Underhung cargo boxes

[javajoe79]

What do you have, what do you like about them and what changes would you make?

please post detailed pictures if you don’t mind. I’m starting to think about building mine and would love some real world feedback

 

[Aussie Iron]

If you hang them behind the rear axle make sure they are solid enough that when the weight (vehicle) sits on them they don't squash up.

Dan.

 

[javajoe79]

If you hang them behind the rear axle make sure they are solid enough that when the weight (vehicle) sits on them they don't squash up.

Dan.

My rear overhang is very small. If I did put a small box there it wouldn't hang down low enough to get outside of the departure angle line. Any pics of yours?

 

[1aquaholic]

Welded mine into the sub frame then built the walls to cover.

 

[Aussie Iron]

My rear overhang is very small. If I did put a small box there it wouldn't hang down low enough to get outside of the departure angle line. Any pics of yours?

Yes, well you wouldn't think it would be problem with mine but I can tell you I have sat on them more times especially when dropping over edges. You will hear it in some of my videos.

Dan.



You will notice Cattle Crate and back to Duals on the rear. It has to work for a living here with no real end to the drought. We are down sizing the Cattle herd to just a dozen.

 

[cameronsturgess]

Ignore the graphics. Playing with ideas. The boxes underneath are 18 inches wide. What I like about them is all the dry storage that’s easy to access ! Between these boxes and the massive amount of storage under the bed we have several times the storage compared to the production fuso camper we considered buying. It means we can carry the gear we want and don’t have to hang boxes off back of truck for extra storage. These boxes stay dry and the latches don’t leak even if you wash the truck with a hose . That’s also a big improvement on the latches used on the production trucks. Sounds simple but dry storage is awesome. They are also down low so easy to access. What I didn’t like about them was the cost ($700usd each) and that the mfg refused to eliminate their logo riveted onto sides (drilled them out and tig welded the holes)

 

[javajoe79]

Ignore the graphics. Playing with ideas. The boxes underneath are 18 inches wide. What I like about them is all the dry storage that’s easy to access ! Between these boxes and the massive amount of storage under the bed we have several times the storage compared to the production fuso camper we considered buying. It means we can carry the gear we want and don’t have to hang boxes off back of truck for extra storage. These boxes stay dry and the latches don’t leak even if you wash the truck with a hose . That’s also a big improvement on the latches used on the production trucks. Sounds simple but dry storage is awesome. They are also down low so easy to access. What I didn’t like about them was the cost ($700usd each) and that the mfg refused to eliminate their logo riveted onto sides (drilled them out and tig welded the holes) View attachment 640966View attachment 640967

I like those. Any detail pics of them open? Particularly the seal and latch interface spots? I've seen a number of methods