Pickup truck storage options?

[pfshoen]

Another good suggestion, and another good use of otherwise wasted space. I'm not sure if I have space behind the wheels - I'm thinking the fuel tank might be in the way - although the Perenties have one there so that warrants further research.

Perenties have the fuel tank under the front seat so have room behind the rear wheels. You've already got a box on the left rear above the tailpipe, so have room for a box on each side in front of the wheels. If you're going to go thru the trouble of having something custom made, wouldn't be much harder to mount them inside the wells instead of on top. If you don't mind the MoD style with doors outside the bed, you can buy them off the shelf.

 

[Ephry73]

They should fit in the ROW 90, I would think. These were designed to be a bit shallower to accomodate the internal roll cage bar inside the tub of my old early 1994 NAS 90 truck. Unfortunately, the Tithonus 110's stiffening panels decrease the depth of the wheel wells even more than the 90's roll cage, so the boxes hang over the edge of the wheel well if installed in the Tith 110. But, in a plain ROW 90, they should fit.

I will measure and put up some specs tomorrow.

That is the issue I find with the Tith. Finding good storage boxes like that. Ultimately one that fits rail to rail like most pickups will have to do, but then I am cutting the length of the bed by a few feet.

 

[chris snell]

It would be easy enough to decrease the depth in Solidworks to accommodate the decreased Tith wheel well space. I just don‘t have a SW license.

 

[Ephry73]

Mounting can be really strong as well using the Tith's braces for mounting points for the box. Thick aluminum instead of steel should work as well and save some weight.

It would be easy enough to decrease the depth in Solidworks to accommodate the decreased Tith wheel well space. I just don‘t have a SW license.

 

[chris snell]

Mounting can be really strong as well using the Tith's braces for mounting points for the box. Thick aluminum instead of steel should work as well and save some weight.

My boxes have four M8 holes on the bottom. I just used button cap screws to hold them down. Way stronger than it needs to be.

 

[SCRover]

Perenties have the fuel tank under the front seat so have room behind the rear wheels. You've already got a box on the left rear above the tailpipe, so have room for a box on each side in front of the wheels. If you're going to go thru the trouble of having something custom made, wouldn't be much harder to mount them inside the wells instead of on top. If you don't mind the MoD style with doors outside the bed, you can buy them off the shelf.

Thanks for the info. Good to have.

 

[Thedudeabides]

It's a pretty close copy. Way back in the day, I wanted some Troy boxes but Troy said he was out of the game. I mentioned this to my brother-in-law, who is a civilian mechanical engineer for US Army Aviation and he was like, no problem, let's do this. With my guidance, he drew them out in Solidworks. They were designed to use the Tuffy box locks so that I could get them keyed alike to my existing Tuffy center console. They have two grommeted holes (water jet) cut into the back, out of sight. I was originally going to mount ham radio gear inside them but changed my mind. One also has a Marinco 12V outlet on the side facing the rear of the truck, which you wire from the inside of the box via the hole in the hidden side. I used this to power my Engel fridge.

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I took my brother-in-law's design and sent it off to a place called Rapid Sheet Metal that the Army uses for bespoke rapid prototyping. It was expensive as all get-out, almost $1300 back in 2010, but they water jet cut them out of 0.074 cold rolled steel, folded them up, welded them, and sent them to me a few days later. It was kind of amazing and I'm sure that this would take six months in this 2022 bullshit supply chain, but I got them.

I took them to a place in Colorado Springs that specialized in powdercoating high end bike frames and had them do the crinkle-coat semi-gloss black. It came out incredible. One of those rare Rover projects where the execution is as good or better as the original concept.

They're ridiculously stout and heavy. You could probably park a truck on four of them.

I still have the Solidworks CAD file in case I ever need to make more.

I have an early 1994 (#146) with the side bars on the cage and I'd be interested if Mirrajumper passes