Originally Posted by 97JEEPTJ

For the trip, I wanted to keep the bed organized and secure. I decided to utilize the indentations in the bed and some 2x10's. The must-haves were to fit the RTIC cooler, 5 gallon jerry can of water, 5 gallons of gas, a shovel, and a hi-lift jack (normally lives on the Jeep). I mocked some of it up, and decided to mount the shovel and hi-lift on the front side of the 'divider'. I basically framed in some 2x10's to the back side of the organizer, which sits at the back of the bed. The organizer ended up with 3 compartments. It still allows access to the cargo tie-downs. I also added some small D-rings to each compartment so I could tie the contents down with bungee cords. It worked out perfectly.

For the hi-lift jack, I used some old control arm bushings, fender washers and wing nuts. Fortunately the way the hi-lift is, it has a ton of mounting options along the length of it. A two-point mount system worked perfect, and it did not come loose with tons of gravel road driving.

I used some quick-fists I had laying around for the shovel mount. I am not super satisfied with them, as one of the fists broke on the first use. I would try something else in the future, even D-cell Maglite flashlight clips.

You may notice, that nothing 'holds' the organizer down, beyond gravity. The shovel and hi-lift weight it down pretty decently. Other than that, the water and gas can have a 'friction fit' that helps as well. But, the dividers are not attached to the bed at all. I suppose you could mount it, but I didn't feel it was necessary.

Overall the organizer worked out perfectly. The cooler was oriented so that while it was in-place you could access the cooler simply by opening the bed cover-it was not necessary to put the tailgate down.

We put a lot of miles on gravel/dirt roads out there, and ran into an unanticipated issue with dust getting sucked into the bed between the tailgate and bumper. All of the contents had a thick layer of dust on them. So, in the future I will look into some tailgate seals to at least minimize the dust finding its way in.

Here are a few progress pics, and the final product. Excuse the couple of blurry pics.

Originally Posted by Orange Joe

If you cary a shovel or a jack(for the jack handle) check out "quick fist" clamps.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/Quick...B&gclsrc=aw.ds
I have them all over my prerunner and love them.
For tools, fluids and other stuff I use a military storage box. I got mine when I was in the military but you can find them on eBay, Amazon or a military surplus store.