I ended up putting 3 supports in the rear for extra strength. I used the Kreg jig and glue to attach the supports. This made it nice and strong and it help me, which is about 170lbs. I then went to Lowes and bought some gray carpet and glue to finish it out. The carpet was not a perfect...
I then laid the shelf on the boards and drew lines so I could take it out and glue/screw the crossmembers to the shelf. It turned out that the heighth was almost perfect with the top of the fender well. I also took some 1x6 decking boards that were laying around and cut the supports in the rear...
So after a few hunting trips and piling gear up in the back, I decided i wanted to build a shelf to give me two levels of storage. Here are the pics of what I did. I thought it turned out great. I used it last weekend and it was nice to put a climbing stand and clothes under and guns and bags...
I just got my rig about 2 weeks ago. My first 4R and I love it already. I cant wait to mod it up. I will keep you updated. Hope to have better pics this weekend. I am going to the camp and will take some there. It came with BFG AT 265/65R17 which look better than stock.