Anybody know about bed slides for trucks?
 

I saw these on Monster Garage

http://www.bedslides.com


and want to use something similar to mount a compressor inside an enclosed trailer. So, does anyone know of a better source, close up pictures of the mechanicals, or have alternative suggestions?

Basically, the compressor I want to mount weighs 600 lbs and is 50" long by 22" wide and 26" tall.

I'm sure this type of thing could be built for much less than the $600 retail price. Any suggestions, much appreciated.

Re: Anybody know about bed slides for trucks?
 

You by it install it use it;)


I heard they are good to help your back, so you don't have to crawl in the bed to get soemthing.

Re: Re: Anybody know about bed slides for trucks?
 

They help your back even more by lightening your wallet by $600. That's one help I'm trying to avoid. :p

Im sure you can attempt a DIY. But that would be hard b/c I havent seen anyone attempt it.

im sure i can rig someyhing up like that out of angle iron and some rollers. Would require a mig welder and some skill, but it could be done pretty easily and cheaply.

Thanks.

Any thoughts on the rollers that you'd use or a source? I've been searching the web for something along those lines but haven't found any yet.

I would source some ball bearing i beam drawer slides. I found a couple of suppliers doing a quick google search.

You might be able to get some out of some scrapped hi tech equipment at a salvage yard or some other place where things that are rack mounted get chucked.

Good luck,

-bear

Thanks for the lead. Found lots of useful info under the i-beam terminology. Was searching using drawer slides and everything else I could think of. I have some requests for quotes out now to some that I found via the links.

Still may end up building it myself since they will probably be high priced as well, but at least there's a lot more detail in these pictures and I should be able to replicate some of their efforts.

Again, thanks for the info.

im a bit busy right now, but when i get a chance i'll hit my thomas register and find what im thinking of. Actually, you might want to hit http://www.mscdirect.com and poke around there. Even if you dont find what your looking for I guarantee you will still drop a hundred bucks.

Thanks JFP, I didn't know of that site. I look forward to hearing your ideas. I have been browsing around http://www.mcamastercarr.com and have found some very useful things.

Just ordered the trailer I'm going to use yesterday. Should get her in a month or so. Hopefully I'll have an almost workable solution by then.

--Paul