8 Foot Lumber? No Roof, No Problem!!

[The Fixer]

I wanted to build a large picnic table for when the family is over and the plans called for 12 2x6s and 6 2x4s. I could have fit a couple in my JL, but this is a lot of heavy wood and I didn't want it all resting on the tailgate, so I borrowed my wife's JLU. Thank God for soft tops and nice weather!

I used ratchet straps to the child seat anchor points and put a towel over the sport bar so I didn't damage the trim. Worked out great!

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[SH556JL]

Humble brag thread... Look at this guy showing of his wood he bough peak price, probably cost more then the Jeep.

 

[csjlu]

Humble brag thread... Look at this guy showing of his wood he bough peak price, probably cost more then the Jeep.

That's 2021 for you...when driving around a bunch of 2x4s is seen as a wealth flex, like wearing a Rolex or driving a Mercedes used to be.

 

[blessidsoul12]

Ha! That was my fist thought when i read the title... who's buying wood right now!?

 

[The Fixer]

LOL you guys crack me up!!! I feel like everything here in North Jersey is expensive anyway (homes, rent, food, etc) so I'm not even sure how much worse it's gotten. I got all ground-contact rated wood (probably overkill, but oh well). The 2x6s were around $13 a piece, and 2x4s were around $10 a piece. I have no idea how that compares to prices a few years back because I don't buy lumber that often.

 

[Traktor31]

Another reason why I decided to buy a soft top too. I live a couple miles from the river here, so I figure I can throw my kayak in the back and strap it down, and with the top down ill be able to make the quick non-high speed drive over to the river.

Obviously for longer trips I would get a hitch rack or something, but for some quick kayaking it seems perfect!

 

[csjlu]

Another reason why I decided to buy a soft top too. I live a couple miles from the river here, so I figure I can throw my kayak in the back and strap it down, and with the top down ill be able to make the quick non-high speed drive over to the river.

Obviously for longer trips I would get a hitch rack or something, but for some quick kayaking it seems perfect!

For when the time is right: https://www.hitchmount-rack.com

 

[Traktor31]

For when the time is right: https://www.hitchmount-rack.com

Got it bookmarked, that's perfect, thanks!

 

[Reinen]

LOL you guys crack me up!!! I feel like everything here in North Jersey is expensive anyway (homes, rent, food, etc) so I'm not even sure how much worse it's gotten. I got all ground-contact rated wood (probably overkill, but oh well). The 2x6s were around $13 a piece, and 2x4s were around $10 a piece. I have no idea how that compares to prices a few years back because I don't buy lumber that often.

That's over twice the price it was in Jan 2020, Mr. Big Spender.

 

[Gunfighter]

Bravo - when ya gots to do what ya gots to do!

 

[TJJL19]

Ha! That was my fist thought when i read the title... who's buying wood right now!?

Woodpeckers!

 

[Bkenyon53]

24ft ladder. No problem...

 

[Pig-Pen]

went into home depot the other day and noticed they have a new financing department over in the lumber section

 

[omg]

24ft ladder. No problem...

looks like a death trap.
gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.

 

[Bkenyon53]

looks like a death trap.
gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.

Yeah I was only going two neighborhoods away

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