14 foot boards in a short bed
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You'd have to load it so it butts against the tailgate and angles up over the cab and secure it. You might not want to do that if it's a nice truck and you don't have a headache rack. You could always rent a trailer.
When short bed trucks became so popular I fought it for years, to me a truck is not a truck unless it has an 8 foot bed and has 8 bolts holding the wheels on! In my old age I finally caved and bought a short bed, but use it mainly like an SUV and got a trailer to replace the bed, which actually is a lot easier to load and transport.
When short bed trucks became so popular I fought it for years, to me a truck is not a truck unless it has an 8 foot bed and has 8 bolts holding the wheels on! In my old age I finally caved and bought a short bed, but use it mainly like an SUV and got a trailer to replace the bed, which actually is a lot easier to load and transport.
How flexible of lumber? If it's hardboard you might be able to with the tailgate down, which gives you something like 8-8.5ft of engagement. You need an orange flag, of course, since it would extend over 4'.
Not sure I have to bring the old wood in and have them help me ID it lol. Deck boards. I am assuming I can get that flag there? Can I just staple a red shop towel on it
No idea, I didn’t watch.
I’d load the boards in my truck, strap them together, make sure they won’t fall out and then drive home.
Tailgate down as Matt said.
You could also go get one of these type of gizmos.
https://www.harborfreight.com/truck...fhi0oNBpnMfVsp_Ha_j2Jh2HbSmYtoTRoCYS0QAvD_BwE
https://www.harborfreight.com/truck...fhi0oNBpnMfVsp_Ha_j2Jh2HbSmYtoTRoCYS0QAvD_BwE
I am thinking about it. It would be easy but I don't want someone to final destination themselves on my truck
Yeah, something high viz should be fine. At home depot they have a huge roll last I looked, I assume others have something similar.
Places like Home Depot usually have free flags and twine
Good question and I was wondering that myself, or does it include the contraption that Aparition posted? Where I live enforcement is pretty lax and I doubt you would get stopped at all, although I did have a friend ticketed for an unsecured load. My biggest fear with something sticking out that far is some moron running into it and me being held liable.
When I had my Superduty I installed a front hitch and made a wishbone out front of the bumper and I put a rack on my topper. I could easily haul 20 footers, the truck alone was 21 feet long. I just recently chopped that contraption up and put it out on the curb and my neighbor promptly picked it up and put it in his back yard.
Many ways to skin a cat, Trevor. My solution depends on the details (like everything). How many boards? How long is the haul? How urban is the haul? Since I've seen your truck, I don't need to ask how nice the truck is... 
- One or two boards (assuming these are 1-1/2" thick), short or mostly rural haul, my solution would be tailgate up, one end at the corner where the tailgate meets the bed, padding between it and the top rear corner of the cab, with the board pointing up over the cab, tie down over the top and tied to both front stake pockets (I'm guessing your truck doesn't have specific tie-down points). A 14' board should vertically project about 4-5' above the top of the cab, which shouldn't give you any clearance issues, other than low-hanging trees in parking lots.
- A handful of boards, short or mostly rural haul, ratchet-tie or screw them together for more rigidity or turn them on the side so they don't sag nearly as much, and go tailgate-down with a red flag on the end.
- Lots of boards, buy from a lumber yard and get them delivered - they usually deliver for a nominal fee or even free by me. Big box stores don't typically deliver, but local yards do because contractors expect that.
- More than a handful of boards, a long haul, or a haul on I-25 in rush hour, find someone with a trailer or rent one for a day. It's not worth the headache or liability to me.
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