We showed how to build a durable truck bed divider that has great features. Some of our viewers felt we left out important details or features. Here’s our response.
A truck bed divider can be a simple board, or it can be constructed of premium materials for lightness and utility. The divider is placed into recesses that are on the sides of your truck bed. Most passenger and medium-duty trucks have these recesses provided by the manufacturer so a board or divider can be placed across the width of the bed to stop items placed in the bed from sliding forward when braking occurs.
This avoids the inconvenience of opening the tailgate, only to find articles slid to the front of the bed and difficult to access.
We built a bed divider from aluminum c-channels, wood blocks, and attachment hardware to allow items to be secured to it. You can see the entire build here: https://youtu.be/rln85IImRo0
Even though we had a very positive reception to the project, several people felt we left out an important detail - how easy it is to install and remove. Fair enough. We are remedying that now.
Watch the installation and removal of the unit, and we’ll emphasize again a critical dimension you need to incorporate when you build your divider - no matter what material you make it out of or how simple or “fancy” it is.
When you get that dimension right, the top edge of the divider will support long items you place to the front of the bed and resting on the top edge of the closed tailgate. Of course, getting the length of the divider right is important too. You want the divider to sit securely in the recesses on the side of the bed, but be loose enough that the divider can be removed easily.
We show you that also.
If you don’t have a truck bed divider, you should build one right away. You’ll be surprised how convenient they are and you'll ask yourself, “Why didn’t I do this sooner?”
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hey dir farmer J here from dirtfarmer
j.com we really like this truck bed
divider that we've put in here it allows
us to keep things sectioned but some of
you written in saying we didn't give you
enough information well stay tuned and
I'll get that
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rectified hey dirtfarmer J here from
dirtfarmer j.com some time ago we showed
you how we constructed this truck B
divider now we made ours a little bit
fancy we used aluminum c channel some
blocking put in some fixtures on this to
attach different things to it and we've
had a really positive response to it if
you want to see that build and that uh
episode just look at the link right
above and you can look for more detail
on how to build this that's not the
emphasis today several of your fellow
viewer family members wrote in saying
well it looks great uh but how easy is
it to install take out remove Stow all
that sort of thing so I'm going to show
you a little bit of detail about how
that works as you're aware on truck bed
sides there are recesses that are molded
in from the manufacturer that allow you
to put in something here to divide it
now it can be as simple as a piece of
lumber I've seen that many times like a
2x10 or 2x 12 uh that's been put in here
um and that'll work but we wanted
something that was a little bit classier
a little bit lighter and allowed us to
attach some things to it that we wanted
to and that's what we got now when it
comes to getting it to fit in there
there's two things you need to be
careful of and then we're going to just
show you how well this works getting in
and out one you want the height of the
finished unit to be exactly in plain
with the top edge of the tailgate when
you close it and the back corner of the
bed that allows you to put in sheet
Goods 2x4s Lumber that supported the
back rest right right here on the top
just right on the back Edge and then
that back there we use this ongoing when
we need to haul plywood or something
like this on a short bed truck like this
this is really handy and it actually
allows us to preload it before we close
the tailgate because this is holding it
up at the right place that when you
close the tailgate it just comes right
up under and Nest under it
so sight down use a board something to
figure that out to figure out the height
that you need to make your divider now
the other thing is is you need to have
just enough play left and right that it
doesn't come out of the recesses and
it's somewhat loose it's not going to be
super tight you don't want it to be
otherwise it's hard to remove and and
insert um but it's got to be long enough
that it can't come out of the recess but
short enough that you can lift it out
now let's look and show you how easy it
is to take it out to remove the unit use
you simply lift up and rotate back to
Pivot and as you do continue to lift
until it is now flat and when it's flat
like that either you can leave it in
place there and let it ride if you've
got things you're going to put under it
or you can
rotate and rotate it out and now you
have the whole unit you can put the unit
in sideways and it fits just inside the
length of the bed so you can close it
when it's being stoved like this now to
reinsert it you just reverse so what
we're going to do here is grip it we'll
put it
in at an angle I'll do it from the other
side it's actually easier coming from
the
back like
this rotate drop down the bottom Edge in
The Recess pivot it up and drop it in
and there you go it's there that easy so
those are the clarifications you
requested and we hope you enjoy building
your own truck bed divider and getting
it right for your vehicle here's
something else you might find to be
helpful when it comes time to change
those lift support arms that go on the
trunk the hood or the toolbox well
they're a lot easier to replace and a
lot less expensive than you may think
check out this video where we'll walk
you through it and give you a great
source and while you're at it check out
this other video also from our catalog
that YouTube thinks is perfect for your
interest and we hope you'll watch it too
until the next time this is your farmer
J enjoying this great truck bed divider
