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Finally completed my dogbox for my ranger today. Besides a few minor details like carpet Ect it is basically done. I looked at alot of posts on here and threw everyone's ideas together and came up with this box. It's not exactly 100% perfect but bygolly it will hold some dogs and get the job done! I took some pictures of the process so that all of you who are thinking of building one can get some ideas. 

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I also moved my shocks out and cranked the stiffness all the way up. I can't even tell I have a load back there now. Everyone should do this to your Rangers if u carry alot of weight in the back
Here I have my box and 5 big dogs and it isn't even thinking about squattin
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Sure enuff good looking dogs like that cd the best good box as well

Nice!!!! Good lookin yella dog!!!!

Good looking box,, but one question, with the solid plate sides with holes for dogs to stick heads out, if a dog is stickin its head out and u brushed up against a tree or heavy fence post, could you break a dog's neck?  Say like if dog's lookin behind the buggy and dont see the tree a-coming?

I suppose he could if he wasn't paying attention. But considering I stay on ranch roads majority of the time im
Not too worried about it. BUT it is something I will probably keep an eye on!

In your situation( and i figured thats about where you drove, dang, all u Texas guys have ranch's and roads)!  I bet it wont be a problem. Lordy, i bounce my gator from one tree to another in all this thick crap where i am n Al. Bent a rim and spun the bead last week when i ran.  Anyway, crazy thing is, way back when i was a teenager, a hot lil cheerleader from a local school was sticking her head and shoulders out of the bus window, waving at the folks behind the bus,, you guessed it, driver nearly side swiped a telephone pole and poor gal never knew she was dead, snapperd her neck, one minute waving at friends, next minute, in. Heaven.. Anyways,, agian, when i saw those dogs heads out of the boxes, and put it together with my kind of creek bottom terrain, that gal snappin her neck came to mind.

jam up box! how wide is the box? im thinking about making one for my golfcart.

Thats a good lookin setup, and them dogs r good lookin too

Yep! I can see where some of you guys would get that thought! The country I hunt, you really don't ever have to worry about that happening. I would say the most that could happen to them is a thorny misquite tree limb gettin em. But they pretty much know what one of those is and know to look out lol

Woody- I can't remember for sure how wide it is..... But I think it's around 52 inches?? I will have to re-measure sure to be sure

Be sure it's bolted down good....don't ask me how I know.

So how u know bout boltin it down?  ;D
I assume ur box slid out on a hunt 1 time

I remember that post bryant.. that sucked

No, my (brand new) box slid out on the way TO a hunt....and I never found it.

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