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hayhauler71 · 10-21-2009, 02:05 PM

Has anyone did a custom wood bed with wooden storage compartments? I will be boxing in the wheel tubs on both sides in maple to match the wood bed. I will use this storage to hide the battery box and also hide my chairs and cooler when going to shows. any ideas or pics of something different would be great.

hayhauler71 · 10-23-2009, 09:57 PM

I will be starting this project in 12 hours so get your 2 cents in or i will post pics as i work on this project.

71swb4x4 · 10-23-2009, 10:07 PM

Instead of going over the wheel wells could you make one whole board hinge up or over, and then build a storage compartment under it? Or even two boards could hinge over to give you a bigger compartment.

**special-K** · 10-24-2009, 09:20 AM

If access is from the top and you don`t want the boxes inside of the wheelhouses more than the thickness of the material,it will be a very small opening.i`ve built boxes and accessed then through the sides,inside the bed.

10-21-2009, 02:05 PM	#1
hayhauler71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: St. Paul MN. Posts: 1,996	custom wood bed storage Has anyone did a custom wood bed with wooden storage compartments? I will be boxing in the wheel tubs on both sides in maple to match the wood bed. I will use this storage to hide the battery box and also hide my chairs and cooler when going to shows. any ideas or pics of something different would be great.

10-23-2009, 09:57 PM	#2
hayhauler71 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: St. Paul MN. Posts: 1,996	Re: custom wood bed storage I will be starting this project in 12 hours so get your 2 cents in or i will post pics as i work on this project.

10-23-2009, 10:07 PM	#3
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Re: custom wood bed storage Instead of going over the wheel wells could you make one whole board hinge up or over, and then build a storage compartment under it? Or even two boards could hinge over to give you a bigger compartment. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

10-24-2009, 09:20 AM	#4
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,851	Re: custom wood bed storage If access is from the top and you don`t want the boxes inside of the wheelhouses more than the thickness of the material,it will be a very small opening.i`ve built boxes and accessed then through the sides,inside the bed. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

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