My friend has a toy bed he has to pick up 120 miles or so from his place. He just has a toyota pickup to bring it back with. What is the safest and easiest way we can haul back the second bed with his truck? Keeping in mind he has to cross over the border into Canada... My truck isn't running and we don't have access to a fullsize pickup or a trailer.


Suggestions?

why not drive up there with no bed run a 2x4 across the back for lights/mudflaps/lisence plate then just toss the new bed on with like 4 bolts in it to hold it down

I've seen this done before at the local swap meets and such. Take the new bed and lay it upside down on top of the "hauler". Bed rail to bed rail. Either ratchet the top one down and check periodically, or use C-clamps to hold the bed rails together. As long as just before you cross the border back into the U.S., you double check the bed for "stowaways":laughing:!!! I would think with the C-clamps and ratchets, you'd be fine. Maybe put a piece of 1X4 between the bed rail to prevent and damage. Hope this helps. Good luck.

I've seen this done before at the local swap meets and such. Take the new bed and lay it upside down on top of the "hauler". Bed rail to bed rail. Either ratchet the top one down and check periodically, or use C-clamps to hold the bed rails together. As long as just before you cross the border back into the U.S., you double check the bed for "stowaways":laughing:!!! I would think with the C-clamps and ratchets, you'd be fine. Maybe put a piece of 1X4 between the bed rail to prevent and damage. Hope this helps. Good luck.

A guy I know would drill holes and bolt them together.

just drive without a bed, that sounds alright

I've always done bed rail to bed rail with c-clamps. If you're real worried, put some pieces of pipe between the stake pockets.

Justin

I've seen this done before at the local swap meets and such. Take the new bed and lay it upside down on top of the "hauler". Bed rail to bed rail. Either ratchet the top one down and check periodically, or use C-clamps to hold the bed rails together. As long as just before you cross the border back into the U.S., you double check the bed for "stowaways":laughing:!!! I would think with the C-clamps and ratchets, you'd be fine. Maybe put a piece of 1X4 between the bed rail to prevent and damage. Hope this helps. Good luck.
This is what I'v done, works out nice:D

why not drive up there with no bed run a 2x4 across the back for lights/mudflaps/lisence plate then just toss the new bed on with like 4 bolts in it to hold it down


X2 and I've done it :)

I'd vote for the extra bed upside down trick. Put some stakes in the stake pockets that are long enough to hold the second bed 1" above the rails and you won't have to worry about loosing paint on the bed rails. If you make the stakes on a table saw, shave them JUST BARELY small enough to go in the pockets so there isn't a lot of slop.

good luck!

Id go build/buy a trailer. My car trailer I built out of a boat trailer for 300 bucks and two lazy days. Problem solved!

BUT if thats not an option, I like the square tube in the stake pockets idea. Thats what I would do I think.

Depending on the year, most likely it doesnt have stake pockets though. Older toyotas dont.

Strap it to the hood and drive backwards.