What's behind your seat..?

[Bears63]

The way my adventure has been going probably another huge mouse nest and more poop and urine! I'll find out for certain tomorrow night.

[tucsonjwt]

No template - just measured with the seat all the way back - so no rubbing anywhere. I used 3 self tapping sheet metal screws in the lip under the window in the vertical recess spaces so the short screws would not penetrate the back wall of the cap - plenty secure. The custom cab corner speaker boxes were also very handy and no cost to build using scraps I had available.

My best advice - lay out everything you want to store and then design a storage bin to accommodate each item. Store most frequently used items on top and outer cubbies.

This is basically just a big open front triangle with a 1/4" plywood back and 1Xs and other plywood pieces for the shelves and dividers. If might be a good idea to just use cheap plywood or MDF or even OSB if you are undecided on what you want so you don't waste expensive stock. Actually, nobody will see it back there so cheap stock is probably the most practical option.

[tucsonjwt]

Some recent pics with storage utilization.

[Dead Parrot]

Bought this behind the seat shelf setup many years ago. I think it is a Rubbermaid product. Found it at Pepboys. Cut some carpet pieces to line the bottoms of the shelf areas to cut down on rattles.

[riz]

Dee Zee Inc. #CO75 around $90.

RIZ

[IdahoMan]

Originally Posted by Dead Parrot

Bought this behind the seat shelf setup many years ago. I think it is a Rubbermaid product. Found it at Pepboys. Cut some carpet pieces to line the bottoms of the shelf areas to cut down on rattles.

DP,

Is that a Halon 1211 Extinguisher you have there? I'm thinking of getting one fo those.


IM

[Dead Parrot]

DP,

Is that a Halon 1211 Extinguisher you have there? I'm thinking of getting one fo those.


IM

Nope. Just a 5 BC dry chem. I do have a small Halon 1211 I got years ago on closeout. Keep it near my computers and home entertainment stuff. Halon is a use and run product. Any of the Halon that gets transformed by the fire tends to mutate into deadly stuff.

Also have a 5lb CO2 that someone was tossing. IIRC, it was about $45 to get it re-certified and refilled.

[tucsonjwt]

My reason for not going with the plastic store bought box again is that I wanted long bins for items, like the jack and handle and rolled up jumper cables, etc., and the purchased box had relatively small fixed shelves.

Also, if a long gun were stored I would want to put it in a custom sized cubby with a locking front panel hinged on the bottom side. I have known guys who had their rifle stolen from their truck and it was an easy grab and go for the thief. I think if a thief has to do some extra looking and fiddling to break another lock or two it might slow him down enough to think twice about dawdling around.