Receiver mount deer carrier

[27hand]

Since I traded in my 01 Dodge Ram (all black sport package w/no window cap) on a 04 trailblazer, I didn't want to stuff a deer into the back of the cartruck so I went about making a receiver mounted deer carrier.

I bought a 3ft pc of 2 inch tube steel and a 2ft pc of 2 1/2" tube steel from a local steel supplier.

I had some old bed rail stashed in the ga-rage so I drilled the 2" stuff and the 2 1/2 " stuff for hitch pins. I then cut the bed rail into 2 54" pcs and 20" pcs and welded the bed rails to the 2 1/2" tube steel. I took some smaller bed rail and welded 2 intermediate rails because i forgot to get a pc of extruded metal at the yard. The 2 1/2" slides over the 2" and gets pinned together with hitch pins,

I think you can buy these for $100 or so but it took me about 3 hrs or so and I got to use up some old steel.

I'll wash the blood off it and see if I can do a pic in the next day or two.

Anyone else use these deer hitch mounted carriers?

27hand


Now my buddy wants one and I have to find more bed rail.

[GRoPA]

Yep, I'd rather have the ticks outside than inside! The deer gets kinda dirty on the bottom from the spray coming off the rear tires in slushy weather.

[RimfireRat]

Not much lifting either.You can buy these for around $49.00 from Harbour Freight rated 300# i was gonna make one also untill i saw 'em for that price, --Rat--