Handy Devices

Eighty-five-year-old Ronald Boozer, Prosperity, South Carolina, looked for a way to climb in and out of the bed of his Chevy pickup. Simple solution(s). First, he attached an old saddle stirrup to a 10-inch length of chain. He attached an S-hook to the other end of the chain. He drilled a hole in the truck's bumper and set an eyebolt into the hole (a nut to secure it). He slid the S-hook, with chain and stirrup connected, through the eyebolt to create the step up. Boozer also built a handle to steady his climb with a piece of lumber fitted into a stake pocket. He stores the stirrup step in the truck bed.

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