So i recently got a tool box, one of the big diamond plate jobs, but right now its not attached in any way, just kinda sittin there.

So heres the problem. How do I secure it without drilling into the truck? I have a stock ford over-the-rail bedliner so one of the "No-Drill" kits won't help because i would have to cut a hole in the bedliner.


Does anyone know of a way to attach the tool box to the truck without either cutting the bedliner, or drilling into the truck? I would be fine simply drilling into the bedliner though. just dont want any big holes

Edit with question: Is there a small gap between the bedliner and inside walls of the Bed? im wondering if theres air space in there because the rail sticks out, but the bedliner doesnt follow exactly along the inside of the bed obviously

Thanks!

 

You could use a j bolt to hold the tool box on. This will call for a small hole to be drilled next to the top of the bed on the inside of the liner. The biggest problem with the j bolts is that they can bend the inside lip of the bed if used without the bed liner. a j bolt is what the old battery tie downs used and you can get shorter bolts just for tying down the tool boxes, this is a common way to tie down the boxes on the older import trucks.

 

There are not any holes drilled into my back-bed top rail.

There is one hole drilled into each side pocket of the toolbox though,
see picture.

I think what mitchalvin ^ said about bending the inside lip of the bed is true.

My bed-liner is the Full-Metal Jacket spray-on name brand.


EDIT: Now, I understand what you meant about the over the rail bed-liner and not wanting to cut a hole in your bed-liner!


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Well could i use something like this



because the toolbox already has predrilled holes where it sits on the bed rails, and would one of these on each side do the trick?

positioned like this along the rails

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because there is air space between the (Over the rail) bedliner and bed, and that would allow a bolt to hold it in the bedliner withour making a giant-*** hole.

 

Sounds like a winner.

At least it will be a small bolt hole.

Funny story:
Years ago, my 17 year old younger Brother was driving our Dad's 1977 F-150 4x2
460ci C6 automatic and the tool box was not bolted down and was full of Carpenter tools.
(Y'all see where this is going?)
He was showing off to two girls in the lane next to him, when the light changed,
he took off so fast, the heavy tool box slid all the way back and hit the tailgate so hard that it opened and the tool box and all of the tools were all over the intersection.
He said; he left the tool box in mid-air when he took off, just run out from under it!

He was so embarrassed, he backed up, loaded the tool box on the truck and cleaned-up the tools.

He said he never saw the girls after that! lol

Moral of Story: Secure tool Box to truck.

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hahahaha well i know for a fact i couldnt accelerate that fast with my 4.9 if i was going down hill, pulled by a semi, with the wind at my back, and being pushed by a space shuttle!!!

 

Or even with a rocket engine in the bed!

 

Problem Solved!!!!

 

So need a Huge Favor from someone!!!


I went and got the L brackets yesterday, and they look like theyre gonna work, but im concerned about drilling the lip of the bed rail because i dont know how far the lip comes down.

i dont want to have to take out the bedliner to measure, so does anyone have the measurements of how far the lip comes down from the top of the bedrail on the interior of the bed? Thanks!!!!