I just did a build with similar components but in a different manner. Was needing a slide out mainly for hauling RC Planes so I covered a single sheet in the Loop side of hook and loop and use narrow strips of the hook side to strap my planes to it. I put the same ball bearings on the bottom of the same sheet that rolls in the grooves of the bed right on my Line X and I'm utilizing conduit legs after pulling it out that fit into sockets screwed into cast iron floor flanges on the bottom corners. I considered purchasing 60" drawer slides and using those instead, but those are $134 for a pair. Still may do that in the future but after getting this completed today I like it for now, works well. So basically it's half of the components you have here and using the bearing on the sheet that slides. The benefit in your design is you don't have to bother with the legs but it is more weight and harder to remove. Thanks for sharing, one of the reasons CZcams is so great. Many from all over being able to share ideas of a topic!
I don’t understand why people don’t understand the loading. Pull it out and throw your bags of cement on back and move in and load more weight and so on and so on. Then when unloading you do it in reverse. This is a great idea for 90% of anyone’s needs if you think you need a bed slide. And it’s cheap and durable. I may add a flip out base piece with some bearings to support to the end of the tailgate.
Great video. It shows it can be done and then there is opportunities for others to get creative and make their own improvements etc. For me i was thinking just some low profile rubber grommets would help keep the wood off the bed and create a friction for no no drilling and lastly even just for sound dampening. Great vid. Nice and short and sweet for the ADD lol
Lol I did this last year. I didn’t know people were doing this on CZcams. Anyways, if you don’t put something on the bottom of the slide, the rollers will eat into the wood if you load it regularly. I use it for my work tools until it wouldn’t work anymore.
you could put your top rail 1x closer to the plywood and use felt to make it slide real good, that way there is no gap and any weight discrepancies you wouldn't have any slack or tip page, your roll out plywood would be in there tighter, I liek this idea, make it modular so the whole kit and caboodle comes out easily, using release pins..
I would think a stiff peice of indor/outdoor carpet would do the same thing with a fraction of the cost and weight. I guess Im not really understanding. If it works for thats awesome. Its very nicely built.
Great video, is the platform screwed down or anchored to the bed of your truck at all or do you relying on the weight based plywood sheet to keep it from tipping up when the slide is extended out?
@@sean-rady curious, do you think just drilling some long boards and running them through the truck bed is the way to go? I do have a drop bedliner. I guess if I were to see you the whole well enough issue, curious on your thoughts
It does well. I’ve since added about 15 more bearings for better performance. I’ve also added more handles. So far it’s functioning as it should and I’m still pleased with the general build design. I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it over the years.
two things - your video description is lacking the roller bearings. but if you watch the video not a big deal. love the project ill most likely copy it - but i was curious about the sturdiness - especially when drawn out all the way. say if i load it up with tools, cant really extract the whole deck without some sort of support right? - still a sliding deck for sub $200 is exactly in my price range - thanks for the great idea, regardless if you took inspiration from elsewhere.
You didn’t show how to anchor the bottom down so it doesn’t flip up in front with a load on it. You also need to put a stop about two thirds out so you accidentally pull it all the way out. I’m going to build it with theses modifications.
Wouldn't one piece of plywood with wheels underneath work? One less.piece of wood, lighter and less expensive... i am going to try that first, otherwise this would be great....thanks
So in the original build, I only had 24 bearings (I bought out HF) and quickly realized that I needed more for the slide to operate better. I have since added another 20 or so bearings and it has worked MUCH better. The other thing I would suggest is putting wd40 or some type of anti-rust lubricant on the bears as they will definitely rust out and clog up. Lastly, when you're cutting the 4x8 sheets of plywood, i would actually make the width of the plywood 3 feet 11 inches wide and take a 1/2 inch off from each side. Reason for that is because the sides of the slides rub against the 1x4 side walls, and that creates drag too. But outside of that, I get compliments all the time at home depot and just random places. It's definitely made by life a lot easier and I'm glad I have it.
So what would u suggest, to replace said plywood? I haven't heard of anybody's snapping yet, and maybe they haven't weighed it down enough to do so. But if it's been a while & never weigh it down, chances are they won't, so your point is moot.
I just did a build with similar components but in a different manner. Was needing a slide out mainly for hauling RC Planes so I covered a single sheet in the Loop side of hook and loop and use narrow strips of the hook side to strap my planes to it. I put the same ball bearings on the bottom of the same sheet that rolls in the grooves of the bed right on my Line X and I'm utilizing conduit legs after pulling it out that fit into sockets screwed into cast iron floor flanges on the bottom corners. I considered purchasing 60" drawer slides and using those instead, but those are $134 for a pair. Still may do that in the future but after getting this completed today I like it for now, works well.
So basically it's half of the components you have here and using the bearing on the sheet that slides. The benefit in your design is you don't have to bother with the legs but it is more weight and harder to remove.
Thanks for sharing, one of the reasons CZcams is so great. Many from all over being able to share ideas of a topic!
Just built this today, used 30 rollers, and 1/2" plywood, will now remove and stain and put some light felt on the slide. Thanks for the video.
I don’t understand why people don’t understand the loading. Pull it out and throw your bags of cement on back and move in and load more weight and so on and so on. Then when unloading you do it in reverse. This is a great idea for 90% of anyone’s needs if you think you need a bed slide. And it’s cheap and durable.
I may add a flip out base piece with some bearings to support to the end of the tailgate.
I am sick of crawling into my canopy like a troll. Cant wait to build me one.
Too bad you already look like one
Literally gonna build this, this week. You get yours done? Hate crawling like an idiot back there !
Great video. It shows it can be done and then there is opportunities for others to get creative and make their own improvements etc. For me i was thinking just some low profile rubber grommets would help keep the wood off the bed and create a friction for no no drilling and lastly even just for sound dampening. Great vid. Nice and short and sweet for the ADD lol
That's exactly what I was thinking of using. Thanks for showing this video. It helped me nail down my design thoughts.
Lol I did this last year. I didn’t know people were doing this on CZcams. Anyways, if you don’t put something on the bottom of the slide, the rollers will eat into the wood if you load it regularly. I use it for my work tools until it wouldn’t work anymore.
I wonder if adding a thin sheet of aluminum underneath would fix that
you could put your top rail 1x closer to the plywood and use felt to make it slide real good, that way there is no gap and any weight discrepancies you wouldn't have any slack or tip page, your roll out plywood would be in there tighter, I liek this idea, make it modular so the whole kit and caboodle comes out easily, using release pins..
Use felt where? I like the idea of the top rail closer to plywood.
Good job on giving due credit! I respect that!
Design improvement would be butting the top piece of the L butting into the side so you would have more shear when the slide is extented
Thanks! I definitely learned something useful that can apply to my developing but differing project. Thank you for sharing. :-)
I would think a stiff peice of indor/outdoor carpet would do the same thing with a fraction of the cost and weight. I guess Im not really understanding. If it works for thats awesome. Its very nicely built.
I’m about to replicate, cool build!
I think yours is heavy because of friction, I'm going to assume you didn't rip a 1/8 - 1/4 off the pull out plywood part, otherwise nice build
good video. slide seems hard to pull out ... worried about how hard it will be when I have my handyman kit loaded up.
Great job. Thank you so much for posting
The best part of the video is when the doggie walks past and plops down for a nap.
Can you provide the link to the build definitely gonna do it . Thank you
Great video, is the platform screwed down or anchored to the bed of your truck at all or do you relying on the weight based plywood sheet to keep it from tipping up when the slide is extended out?
nothing keeping it to the bed of the truck. If you do this, definitely put that in your plans to do.
@@sean-rady curious, do you think just drilling some long boards and running them through the truck bed is the way to go? I do have a drop bedliner. I guess if I were to see you the whole well enough issue, curious on your thoughts
nice build, did you have to screw the bottom sheet to the truck's bed to stabilize it?
No but you can. It's heavy enough.
How well did this work/pull out after it had weight on it? What might you have done different?
It does well. I’ve since added about 15 more bearings for better performance. I’ve also added more handles. So far it’s functioning as it should and I’m still pleased with the general build design. I’ve gotten a lot of compliments on it over the years.
two things - your video description is lacking the roller bearings. but if you watch the video not a big deal.
love the project ill most likely copy it - but i was curious about the sturdiness - especially when drawn out all the way. say if i load it up with tools, cant really extract the whole deck without some sort of support right? - still a sliding deck for sub $200 is exactly in my price range - thanks for the great idea, regardless if you took inspiration from elsewhere.
You didn’t show how to anchor the bottom down so it doesn’t flip up in front with a load on it. You also need to put a stop about two thirds out so you accidentally pull it all the way out. I’m going to build it with theses modifications.
Nice have fun!
Wouldn't one piece of plywood with wheels underneath work?
One less.piece of wood, lighter and less expensive... i am going to try that first, otherwise this would be great....thanks
where did you get the bearings or what re they called? looked em up, roller ball transfer bearings .. great idea
He said it in the video, Harbor Freight
What screws did you use to bolt down the bottom plywood to the bed
I did not secure the wood to the bed but other comments and builders have done that.
That's not affecting fuel mileage, it's a truck
How did you attach it to the bed. I have the same truck, just with the standard bed.
It's not. I wanted it removable.
@@sean-rady Thanks.
hardware? what kind of slides are these?
How did you secure bottom peice to bed?
Only secured by gravity. Other builds do have a securing device, I do not.
Isn't there another, lighter, material that could be used in place of the wood sheeting?
Shouldn’t go any lighter than he did… it’s already too weak…
Aluminum on 3 rails, with the bearings on the rails
how do you get the base to stay put?
Gravity.
What happens when they get full of sand?
Like bags of sand? With a lot of weight?
Can you just use half-inch on the bottom piece?
Yes
Does it still work that good when it's loaded up with stuff
So in the original build, I only had 24 bearings (I bought out HF) and quickly realized that I needed more for the slide to operate better. I have since added another 20 or so bearings and it has worked MUCH better. The other thing I would suggest is putting wd40 or some type of anti-rust lubricant on the bears as they will definitely rust out and clog up. Lastly, when you're cutting the 4x8 sheets of plywood, i would actually make the width of the plywood 3 feet 11 inches wide and take a 1/2 inch off from each side. Reason for that is because the sides of the slides rub against the 1x4 side walls, and that creates drag too. But outside of that, I get compliments all the time at home depot and just random places. It's definitely made by life a lot easier and I'm glad I have it.
If you use 1/2” plywood, do you still need 1x4” sides?
no, you could probably go with smaller sides to keep it more compact and tight.
@@sean-rady you. Think one by threes could do it
How did you attach bearings ?
Screws
Stainless wood screws
Would never build this way… it’ll snap in half if you pull it out with anything heavy on it… this design needs LOTS of reinforcement to be worthwhile…
There are a lot of flaws to it no doubt. I use it smartly and am sure not to over extend it. It's served its purpose many times without fail.
So what would u suggest, to replace said plywood? I haven't heard of anybody's snapping yet, and maybe they haven't weighed it down enough to do so. But if it's been a while & never weigh it down, chances are they won't, so your point is moot.
Definitely wouldn't pull it all the way out with a load. Thats obvious. Building mine this weekend.