He Made His Own Running Boards

He Made His Own Running Boards PICKUPS Accessories Dennis Alexander Clifton Kansas needed cheap but strong running boards for his pickup so he made his own out of a couple of used batts off the reel on a Deere self-propelled swather “I had to replace the batts after I hit a post with the swather I used a chop saw to cut off the bent parts ” says Alexander “They’re not the prettiest running boards in the world but I think they’ll outlast my pickup ” He came up with the idea after he bought a used 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 quad cab pickup It was difficult to get into the cab because it was so high off the ground “I’m not a tall person and I got tired of jumping into the cab and then falling out I plan to paint the running boards some day to make them look nicer ” says Alexander He used 6 steel teeth off a used field drag to make 1-ft long mounting brackets using a plasma cutter and welder to bend the teeth into an L-shape and then drilling holes into them He loosened the pickup’s cab mounts and installed 3 brackets on each side of the pickup bolting them into the pickup frame using pre-drilled holes from the factory He then bolted each batt horizontally onto the brackets     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dennis Alexander 255 Fox Rd Clifton Kansas 66937 ph 785 455-3786; dalexander@twinvalley net

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