Need Opinions on Tool Box

bscottb · August 13, 2001

I need a tool but I don't like crossover boxes. I am thinking about getting a diamond plate box and bolting it to my drop in bedliner. I will put the bolts in the ridges of the bedliner so they won't touch the bed of the truck. I don't want to drill holes in the bed is the reason I am thinking about bolting to the bedliner. Any thoughts or better ideas?

NeXuS1 · August 13, 2001

i wouldnt trust the bed liner to hold a tool box in place, maybe wait till your set on what your going to do then bolt it to the bed?

MountaineerTom · August 13, 2001

I agree with NeXuS. The liner would not be very secure.

Jpshostr · August 13, 2001

I wouldn't bolt it to the bedliner. Instead get one of those crossbars that goes from one side of the box to the other and will let you jam it to the front of the box. It is kind of like what holds cargo inside of a semi van trailer.

NewbieZ71 · August 14, 2001

I would think that over the long haul it would weaken and tear the bedliner where you bolted it to it. The box would have to have at least a little bit of motion to it and those bolts would act as pivot points. Would have to rip through at some point and then you just have big holes in the liner. just my uneducated $.02 though..

DigUout · August 14, 2001

I agree with what everyone else is saying, bolting to the liner is a bad call, but Jp's idea sounds like the way for you to go-

JSJ · August 15, 2001

I put two eye bolts in my box and got two turnbuckles and ran them from the tie downs in the front of my bed to the euebolts. A very tight fit and can be hard to tighten up but it works for me. I have a drop in bed liner. The bolts are located near the top and to the front of the box so the turnbuckles angle across the box. I put silicon on the inside of the box to prevent leaks.