Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Just after what methods people use to secure a large checkerplate tool box to a vehicle...

I could easily drill some holes in the bottom and bolt it down, but I want to try and avoid that so in the future I don't have nice holes in it if i want to use it for something else.

Are there any easily removable ways to do it? (5-10min to remove) as well as more permanent way (30min+ to remove)

I am putting it in the back of a suzuki sierra, and its 860mm x 560 x 450, so as you can imagine it fills up the back easily.

your thoughts would gladly be accepted

what about using the bolts/holes that used to hold the rear seats in?

tie downs would be the quickest way, but not very safe and secure. bolting it down is probably the best way but if you dont want to drill holes then thats out, unless you use seat holes as posted above, other than that, umm, not sure
but then again, 4 or 6 10mm holes arent that bad

alien wrote:what about using the bolts/holes that used to hold the rear seats in?

Yeh, thats what I thought if I go that way.

So there's no lockable clamping systems that I could put on both the box and car to hold it down?

I was thinking of using something like a ojop fastener ( http://www.uesint.com/product/fanal.php ... ber=1.703l )

possibly replacing the loop bit for a hook to pull down on the handles, and probably some on the box and hooks on the base to hold onto.

ok - how about the hoop that the seats clip onto??? can you take the clip part off the seats, have a small hole in the toolbox for the car's hoop to come through and the chair thingo's clamp onto it to hold the box down?

then its a lever release, and still cheap as without modifying the body =)

alien wrote:ok - how about the hoop that the seats clip onto??? can you take the clip part off the seats, have a small hole in the toolbox for the car's hoop to come through and the chair thingo's clamp onto it to hold the box down?

then its a lever release, and still cheap as without modifying the body =)

Yes! I was thinking about using the seat hoops (on the body) to connect onto! so less points to put hoops onto the body.

I don't have the rear seats anymore, so i can't salvage bits from them.

Will go get the bits tomorrow and see how it goes

john deere and chamberlain tractors used to have toolboxes from factory.

They are secured by a tab that sticks a hole in the back panel of the box and just a bolt is ised to hold it in place . If the box is locked then there is no way possible to remove the toolbox. Not even a bolt to undo. Once done its a quick 2 seconds to remove

foonji wrote:

alien wrote:what about using the bolts/holes that used to hold the rear seats in?

Yeh, thats what I thought if I go that way.

So there's no lockable clamping systems that I could put on both the box and car to hold it down?

I was thinking of using something like a ojop fastener ( http://www.uesint.com/product/fanal.php ... ber=1.703l )

possibly replacing the loop bit for a hook to pull down on the handles, and probably some on the box and hooks on the base to hold onto.

i use this method on mine with a couple of bits of angle rivited to the tray with hooks on them. you can also get the ones which can be locked down with a pad lock for security

what about a piece of cheker plate to go over the rear of the car like a fiberglass lid that you can fit to ute that have a styleside tray. that way its out of sight and then just lift it up on a piano hinge to access the toolbox, then you also get a flat surface to work on or use.

Just bolt it down and when you pull it out get 2 rubber plugs to go in the old holes.

TEK SCREWS

X2

could you mig up a flange out of angle to the front and rear of the box. The rear flange slides under a lip, and the front flange has holes in it that go over pins or bolts and just put clevis pin/spring loops through the bolts

Velcro.

ive got tie downs holding mine in position, and a nice big beefy chain securing them to the tray, i could have the boxes off in 5 mins.

If you bolt down ensure you have plates inside box etc.

Bazzle

danssurf82 wrote:TEK SCREWS

USE CHEWING GUM

dont use tek screws, chewing gum is a better option, then you know its not secure, tek screws are too hard and the heads shear off them. i have almost lost a tool box of a ute and know of others that have lost boxes because tek screws sheared off, or pulled through the floor.

If you are carrying anything heavy in it use plates under the heads of bolts to spread the load so if you have an accident the heads of the bolts dont just pull through the sheet metal tool box, same for under the floor