My new Colorado is a crew cab so it has the shorty bed. The tailgate is designed to have an intermediate stop to hold a sheet of plywood flat, but that won't work to carry longer stuff like pipe, conduit, 10 & 12' lumber, etc. I've been thinking about making a bed extender like the one Keith Outten made in this thread but yesterday's Harbor Freight ad had one for $23. I went and looked at it today and while it is lighter duty than Keith's, it appears to be plenty strong so I brought one home. I'm tempted to buy a few more just for the steel tubing at that price .
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