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    maneddi is offline Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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    I can fit 50 in a Ford ranger bed. If you can afford it, go to Wally world and buy a cargo net. It'll be the best money you ever spent. I use mine to haul all sorts of stuff.


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    Quote Originally Posted by maneddi View Post
    I can fit 50 in a Ford ranger bed. If you can afford it, go to Wally world and buy a cargo net. It'll be the best money you ever spent. I use mine to haul all sorts of stuff.
    How do you position them to fit 50 in the bed of your ranger?

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    Quote Originally Posted by toula View Post
    How do you position them to fit 50 in the bed of your ranger?
    I don't stack them neatly....I kinda just throw them in there and let them adust themselves........If u stacked them neatly it would be way to high

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    Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
    I don't stack them neatly....I kinda just throw them in there and let them adust themselves........If u stacked them neatly it would be way to high
    I would think that there would be wasted space if you just threw them in there. I've had my truck bed loaded down I just wish that I would have counted the towers in there.

    This time I will. It's information like this that makes pick ups easier. I'm all about making it easier because I have been getting a lot of material lately.

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    When I have a lot to stack in (never had more than 50 towers without lots of other stuff) I use a kind of pyramid stacking. I'll lay down a flat layer until it's up to the point where a tower will stand up and be over the top of the bed by just less than half its height. I line each side with these upright towers to make them be their own side bodies. Then I lay in another flat layer and repeat with the uprights which go up against the first ones and stick up almost half height. It's amazing how much you can get in a truck this way and it's very stable even without straps.

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    This may not exactly help you because I have a 8 ft. bed and side racks but today I had 117 towers ,6 copiers ,a washing machine ,a kitchen oven , and a 1975 ford car hood on top . none of this protruded above my racks and I had room for 10-15 more towers.

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    Check this one out Kochy, he describes it really well, I actually thought there was a picture of it


    Quote Originally Posted by Pnutfarmer View Post
    When I have a lot to stack in (never had more than 50 towers without lots of other stuff) I use a kind of pyramid stacking. I'll lay down a flat layer until it's up to the point where a tower will stand up and be over the top of the bed by just less than half its height. I line each side with these upright towers to make them be their own side bodies. Then I lay in another flat layer and repeat with the uprights which go up against the first ones and stick up almost half height. It's amazing how much you can get in a truck this way and it's very stable even without straps.

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