Hitch mounted cargo tray = table?

[madstat]

Hi folks, been a long time since my last post.

I'm sure I am not the first one to think of this but I'm looking around for a hitch mounted cargo tray that can double as a table (w folding legs or something like that). Tried searching the net and this forum but no luck. Has anyone seen anything like this?

Cheers.

 

[madstat]

I knew I was being a bit too vague. What I'm looking for is a tray you can load cargo onto and then when you get to your destination, you unhitch it from the rig and possibly attach legs so that it is a stand alone table.

kind of like this..

but with legs that either fold down or detachable.

 

[madstat]

All you need are the legs from a Staples or Home Depot folding table...

Ha! never though about cannibalizing a folding table. I should look and see if there are table legs that work with the 24" depth hitch cargo trays. I think most of those folding tables are about 30" but I have seen "skinny" folding tables. It does seem like an easy solution. Thanks a ton!

 

[NKlamerus]

That's genius. Aluminum is the way to go! I've gone through 2 steel ones due to rust.

 

[madstat]

Found this through search:

looks like an option.

On this webpage http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/20076755/print/true.cfm there are details, here is a quote from the builder:

I built the silly rack basically to carry firewood and a cooler on. Then about a year later I came up with the idea of adding legs. I tossed a million ideas around, from folding, screw on, pin on, etc... I decided on simple and strong.
I took sched 40 black pipe and screwed a cap on the foot end of each leg. Then took two pipe couplers and cut them each in half and welded the halves to the bottom of the rack in four properly spaced areas. To do this, I screwed each leg into a respective coupler, then held each one at a time, eyeball squared in several directions and tacked a few places to double check, and correct square. Then glued them down good with some sparks.

I think a custom built one with folding legs would be super sweet.

 

[csp]

It's a very easy project and there are a dozen variations in the link I posted.

Did you forget the link?

 

[48RON54]

I like the idea, but I'm so lazy that if I could just flip the basket upside down in the receiver to make a table that is likely where it (and I for that matter) would stay lol