Small trucks have limitations when it comes to storage but, if you utilize space well, there is ample room to store equipment and gear. For example, the space behind the seats of an extended cab is well suited for storage purposes. I designed and built a metal cage to house camera gear, road safety gear, and survival equipment — including winch accessories for my Ford Ranger.
The stock fold up seats and tire jack mount were removed from the extended cab to maximize available space for the cage. The cage is bolted to the floor of the truck and is enclosed on three sides and the top with wire mesh. All joints are welded.
The cage is so solid that you can actually rock the truck by pushing and pulling the cage. The cage features a pull out drawer from a heavy duty tool box, purposely positioned for rapid access to a camera with a telescopic lens. One shelf above the drawer neatly holds the bulk of the gear.
The space on the floor of the cab below the shelf is also utilized, holding a tool set. Even the space above the top is utilized with a fire extinguisher mount. The coup des gras was the portable shelf I made out of a twenty-five dollar cooking sheet from Sears. This sheet fastens onto the cage shelf and extends out of the truck. Now I have a place to boil water and make my tea when I am in the back country.
In hindsight, the one-inch tubing was overkill. Half-inch tubing would be more than enough and I would certainly consider using aluminum in future builds to save weight. An added and unforeseen bonus was the security aspect that such a cage delivers. I now run a wire lock through the handles of my cases and through the front of the shelf which secures all my camera gear safely in the cage should a thief break into the cab.
Welding the cage puts the modification into the moderate to expert range, but everything else is relatively easy to construct. The drawer was expensive! At the end of the day, the result was a purposely built for housing road safety equipment and rapid access to photography gear, perfect for the minimalist wildlife photographer with a light truck.
I made a modification to the back seat area of our crew cab truck. The decision to make this addition came as a means to organize the items that we carry on our camping trips with our Lance Now, instead of having the back seat piled up even with the top of the front seats, we can put everything in the truck in an orderly fashion.
We will put the larger, heavier items — tool boxes, portable jump start kit, and inflatable kayak — in the bottom area and the lighter items — jackets, rain gear, soft side cooler with beverages and food for travel, additional lawn chairs — in the top area. All of these items will be secured by a 4-foot by 6-foot stretchable cargo net. I made the front section of the rack to extend upwards even with the top of the head rests of the front seat to prevent anything from shifting forward in a sudden stop.
This approach also compliments the cargo net ordered but not yet received. The front and rear portions are permanently glued together with PVC glue. I have not seen the seats folded down myself but came across this photo. Is this all the further the seat goes down? If that is the case, I am shocked. That would be a completely terrible design F up. Please tell me that is not the case.
It would be nice if the rear seat headrests could be removed! There is no way I am going to move the two driver seats forward so that I can fold the rear seat back as I would have no room to drive! Is there a way to completely remove the rear seat? Has anyeone tried to put a 4x8 piece of plywood in a H3? The crossbows work well for big items. I added 4 more tie downs now I have 4 on each side. That would be nice Back seat won't fold back down.
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