[cwcarpenter98]

Ever since we bought the truck, the windshield has been cracked. I want to fix it, but I would have to fix the rust before I can put a new one in. I need to learn how to weld

With no tie downs, I decided to add my own. I took some U bolts, bedlined them, and bolted them into the bed sides. I used a piece of aluminum on the back side so that it wasn't just the nuts pulling against the sheet metal of the bed.

The spare tire I chose for the truck is a full size spare. It does not fit in the stock spare carrier, so I used the idea of a Nissan chain style carrier that I found on this forum. I found a carrier in a junkyard that looked like it had never been used before. I cleaned it up, cut some angle iron to hold the carrier between the frame rails, and bolted it all together.