Tweet
That's Andy the Dog. He wants to be near the humans and able to look out the windshield when he's riding in the car with us but we don't want him in the front seats with us. So I got to thinkin' and buildin' and here's what I made:
For ME's HHR: That's a length of turbo plumbing that I had left and it fits the rear cup holder pretty well. We hate to give up a cup holder but you have to make tradeoffs in this world. The length of 2X2 at the rear keeps the whole thing fairly level. We're taking the HHR and Andy to Duke (a bit west Raleigh - my medical appointment) tomorrow so we'll have a chance to give this a test drive. A quick test around the block was promising though we'll need to reinforce that he stays in the back.
And the system in Truck: A bit different but the same concept. He's getting used to this one and now pretty much stays back though he does need a bit of reinforcing from time to time.
From the back seat:
And from the front so you can see the front chest board. He can step over the chest board if he puts his mind to it so that's why he needs training. If I make the chest board much higher he wouldn't be able to see out.
These are mostly made from 1/2" "Baltic Birch" plywood so the panels are without gaps within the panels. The fasteners are almost all 1/4-20 T-nuts with the aluminum making the 90 degree angles. If you haven't used T-nuts let me assure you that they are THE way to go if you need to screw stuff to plywood.
Dan
For ME's HHR: That's a length of turbo plumbing that I had left and it fits the rear cup holder pretty well. We hate to give up a cup holder but you have to make tradeoffs in this world. The length of 2X2 at the rear keeps the whole thing fairly level. We're taking the HHR and Andy to Duke (a bit west Raleigh - my medical appointment) tomorrow so we'll have a chance to give this a test drive. A quick test around the block was promising though we'll need to reinforce that he stays in the back.
And the system in Truck: A bit different but the same concept. He's getting used to this one and now pretty much stays back though he does need a bit of reinforcing from time to time.
From the back seat:
And from the front so you can see the front chest board. He can step over the chest board if he puts his mind to it so that's why he needs training. If I make the chest board much higher he wouldn't be able to see out.
These are mostly made from 1/2" "Baltic Birch" plywood so the panels are without gaps within the panels. The fasteners are almost all 1/4-20 T-nuts with the aluminum making the 90 degree angles. If you haven't used T-nuts let me assure you that they are THE way to go if you need to screw stuff to plywood.
Dan
Comment