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Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:13:16 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Styer <m_styer@go.com>
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: best solution for bed storage...
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I saw a truck at the Bloomsburg show this year, same bed setup as you, and he mounted a couple of heavy duty drawer sliders (like on a mechanics tool chest) on the floor of his bed, with attachments on a box that was narrow enough to fit between the wheel wells. When he want the box, he tugged a cord that release the latch and pulled the box to the back of the bed and over the tail gate. He could remove the box from the rails anytime he needed to haul anything larger.
There is a company that makes a sliding tray on those sliders, if I can remember the name of the company, I'll let you know. I do remember they ran about $800 though. The guy at the truck show said everything cost him about $30 (not including the tool box).
Mike S.
93 Dak (RIP-sold to DML member)
96 Ram (trying to get the trans rebuilt properly)
>Ethan Schwartz wrote:
>
>>
>> I think it's probably been asked before... but I was hoping to get some
>> advice...
>>
>> I have a regular cab, it's a bit tight on space... Right now I have a
>> standard tonneau cover, but w/ no lock I'm reluctant to leave anything
>> worth more then a few bucks in the bed if I have to make any stops... I
>> don't even really trust my neighbors, let alone someone who happens to
>> walk by the truck while I'm out.
>>
>> I wanted to buy a truck chest, a 48"Lx20"Dx18"H from Northern Tools, and
>> mount it up near the cab, but my cover only opens if I unbutton the
>> whole darn thing, which would make it next to impossible to access the
>> tool box easily. I'd like to keep a cover for the fuel savings and
>> ability to keep stuff dry back there...
>>
>> So I guess my question is... short of a cap, what's the best bet for
>> secure storage?
>
>How much space do you need? Steel Horse makes some storage units that
>bolt to the tailgate and fit inside the bed around the wheelwell (along
>the side of the bed, between the tailgate and the wheelwell).
>
>What are you really storing in there? I've left quite a bit of stuff
>under my tonneau sometimes for weeks and it hasn't been disturbed.
>Someone rifling through a parked truck bed is obvious and suspicious; in
>my experience, if it's out of sight, it's not as likely to get snooped
>through.
>
>Or how about just a real heavy box chained to one of your tailgate-end
>tiedown loops, with a padlock on it, and one of those "cargo bars" to
>keep it from sliding forward?
>
>--
>-andy
>
>http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us
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> -Bob Tom
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