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I hauled a 28' sailboat mast in my 8' bed for over a 100 miles. Not an issue. I had the tailgate up and used a couple of 2 x 4's 12' long to support it over the tailgate. It had two straps on it.
 
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I hauled a 28' sailboat mast in my 8' bed for over a 100 miles. Not an issue. I had the tailgate up and used a couple of 2 x 4's 12' long to support it over the tailgate. It had two straps on it.

Awe man! I had everyone else beat until this post lol.

I hauled x6 2x12x16 boards along with x24 2x8x8, box of joist hangers and 8 bags of quick Quick Crete in the bed of a 1999 F150 SuperCab with a 6ft bed.

I had the tailgate up and everything strapped down, it was an hour drive home.
 
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I hauled a 28' sailboat mast in my 8' bed for over a 100 miles. Not an issue. I had the tailgate up and used a couple of 2 x 4's 12' long to support it over the tailgate. It had two straps on it.

James May would be proud :)

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Saw this today, rural ND.

What do you do when you need to haul 14ft boards, and only have a 6ft truck bed?

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This guy passed me in the oncoming lane @ 70 mph. I had to hit the gas pretty hard to catch him again, just to see if what I saw was really what I saw.

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Yup. It was.

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That's an aluminum extension ladder btw, in case you can't tell from the pics (sorry for the dirty windshield - bugs).
We do this often, just need to strap it down properly and not exceed the capacity of the truck tie downs. Make sure you have a flag and you're good. Police only care if there is not a flag.
 
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This just popped up on Hot Rod's FB page. I had to steal it and share here.

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I'm thinking that the guy couldn't figure out how to strap on a short trailer. Um... strap cross-wise front to rear and rear to front: yeah, that would require getting down underneath, so perhaps it was more about being just plain lazy (vs being plain stupid).
 
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And that's a uhaul, they usually have over the tire straps for the front and pull down ties in the rear.
 
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And that's a uhaul, they usually have over the tire straps for the front and pull down ties in the rear.

Which it looks like it has..
 
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Saw a pickup strapped like that on a trailer recently.
 

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