Expert DIYer April Wilkerson learns welding basics while building a truck bed rack, combining metalwork with practical use.

Truck beds have a difficult life. They live out in the elements, they have things dropped and thrown on them, and generally get beaten up while being the reliable, utilitarian vehicles that they are.

Get cash. It’s simple. It’s direct. And it’s the name of the game for most work truck operators. For Clayton Ary of Bakersfield, California, getting cash also included spending some cash in order to ...