I wanted to keep some larger tools in the bed of the truck, but also need them secured and not use up any floor space. I liked how some folks are able to mount tools to the factory rails in Toyota Tacomas, and I wanted something similar. After seeing ToadSmasher2k1's thread on here with his boxlink bike rack, I knew exactly what to do.

Using some 1" steel square tubing, 3" wide steel plate, Quick Fists, nuts and bolts, and rubber stoppers, I was able to make some rails that I could securely mount my axe, pickaroon, and shovel to (with one open spot to spare). I also found some D-rings, here, that I painted and attached to the rails.

I chose steel tubing over aluminum because it's strength. Yes, the steel will rust, but after cutting the tubing to length, and drilling all of the mounting holes, I coated the inside and outside entirely with POR-15 to prevent them from rusting. After some light sanding, I coated the tubing and mounting plates for the Quick Fists with Rustoleum's Truck Bed Coating. I'm terrible at using spray paint, but as long as it's coated, I don't care really how well it looks since it'll just be in the bed.

Anyway, here's some pictures...


I screwed two rubber stoppers together, and put them behind the mounting plates in order to keep the mounts somewhat vertical, and to keep some stress off of the Boxlink mounting plates.







My terrible painting job.




My nicer Wetterlings axes stay home, so here's a cheaper Husqvarna axe and my Stihl pickaroon mounted with the Quick Fists.




I picked up a Bully Tools shovel on Amazon, that I'm really pleased with.




I'll be ordering a Quick Fist for my fire extinguisher. It barely fits where it is now, and I'd like to see if I can mount it horizontally to the rail.







A nicely organized bed with my Plano totes for my tools, supplies, get home bag, and other crap.

 

good job there dude!

 

Very nice. Well done!

 

Very Nice Job !

 

How much you spend on materials

 

Very nicely done, great job.

Tom

 

Looks good! Never trust a guy with all new tools!

 

Very nice. The more people custom build things to use the boxlink system, maybe some accessory companies will follow and develop some of their own.

 

I agree, Im surprised their isn't a bunch of stuff available for the box link.

 

Shazam! That's awesome! nice work!