Truck bed rod rack....

[Duffman]

Fabricating my own. Will be mounted behind the cab. Unsure what angle to place the rods at? 30* or 45*?

Anyone have either a self made or custom rack they can fill me in on what angle they are at. Thanks

[frugalfisherman]

I have mine straight up

[Dclark2]

Go with the 30 - straight up and you have to watch the trees limbs.

[Duffman]

Straight up would definitely not work. With a lift kit on the truck, a 7 foot rod would have a 12 foot clearance.

Thanks Dano, mocked up a few tubes at 30* and they sit just right.

[Walleyed]

Duff,

Before you roll your own, take a look at this one, PortaRod (www.portarod.com). I haven't pulled the trigger yet, but probably will so. I hate the idea of drilling holes in my truck bed.

[hh52]

I'm in for portarod sold me

[Duffman]

Duff,

Before you roll your own, take a look at this one, PortaRod (www.portarod.com). I haven't pulled the trigger yet, but probably will so. I hate the idea of drilling holes in my truck bed.

Cool concept.

I have no plans of drilling holes in the bed. I have a factory bed rail system and have been toying with brackets to utilize that. Want the rack to sit low enough that bed cover will fit when rods aren't in the rack.

Mocked up these brackets with a 4" drop. Not sure if I'll powder coat the steel or redo them in aluminum. Trying to keep everything black in color. Thinking of making a wood crossbar and having it rhino lined to match the bed.

[Gerry Zagorski]

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Used it on our aluminum cabin door frame on the boat and my trailer hitch on the truck and its really tough stuff. I've seen others use it on the black metal window frames on boats and it works well there too in spite of all the elements and salt water.

[hammer4reel]

I have 2 of the porta rods in my truck.
They are OK, but I would never purchase them again.
spacing sucks due to them using a universal cargo bar.
I put them in opposite so I could use the spacing all the way across the truck.
you need t just about bend the truck bed liner to get them tight enough to hold the rods without slipping

[Duffman]

I have 2 of the porta rods in my truck.
They are OK, but I would never purchase them again.
spacing sucks due to them using a universal cargo bar.
I put them in opposite so I could use the spacing all the way across the truck.
you need t just about bend the truck bed liner to get them tight enough to hold the rods without slipping

Good info. Still working on a design. Costs nothing but my time. Will be playing with it for awhile to see what I come up with.

[hammer4reel]

I think the best is still putting a piece of aluminum angle on the bed edge.
then bolting trex to it.
then installing plastic flush mount rod holders .
can put 2 or three staggered rows depending on how many rods you want to carry

simaler to this

http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy12/reelmusic/fishing2016/rod%20holders_zpsmhrsisa5.jpg (http://s773.photobucket.com/user/reelmusic/media/fishing2016/rod%20holders_zpsmhrsisa5.jpg.html)

[Duffman]

I think the best is still putting a piece of aluminum angle on the bed edge.
then bolting trex to it.
then installing plastic flush mount rod holders .
can put 2 or three staggered rows depending on how many rods you want to carry

simaler to this

http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy12/reelmusic/fishing2016/rod%20holders_zpsmhrsisa5.jpg (http://s773.photobucket.com/user/reelmusic/media/fishing2016/rod%20holders_zpsmhrsisa5.jpg.html)

Definitely the concept I'm looking to copy. Although I need it dropped below the bed rails so cover will fit.

[Walleyed]

I have 2 of the porta rods in my truck.
They are OK, but I would never purchase them again.
spacing sucks due to them using a universal cargo bar.
I put them in opposite so I could use the spacing all the way across the truck.
you need t just about bend the truck bed liner to get them tight enough to hold the rods without slipping

Dan,

Do you have the "Inshore" version or the heavier "Offshore"?

[hammer4reel]

Dan,

Do you have the "Inshore" version or the heavier "Offshore"?

when we purchased it at the Somerset show there was only one version. which looking now I believe is now the inshore

[Jpell15]

I have a piece of pvc I can bolt to my my tool box, it has 4 t's at about a 45 degree angle....works well

[Grady2]

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[PaBeerGuy]

I have 2 of the porta rods in my truck.
They are OK, but I would never purchase them again.
spacing sucks due to them using a universal cargo bar.
I put them in opposite so I could use the spacing all the way across the truck.
you need t just about bend the truck bed liner to get them tight enough to hold the rods without slipping
I just lay a 4' piece of 6"x 6" across the bottom up against the back of the bed and they don't slip.

[Irish Jigger]

Duff you have the same bedliner I had in my ram, if you look at the pic you posted under the bracket there is a space in the bedliner for a 2x6 to run from one side to the other. I had 8 pvc holders mounted to that and it worked perfect. Those slots in the bedliner are ideal for home made rod racks. Sorry no pics I sold the truck and gave it away!!

[Duffman]

Duff you have the same bedliner I had in my ram, if you look at the pic you posted under the bracket there is a space in the bedliner for a 2x6 to run from one side to the other. I had 8 pvc holders mounted to that and it worked perfect. Those slots in the bedliner are ideal for home made rod racks. Sorry no pics I sold the truck and gave it away!!

Project took a back seat as work has been pretty busy the last month.

Def a great idea. Mounting them to a board in the bed slots would double as a cargo organizer.

[TAB95]

I made my rod holder from PVC. I angled the rod holders at a 45 degree angle for storage access, clearance and to clear my Fold-A-Cover. I can fit 11 rods in the bed of my Chevy Colorado. The only thing I would do different is to use a standard T in lieu of septic T's, the sweep of the septic T causes different sized rod butts to sit at differing angles.