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Old March 30, 2016   #6
Cole_Robbie
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It's easy to make shelves in the bed of a truck. There are a lot of variations. My grandparent's truck has a topper shell on it. I built a sliding shelf to hold more plants, over the bed, but under the topper. It's wire mesh over 2x3s.

My best going-to-market invention was building a shelf for the tables to slide underneath. It's a rookie mistake to put your table on the bottom of the truck, then put your goods on top of it. When you set up, you can't get to your table, so you have to move everything to the ground, get the table, then move everything back to the table. I ran two 2x10 boards down the bed, and then decked over it with plywood. The tables slide under it, and I can stack plants or whatever on top. When I get to market, I can still get to my tables right away.
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