end attached to the stud the notch slides into the latch catch for the tailgate ” Hoard repeated the process on the other side of the pickup topper To prop the door open Hoard raises one end and slips the notch into place and then does the same on the other end “The door flexes enough that the pvc pipe stays in place on one side as the other is being raised ” he says “When we are ready to close the door we lift both pvc pipes out of the latch catches and lower the door The pvc arms hang inside and out of the way ” Hoard notes that the entire process is as easy as replacing the cylinders but cost him nothing as the pvc pipes were in his scrap pile Hoard shares his creative scrounging ideas and projects on his DVD titled Hillbilly Heaven which is available on his website Contact: FARM SHOW Followup HM Ranch HC 61 Box 6108 Austin Nevada 89310 ph 775 217-9264; hmfgranch@gmail com; www hmranch-hoardmfg com

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