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H3T H3T Bed Storage Ideas

Bigunit

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Here's some of the things that I've tried for secureing & fastening things to the T's bed:

Big carriage bolts, washers & wingnuts seem to work well to secure things to the bed rails.

Here's another idea - on the Moab trip, in April my bed was loaded with gear, tools and parts, including a steering rack, halfshaft & a second spare. I traded Alrock for this cool cargo net made by Safari Strap with tie down straps (almost seems like the net was made just for the T as it fit the T's bed perfectly). The net's tie down straps were easily looped into the bed rail tie downs. That net kept everything in the bed securely in place during all the wheeling. This pic was taken by JR3T (thanks Jeff):


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In addition, I use these 3/8" unistrut/superstrut spring nuts (w/o the stud) that I bought at Home Depot - they fit pefectly within the T's bed rails.

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I ordered 1/2" ones with a 1" and 1.5" stud but the fasteing spacer nut is too thick to fit within the bed rails, so I've stuck with the 3/8" ones with the stud. These spring nuts are easy and quick to use. You can mount almost anything to them and there are a lot different brackets and fittings you can use with these:

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WOW, got to get me some of those spring nut thingy's...the possibilities for mounting gear to the T's rails any endless! So the 3/8th's one with the stud fit well? Think they could maybe hold a shovel or Hi-lift jack?
 

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WOW, got to get me some of those spring nut thingy's...the possibilities for mounting gear to the T's rails any endless! So the 3/8th's one with the stud fit well? Think they could maybe hold a shovel or Hi-lift jack?

Yeah Rich, the 3/8" ones work and fit perfectly. The ones with the stud, come in different stud lengths (as you might guess! LOL!) - 1/2" 3/4" 1", etc. but I couldn't find the ones with studs at Home Depot & had to oreder them direct from SuperStrut. great product! I'll post up the contact info tonight when I get home.

The studded ones are really strong and can easily hold hold a shovel or a Hi-lift jack and you can slide them in anywhere in the bed rail system to align with the holes in the Hi-lift.
 
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Bigunit

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Are these pieces the SuperStrut brand?

Yes, they are all from the Thomas & Betts SuperStrut support systems line, including the spring channel nuts in the pics above. Good quality stuff!
 
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