Hauling 20' rebar....

[Scarpozzi]

I need to buy about 320' of rebar....so 16, 20' pieces.

I don't have a ladder rack on my truck. My truck has a 6.5' bed, so it's only about 8' with the tailgate down.

I could cross a few 2x4s in the bed and lay it over the cab, but it would extend about 8 feet over the cab.... I'd tie it to the side of my truck, but the paint's still too pretty.

Should I drop my backseat, run it cross ways in my Buick out the window? (the buick is only about 17 feet long from bumper to bumper, so it'd stick out like 7-8 feet.


What's the best way to transport that stuff?

 

[LTC8K6]

Have it delivered?

Rent the truck from the hardware store?

Borrow/rent a trailer?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Yeah...I may have to do the trailer thing. It just seems like a pain considering I live 2 miles from Home Depot.

 

[Kelvrick]

As much as I try to justify a trailer or a truck for my own consumer wants, paying $20 to rent the local lowes/home depot truck just makes too much sense for the 1 or 2 times a year I need to haul something home.

 

[BurnItDwn]

This is probably a terrible idea and very impractical ... but .... what if???

If it's walkable ...

Walk to home depot
put all the rebar on their heavy duty shopping cart thing ...

Push the cart home

Drive the cart back to home depot so that they don't think you stole it.

 

[Scarpozzi]

This is probably a terrible idea and very impractical ... but .... what if???

If it's walkable ...

Walk to home depot
put all the rebar on their heavy duty shopping cart thing ...

Push the cart home

Drive the cart back to home depot so that they don't think you stole it.

Hah...sounds like a good plan, but it's not walkable. It'd be funny trying to walk it across the main roads I'd have to go over.

 

[PottedMeat]

huh i was thinking i see people do 20' pvc in small pickups around here all the time with neon ribbon on the ends, but now i'm not so sure if you say your pickup is 8' with the gate down...

i think i'd do the buick thing and take it slow, maybe on a sunday morning

 

[Carson Dyle]

Do you actually need 20' lengths? If not, cut it at the yard before bringing it home.

 

[shekondar]

 

[marvdmartian]

1. Go get a wooden pallet. Tie it in the front end of the bed of your truck, so it sticks up over the roof of the cab. If you're worried about your paint, put some shop towels (or furniture pad, etc) between the pallet and your cab. This will keep the rebar off the top of the cab.
2. Bring a friend to help. Lay the rebar across the pallet, so the front ends are even with the front of your truck. Once it's all up there, tie the bundle together, then secure it to the hooks that you should have under the front bumper of your truck. Secure the bundle at the back, and tie it so it stays down across the tailgate, which has been dropped down (put something under the bundle, so you don't scratch the paint on the tailgate). Since you have a hitch, tie down the bundle to the hitch.
3. Drive in a safe & sane manner to your destination. The rebar might flex a little bit, whenever you hit a substantial bump or dip, but it should NOT fall off, if you've tied it right......and will only hang out a few feet past the tailgate of the truck.

You would be shocked how often I have done this, successfully, driving a government S-10 pickup. :whiste:

 

[Black2na]

seriously you buy that much rebar your wasting money buying it at home depot. now go to a local metal supply get it from them and they can and will deliver it for you and i bet you save a pretty penny over home depot also

 

[Greenman]

Buy it from a real lumber yard or masonry supply, pay the fifty bucks to have it delivered.
The rule is simple, if you can't get the gear you need, don't do the job.

 

[skyking]

If you know your stuff, you can secure it UNDER your truck.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Buy it from a real lumber yard or masonry supply, pay the fifty bucks to have it delivered.
The rule is simple, if you can't get the gear you need, don't do the job.

My masonry supply doesn't sell it and my local lumber yard is the same price as HD. They're all running $8.37 for a 20 ft length. I'm doing footings for 138 linear feet, so I need 300 feet with tie-ins to my existing block.

I'm reluctant to go over the cab with it because it'd extend pretty high, but I figure another option that might be cheaper than the rental would be to buy 6 2x4s and make a crude ladder rack....then repurpose the 2x4s later.

Ultimately, I may just borrow my dad's pickup truck, make 2 trips and tie the rebar to his passenger
side-view mirror. I used that for a 21 foot schedule 40 pipe I bought last year for my boat lift and it worked alright.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Sigh.. Report back when you mar your dads trucks $3500 paint job because you're too cheap to rent a $30 trailer.

 

[JCH13]

seriously you buy that much rebar your wasting money buying it at home depot. now go to a local metal supply get it from them and they can and will deliver it for you and i bet you save a pretty penny over home depot also

This.

My masonry supply doesn't sell it and my local lumber yard is the same price as HD. They're all running $8.37 for a 20 ft length. I'm doing footings for 138 linear feet, so I need 300 feet with tie-ins to my existing block.

I'm reluctant to go over the cab with it because it'd extend pretty high, but I figure another option that might be cheaper than the rental would be to buy 6 2x4s and make a crude ladder rack....then repurpose the 2x4s later.

Ultimately, I may just borrow my dad's pickup truck, make 2 trips and tie the rebar to his passenger
side-view mirror. I used that for a 21 foot schedule 40 pipe I bought last year for my boat lift and it worked alright.

That sounds horribly irresponsible. Tying rebar to a non-structural vehicle element exactly at head/chest level? GTFO. Most of the "hack it to make it work" suggestions are horrifying as well. If you can't do it properly, pay someone to do it for you.

It may only be a short distance, but the simple fact is that if a single piece comes loose it could kill someone, or several people. If you could ever say "it would have been reasonably safer if I had done x" then you're doing it wrong.

 

[Sluggo]

Ultimately, I may just borrow my dad's pickup truck, make 2 trips and tie the rebar to his passenger
side-view mirror. I used that for a 21 foot schedule 40 pipe I bought last year for my boat lift and it worked alright.

20' lengths of rebar are a damn bit heavier than you think they are, you will discover that as you have to drag that crap around your yard.

Have it delivered. It shifts around, is difficult to secure, obscenely heavy, and tears the crap out of anything it contacts.

Wear gloves handling it, it moves around in your hand and always manages to pinch the skin between two pieces.

 

[compman25]

My masonry supply doesn't sell it and my local lumber yard is the same price as HD. They're all running $8.37 for a 20 ft length. I'm doing footings for 138 linear feet, so I need 300 feet with tie-ins to my existing block.

I'm reluctant to go over the cab with it because it'd extend pretty high, but I figure another option that might be cheaper than the rental would be to buy 6 2x4s and make a crude ladder rack....then repurpose the 2x4s later.

Ultimately, I may just borrow my dad's pickup truck, make 2 trips and tie the rebar to his passenger
side-view mirror. I used that for a 21 foot schedule 40 pipe I bought last year for my boat lift and it worked alright.

Go to a steel yard and get it. Where do you live?

 

[cardiac]

If you know your stuff, you can secure it UNDER your truck.

I did this a few times before I bought a 22' trailer. Did it with a bunch of 16' lengths of copper pipe. Lay it on the ground, bundle it together with zip ties or something heavier, and then suspend it below the truck with nylon straps (I use ratchet strap tie downs). Give yourself enough room for suspension travel. Win!

 

[SyndromeOCZ]

I did this a few times before I bought a 22' trailer. Did it with a bunch of 16' lengths of copper pipe. Lay it on the ground, bundle it together with zip ties or something heavier, and then suspend it below the truck with nylon straps (I use ratchet strap tie downs). Give yourself enough room for suspension travel. Win!

I've heard of people doing it but never actually done it myself.

What number of rebar is it(thickness)? If its #4 or higher then it will bend some but probably not as much as you think. And if it is #4 or higher its going to be pretty heavy on your mirror. I think my local HD only has #3 and #4 in stock regularly.

 

[Greenman]

If you know your stuff, you can secure it UNDER your truck.

Around here, an improperly secured load will get you a $1000 fine, and a criminal charge if someone is hurt because of it.

 

[EagleKeeper]

If HD is the same price as a local place or close and the local place will deliver, use the local.

If not get a trailer from UHaul for a day and use it to haul the rebar.

Why take a chance on damaging a vehicle; scratches or ticket for unsafe load; or have the load shift when you can do it safely for a sawbuck.

 

[vi edit]

This is one of those times the $50 delivery fee is more than worth the hastle, pain, and possible damage to your car or others around you.

 

[jupiter57]

Could be worse.
I once had to haul a 24' piece of 1/2" x 12"W steel plate 35 miles in a pickup!
Opened the sliding rear window, had them load it through the window, and rested on the dash against the windshield & tied it down!
Darned thing bounced & bowed all the way to the jobsite.
Talk about nervous!
Good thing it was the Companies truck.

 

[PottedMeat]

Could be worse.
I once had to haul a 24' piece of 1/2" x 12"W steel plate 35 miles in a pickup!
Opened the sliding rear window, had them load it through the window, and rested on the dash against the windshield & tied it down!
Darned thing bounced & bowed all the way to the jobsite.
Talk about nervous!
Good thing it was the Companies truck.

damn what is that 500lbs? what was it for?