DIY 2x4 Stock Rack?

[SLINGSHOT]

Has anyone done a 2x4 stock rack for their Maverick? As a child, in my little Midwest farm town, I could tell the farm trucks from the "city" trucks because the farm trucks always had a 2x4 stock rack. Useful for hauling a pig to market or picking up a calf. Also kept hay bales from falling off. You never see them anymore, since the family farm has disappeared, and all pickups are now city trucks.

Here are a couple of close examples of what I'm talking about.

Neither are exactly the style I mean, but they are the general idea. Trucks back then had holes in the side panels so you could slide a 2x4 into them and easily remove the rack if you wanted. Look at some 50s and 60s trucks and you will see the holes.

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[BeardedK]

I get your idea, but I don't think with the roof to bed height ratio on the Maverick that'd it be for me. TFL did something in that vein last year: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxqtSOxLSO61ItBWnj4KCpNJ5VPxoXy2qb , not quite the old school bed rack look, but functional.

I could see getting some clamps to attach the rails you like to the bed side since there are no stake pockets, but I don't know looks wise. Could be interesting...