Headache Rack Welding Plans

Never made a headache rack before.

Headache rack welding plans.

Building a headache rack is not an extremely hard task and is relatively cheap. Big shot cattle rancher saw my dog cage on craigslist wanted me to make a headache rack for his 2011 nissan truck. Vertical supports and inner surround are 1 8 x 3 4 angle. Has 2x3 angle for rails 2 sq for the uprights some 1x2 rect for the lower bar and two center uprights then some 2x6 across the top.

In this video i build a rack for the truck. Here s what i came up with. All you need is 25 feet 7 6 m of 1 1 2 inch 3 8 cm square tubing 2 feet 0 6 m of 1 4 x 1 1 2 inch strip of metal a welder and a chop saw. Truck headache rack weldingweb welding forum for pros and enthusiasts got most of the work done on the headache rack i m making for my chevy colorado.

Stand up the headache rack and place the metal plates under each end as if they would be pointed towards the rear of the bed and tack weld them in place. Now that the headache is built you need to fully weld all of the joints together until they are solid.