I do flatbed work about 30% of the time and half of that is with straps. But I'm lugging around 5 12' chains in my cab and four binders.
Besides paying for a proper chain rack, anyone have ideas to secure a steel box behind the cab to dump this stuff in?
Simple chain box ideas
Discussion in 'Flatbed Trucking Forum' started by Driver0000, Jul 30, 2017.
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Could you leave it on the trailer?
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They make inbetween the frame rail boxes. I would go that way of your looking to store a hand full of chains and binders.
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Do you have room to strap a tool box onto your cat walk?
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I built this to go between my frame rails, I moved my batteries in there when I eliminated the battery boxes but it made good storage.
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I saw this a while backGrubby, Airborne, nightgunner and 14 others Thank this. -
Looks like there's a divider in there. Chains in the back and storage in front?
Looks like it's similar dimensions to the Pete OEM steps. I like it.OLDSKOOLERnWV, snowman_w900, SAR and 4 others Thank this. -
Any more details on it? Is it bolted to the frame or just clamped onto the flanges?
I've been wanting to put a box between the rails to store stuff. Don't want to pay the high prices for one of the pre-built Aluminum ones though.snowman_w900, SAR, MJ1657 and 3 others Thank this. -
Clamped, I had a local fab shop brake the metal for the box and lid then I put it all together. It's a piece of (12 gauge maybe) steel bent to set on the frame rails. I measured everything so I could maximize the available area. It's been a while but we have less than $300 in the whole thing not counting my time. I had them brake some aluminum to match so I could build a whole deck plate. If you want more pictures let me know.OLDSKOOLERnWV, Driver0000, 1951 ford and 8 others Thank this.
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Thanks. I would love more pictures if you wouldn't mind. Making something custom length for the space I have would be nice. I'd like to fill in all the way from the back of the cab to the front of my fifth wheel.Airborne, snowman_w900, cke and 3 others Thank this.
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