Pick up storage solutions

Paddington

Member
Location
Soggy Shropshire
There must be some clever ideas out there for keeping tools etc tidy in the tub ? Those side swing out boxes seem expensive at over £100, I'm currently using Crystalyx tubs (free), which never arrive in the same place as they were when I set off. :scratchhead:
 

Neil MP

Member
Location
Argyll
There must be some clever ideas out there for keeping tools etc tidy in the tub ? Those side swing out boxes seem expensive at over £100, I'm currently using Crystalyx tubs (free), which never arrive in the same place as they were when I set off. :scratchhead:
Tubs work fine if you put 2 strips of conveyor belt in also, just slide out whichever belt has the tub you want on it, works similar to those expensive drawers only better as nothing slides about on the rubber. 👍
 

mobileweld

Member
Arable Farmer
I spent a fortune (to me!) on my truck. Have a ‘Decked’ drawer system which doubles as a false floor. Consists of two drawers. And then a genset Honda engine welder mounted on top. A divider half way along the false floor and tool bags full of various things kept up the bulkhead end. Side opening gullwing canopy is a god send wouldn’t ever go back to only having a rear door.
 
Sorry.

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Andrew

Never Forgotten
Honorary Member
Location
Huntingdon, UK
 
i currently have transit crew van but keep looking at ex power network pickups and wonder how practical they would be to work out of, be better for towing and not getting stuck than the transit

I did speak to pick up systems and price a new one:oops:

Big issue is you can't get anything big in the back 4 ft is about the max length.
I've a roof rack which helps
 

mx110

Member
Location
cumbria
Big issue is you can't get anything big in the back 4 ft is about the max length.
I've a roof rack which helps
yeah thats what i keep thinking, transit crewvan manages about 7ft corner to corner or its in the trailer. used to love my old lwb transit 190. but that was before family. crewvan seems like i'm constantly cleaning it out/tidy up to find stuff or fit stuff in.
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
i currently have transit crew van but keep looking at ex power network pickups and wonder how practical they would be to work out of, be better for towing and not getting stuck than the transit

I did speak to pick up systems and price a new one:oops:
Northern power grid ones that I saw, were awesome, night heater, inverters and all the toys and that's before you got to storage
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
Pickups are the work of the devil.
Sold the 3.2 Ranger for a new Renault Traffic swb van with 145hp: 39mpg and drives better than many cars. Only drawbacks are 2t towing limit, poor traction in fresh snow and the ‘scour under the nose’ looks when you park next to someone’s Disco / Defunder that cost them 3 x as much, to impress people they don’t like.
Racked it out with Bott shelves and home made 20mm box frame, saving about £1500. Takes 8x4 sheets with ease.
Still occasionally drive sons L200, which feels like a 7.5 tonner in comparison, yeuch.
 

zero

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Yorkshire coast
There must be some clever ideas out there for keeping tools etc tidy in the tub ? Those side swing out boxes seem expensive at over £100, I'm currently using Crystalyx tubs (free), which never arrive in the same place as they were when I set off. :scratchhead:
Mineral tubs stay in place if you put a some stable matting on the load bed floor.
 

Neil MP

Member
Location
Argyll
There must be some clever ideas out there for keeping tools etc tidy in the tub ? Those side swing out boxes seem expensive at over £100, I'm currently using Crystalyx tubs (free), which never arrive in the same place as they were when I set off. :scratchhead:
Tubs work fine if you put 2 strips of conveyor belt in also, just slide out whichever belt has the tub you want on it, works similar to those expensive drawers only better as nothing slides about on the rubber. 👍
@Paddington
Here’s pictures of my cheap solution 👍

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