What kind of tool box should I get for my pickup?
I don't want something huge that will take up half the bed, just want something I can keep my basic work tools in and then also stuff for the car like a socket set, ratchet straps, etc
What kind of tool box should I get for my pickup?
If you are trying to minimize cargo space loss why dont you use a large tradition toolbox instead of one that mounts in your bed? Is it because you're in LA or SF? What part of California do you live in?
No really, why are you living in California? Family ties?
>I don't want something huge that will take up half the bed
With a bed that size that will be nearly impossible. Any bed toolbox that you can securely mount so that someone can't come along and steal your shit is going to take up approximately half of that bed space.
I'd recommend a small job box between the bed rails up at the front of the box for minimal space requirements and zero visibility loss.
Something like this...
https://www.northerntool.com/products/ironton-jobsite-box-gray-36-7-8in-w-x-15-7-8in-d-x-18-1-8in-h-52528
I have a mighty max and keep all that stuff under/behind the seat. The area behind the seat can store a lot. Tool bag, Inflator pump breaker bar, lug socket ratchet straps, Tire plug kit. etc and still have room for a sub and amp.
Over the wheel-well box
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Okay, now this, this is good.
Rail-to-rail tool box
High-side tool box
Slide-out deck tool box
>slide out box
>takes up half the bed height and raises any potential items up higher giving a greater chance of them falling out if not secure properly
lol
Walk-in camper shell
Contractor truck box
This is dope but I would fear loading much shit in there and leaving it parked on the street like the OP pic.
You can easily rig alarm switches to the doors.
It's california.
They'll just steal the whole truck.
This is what I've outfitted our company trucks with, but I also put a slide out bed since there's no access from the sides anymore. Pretty cool.
Aerodynamic sweet-looking truck cap
>bed topper to make your truck look like some freaked out sports car
do boomers really?
That may be the most hideous piece of shit I have ever seen...
This needs to go on that ranger with the mustang front end
that's enough truck to leave that area before the treedwellers wreck it.
milwaukee packout (tm)
Does anybody in the U.S. drive these (pic related) kinds of cars? They are very common in Australia, known as single-cab utes. You can fit practically anything in one of these.
No, and there's several reasons. Light duty pickups are always sold with a bed that adds to the base price, we aren't required by law to secure the loads which means the deeper sides of a pickup bed are good enough to keep the shit in, and for the past 20-30 years pickups have become a fashion statement more often than being used for towing and hauling, leading to the beds becoming more of an afterthought.
Sometimes but it's usually just a flat steel bed instead of the tray with sides and they are usually used on farms and stuff instead of being used by tradesmen
yes but only 3/4 or 1 tons
5 scenarios
>someone bought a truck with a utility body and replaced it with this, or bought with no bed at all, and went with this
>the bed was detroyed/rusted to oblivion and replaced
a real OEM replacement bed would be up to $3k if you can even find one, a replacement aluminum bed can be had for less but still a lot - there's a company nearby advertising custom aluminum beds in this price range
in really rust prone areas people without that kind of money will have a bed made up from wood
>hotshot drivers who have no use for a bed, get a flatbed and install a gooseneck
>crate freight delivery - idk the industry term for this but basically they deliver small tarped load freight items like idk crate engines locally, again no need for a regular bed
>miscellaneous shit like farm use
pretty much all of these would be older trucks, only hotshot drivers would do it to a new-ish truck
ones with the folding sides, not stake sides, are pretty rare, usually they are just flat beds
More people need to be flatbed-pilled. I pretty much despise standard pickup beds and almost exclusively use flatbeds.
I would but I'm not quite motivated to fab one or grab one from salvage, but they're common on work trucks. I used to have one but swapped it for a Holmes 440 wrecker boom.
I'll eventually grab two or three more from salvage then fab drop sides which I learned to like overseas. Dropside flat beds are based.
this design would allow to add storage under the flatbed
the common truck bed they put on american trucks looks kind of nice but is so useless in so many ways
>the common truck bed they put on american trucks looks kind of nice but is so useless in so many ways
improves gas milage over a tray. although americans seem to not care about gas mileage
i drive a longbed, shortcab truck and there is a huge empty space passenger side, under the bed, between wheel well and cab. you could easily fit a 24x14x12 tool box full of cheap shit like jumpercables and ratchet straps and spare fluids
Flatbeds are pretty common but logger boxes aren't, unless you're in a logging part of the country.
I put a bed similar to this on my 80s Toyota, that came from some electric utility cart company. Fold down sides, pins to take off sides/tailgate, it kicks ass! Other Americans barely use their pickup or bitch that it would look too much like a truck/utility piece.
OP here thanks for the suggestions everyone, also has anyone ever bought cheap racks like these?
https://www.amazon.com/AA-Racks-Non-Drilling-Extendable-Pick-Up-Mounting/dp/B07YXL58SZ/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=17ZY359R4CH14&keywords=rack+for+small+pickup&qid=1698723839&s=automotive&sprefix=rack+for+small+pickup%2Cautomotive%2C142&sr=1-2-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1
i keep bigger tools on passengger floorboard under a rubber mat. long tools along passenger side seat, tool bag behind passenger seat. above annd around all that stuff is lots of worthless crap and garbage so no one will break in. if they ever do, goodbye hundreds of dollars worth of tools, and the hours it took to accumulate them all at discount
Weld a custom one out of random bits of metal
I would love to have an aluminum tray on my pickup but I don't have the money, I'm just trying to get by with a tool box and a headache rack tbh