I've had a 8 foot bed truck with a across the bed tool box for years. This left me a usable 6 feet and change .
I just got a new truck and this one has a 6.5 bed.
Im not a contractor but i do use the bed for "work" most days and on occasion i do have to haul a motorcycle.
I was using my old tool box to about 50% capacity with tools, jack, ratchet straps, tow straps, hitches and some chain.
Thinking about doing something a little different for a tool box.
Option 1
Standard across the bed box, they make a narrow one so I only loose 12 inches of bed. But this would definitely make it tough to fit a bike
Option 2.
Swing out style, seems cheesy and all are plastic. But loose no bed length
Option 3 aluminum cube style boxes with one on each side of the front of the bed. Also seems cheesy and no loss of bed length
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