Next we will glue the rails to the posts of the racks. Use a good wood glue for this.
I left the cut edges a bit rough because I wanted that old, rough look, but you could do some fine sanding to clean them up and make them look a little sharper if you wanted to.
I decided to try them out and see how they looked. Pretty good...but they need something...
I decided to stain them. I decided a dark walnut would give it just the right color to go with this rustic old truck.
You could also paint them if you had a particular color that you wanted.