Starting at the bed of the trailer attach the side rail sections to the upright stakes.
Making stake beds. Not only will this make it easier for you to build but it will also help prevent water from draining unevenly from the planting bed. Continue attaching side rails to stakes on one section of the trailer bed. The vertical stakes have thru bolts holding them to the bed and carriage bolts holding the wood to the slats. If i need to i can build a stake bed in even deeper water or i.
The marathon industries line of platform and stake bodies includes standard light medium and heavy duty stake. Making the stake inserts using my example measurements the easiest way to accomplish this cutting of 2x4s can either be using old fashion hand saws laborious and time consuming or using a circular saw brace your wood or a chop saw miter saw. Marathon platform and stake beds have the highest quality fit and finish they look great. Find an area in your garden that is as flat as possible.
Making side rails step 1. I have an old army truck with a stake bed the wood is an odd size and made from oak but the vertical pieces are a light 16ga sheet metal box tube that goes into the pocket and has flanges to hold the slats. Cut 1 x 6 lumber to the desired width for side rails. Pull up on the assembly.
When you need the extra space to carry over sized loads and the strength to haul heavy equipment and machinery reading truck body has you covered. Our steel stake body truck beds offer the versatility to take on many different tasks and the toughness to last and perform under the harshest conditions. Once the plants get about 9 inches tall tie a string to the first stake at the beginning of the row about 6 inches above the ground and pull the string in a loop around the next stake. To put stake beds in deeper water i use pallets with stakes attached to them and a concrete block in the center of the stake bed.
Tie a length of. Hammer stakes into the ground with a tomato plant in between each stake. Continue this down the entire row keeping the string taut the entire time.