Diy truck bed drawer slides for organized tool storage // metalwork diy how to
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- čas přidán 16. 12. 2018
- Organized modular tool and hardware storage in the back of my work vehicle.
Trying to find something in a unorganized environment is always a pain, so i had to come up with a better solution.
This modular solution fits my needs perfectly, because each tool box can be removed and these box's are stack-able so you can always add more box's on top as you would need more storage.
Future upgrade possibilities include building the frame up so you can have a big flat drawer on top or even another set of these slides with tool box's.
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Cheers.
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Hi Folks.
Most asked question in the comments are about the threaded insert.
Here is a link to a Blind Rivet Tool to help with the threaded inserts. Note this is an affiliate link so if you do click thru, thank you very much for the support and interest.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MZKBBDR/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=thewoodenfact-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B07MZKBBDR&linkId=74f2fbd647c107fa514efb7d9425a49e
Well thought out and built! Thanks for posting!
One of the better home made drawer designs I have seen on you tube. Simple. Practical. Good job
Goeie werk! I've searched long and hard for practical and simple ideas to make a slide for my bakkie and this is definitely the way to go! Thank you for sharing. Neat idea for fastening the ladder to the roofracks, easy to build and use and very sturdy.
Hi Altus. Thank you very much.
What an amazing job you did man god bless you for all your creativity keep up the good work
Well done mate.I did a timber one on rolling casters (slide out bed) but your's is awesome 👍
You're a friggin genius. Love your work
Nice! I am glad I am not the only one who welds with shorts and tennis shoes on❤
Great job. Those threaded inserts look brilliant.
Nutserts we call them
Thanks Mate! Going to use these plans to build a sliding platform/storage that’ll rest under a sleeping platform for my GX470 😁
Super inventions, great engineering. Thanks!
Solid build brother!! Two thumbs, way up....👍👍
Great job - looks and works awesome!
Was thinking of how. Well now I'm going to copy you. That's awsome
Thanks for information I’ve learned so many you did great job 👏👍
This is a clever idea nice Ford bantam wanting to getting my self one as well and I am definatly going to build this storage idea it would also be a good idea to build like the exsact same thing base wise but instead of your black boxes have like a big storage cupboard so you slide it out and on either side you open up the door to a hole bunch of shelves thank you so much for the idea
Dude, what a great rack system! Cool to see
You made my son laugh at the beginning of your video lol. And made me happy at the end. Thank you for sharing!
Haha awesome man. My little man also enjoyed the beginning. Happy to have made someone’s day!
Good job man, greetings from PERÚ 🇵🇪
👏well done. Thanks for the inspirational video
Very nice job on on the brackets and the video. I may adapt the truck bed bracket to my garage, thanks.
Glad I could be of some assistance 👌🏽
Loving it!!
That is so awesome!! Wow, I need this. Well done man 👍🏼
Can't wait to hear your response, I just got my new Dodge Ram 1500 2020 6.5ft bed and I want this,
Thanks again
Awesome design and job well done
By far the best DIY slide on youtube
Thanx Chris
Very well done, great video. Thank you
Well done Sparks
Nice work! Turned out great!
Brilliant, well done mate
Muy buen video, gracias saludos desde chile
My girl is from SA! cheers from America 🇺🇸🇿🇦 👍🏻
Well then you must have an amazing girl! Cheers
The BEST DIY sliding truck bed on CZcams hands down. I've been looking for a commercial product that integrates modular tool boxes with a sliding bed and they don't exist. As far as I know, you are the only person to have successfully produced one. Also many of the commercial bed slides are about 4" tall thereby wasting a lot of space. That is their biggest drawback aside from price with many products > $1000 usd. Your 'split bed' idea is also unique, though having a larger slide out floor would allow me to store my collapsable table saw and mitre box. Adding a handle that allows the unit to lock in position might be cool. Overall, very well done indeed.
For more context, Dewalt (and others) make a stackable tool box/organizer whereby all the boxes can 'click' together on a standup, roll-away unit with large wheels and a handle. It would be great, for instance, if there were such a device that allowed you to, say, remove the tool boxes from the sliding bed and stack them together on a roller. Sooooo truck bed to roll-away kinda thingie. LOL.
Very nicely done!
Nice design and build.
Good Job.. Thanks for sharing
Fantastic! Tyvm 👍🏼
Great work!
Nice!! good job!!
This is crazy man!!! I bought my truck last spring and went on the hunt to find a decent way to build a slide but only found ones that would fall apart in short order the way I use my truck so for the past 6 months I’ve been planning and gathering materials because I’m doing it on a limited budget but I started building it a month ago and worked on it again yesterday trying to finish cutting the last couple pieces and welding them up today.
Our designs are very, very similar buddy. I’ve been worried about how it was gonna work cause a couple guys said it won’t work like that but I knew better. Yours looks like it’s working well so mine should also. I did see the other comment bout adding a few more bearings so I may try that and will let you know if it works.
I appreciate your videos and hope you put more out, take care!!
Hi Don.
Thanks for the awesome comment. Nice to hear from someone else also building the same thing. Would love to see how yours turns out!
Mine is still working perfectly. Haven’t gotten to adding a few extra bearings yet, but my load doesn’t change much so it hasn’t really been an issue yet.
Maybe just consider the amount of weight you’ll have on the front of the drawer when fully pulled out. You might start feeling a bit of flex in the frame, this will mainly depend on the stock you’re using for the drawer runner. Mine was fairly thin to try and save on weight. This doesn’t affect me at all though because in my specific setup it rests on the tailgate if I ever need to bring it out that far.
I realized the best part this past weekend when I needed to take it out and it was only 2 screws, that’s it.
Hope you have an awesome time building yours!
Cheers
That is the best diy drawer set I have seen yet
Thank you very much.
Amazing job
Awesome project. I need this in my truck, but I have neither the tools nor skills for welding.
New subscriber.
Hi Daryl. Thanks for the sub! Welding is definitely a form of art and have great respect for people that have put in all those hours to attain such skills. Now I am by NO means a welder, this was actually my first time welding, but hey need to start somewhere right?!
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www.bedslide.com/
Oh nice video I think I'll use it in my new truck
Really good ideas!!
Parabéns por o belo trabalho e obrigado por compartilhar o Brasil agradasse.
Watched the intro and immediately subscribed
Wow....that looks awesome...=) I'm gonna do something similar to that on my Volvo V70... But in a smaller size.. thats the plan anyhow...=) thanks for sharing.!
Goeie werk ou maat🎯💯
Goeie werk / Nice job and nice system .Now build another level with your load box , then you can pack more stuff on top and hide the tools below.
Hi JP.
Dankie man. That was always the plan yes, maybe one solid big drawer on top or another set of boxes doubling up the capacity. Hopefully sometime soon.
Excellent 👍🏼👍🏼
Well executed
Buen trabajo!
Was thinking garage door rails n rollers...but this looks more fun
Very useful.
No BS that was an hilarious intro...
Thanks, the struggle is real 😄
Good work !!
Thanks Tim!
Great job man
Thanks man 👌🏽
I used skateboard bearing like that before on wooden drawer slides bit didn't last too long. Now that I got a welder I would love to make a slide for back of cab that slides out.
A video specifically about truck bed pull-outs, (which were well done, for sure), and my favorite part was the ladder bracket...
BTW: I don't know if it's a generic name or the name of a specific brand, but I've always known those threaded inserts as a "nut-sert". (Not sure how that would actually be spelled, but ya, a nutsert. (Because you're basically inserting a nut into the metal panel.)
Amazing work i'd consider an upper floor maybe sliding too for light stuff etc
Hi Luigi. Spot on that’s the idea for future add on. 👌🏽
Very nice
clever good to make your own
Baie mooi jinne
Lekker man. 👍
well done
lekker laaie my ou!
Ag dankie man! Hulle loop nog mooi.
thank you .
Thanks you bro
Good👍
Clever
Wow!
Looks great, way better than the wooden ones, only problem is that I don’t have any of the tools to make it lol
Friends or neighbors usually a good option. You’ll be surprised at what people have lying around 😁
Thanx for the comment!
Hey guy.First thing, great job u did. I really like the simplicity and tightness of the ladder rack as well. Questions - did i miss how you secured it so it doesnt pull all the way out? What about that flex factor when extending it past that certain point, where it looks like it might be dragging on the tailgate? How does that affect it? Enough that u did something about it? Did u make a platform on top of these? If so, did u post a video on it? As time went on, what have you found that worked out very well, and in opposition, what might u have done differently? Thanks for sharing. Aloha ;)
Nice inspiration! I am trying to make an 800 pound generator slide like this. Did you use special industrial bearings or just skateboard type? Cheers
Maybe use cam followers. Top eccentric and bottom fixed. That way you can adjust eccentric followers down on sliding frame. Tack nut on back side of plate for threaded potion of followers and drill large enough hole for nut to go through. Then weld plate on on frame.
Beautiful work! Do you happen to have a technical drawing of it?
Bad ass!
flippen cool dude. ek sit met dieselfde probleem met my bakkie. maak my mal om altyd my tools in die deurmekaar bakkie te kry op installs.
nice work! Do you plan to build a platform above the storage drawers for additional storage of large items without interfering with the drawer system?
Thanks Jeremy. Yes, I built it in a way that I can do exactly that for a future build. I thought of almost doing the same thing but just two big flat platforms pulling out so anything additional like power tools and so can also be loaded on top and also be pulled out with ease.
Do you have a link to those storage boxes? Great design!
Excellent job! I've attempted sliding storage and failed in strength. I will try this.
What is the threaded pop rivet you used to secure the bed braketing system?
Thank you. There is a product called Rivnut that does the threaded pop rivets. They have a crimping tool for it as well.
"Thank yooo!" 🤣🤣
Where did you get the plastic storage boxes?!?! Ladder tie down is slick!
god .,.,nice.,.
Outstanding! I'm learning welding as well (so far only oxy acetylene but it's not the right tool for something like this), and would love some information from you. Would you share which welder you used, and what you think of it?
Hi Tim. I’m using a GAR Ac/Dc welder that I inherited from my father. I’m still getting to grips with all the ins and outs of it but it suits me needs perfectly for now.
Wow
What size tubing did you use, and what is the overall height? Very nice setup.
Hi Brendan,
What size bearings did you use?
Looking for similar system for my Ranger.
Pta.
I find it humorous that this metal sliding drawer is being made by "The Wooden Factor".
Want!!!
Cool stuff brooo...need to do this for mine too.. its reaching for it thats ticking away at me...
Looks good! Where did you get those threaded rivnuts from? I'm also in SA, looking for those rivnuts that you don't need a special tool to insert
I got very nice rivnuts from Front Runner Racks in Kyalami and they also have a self made tool rivnut that isn't very expensive.
Awesome design! What is the name of the mounting bolts that worked like pop rivets?
Frank Rider please see top pinned comment 😉
Where did you get your storage boxes? I run a similar style but I like that the lid closures on yours are on the ends.
Did you find them? Let me know where
Well done. I wouldn't use rivet nuts for something designed to carry that much weight. I think it would have taken less time to just weld. Still, nice tutorial.
Hi Jay. Thanks very for the feedback. I found that there is now force on the rivnuts where the are inserted as the really just keep it from sliding forwards and backwards. No force pulling up on them. The reason for them was purely for me to be able to remove the whole frame easily when I need the space.
very good idea where can i get the layout plans
Nice work, but must weight a tonne!
awesome video! love the videoagraphy and time taken to take important close shots. Is that a South African accent I hear :)? I ask because I'm from Cape Town :) One wouldn't say you new to this lol you doing an epic job can't wait to see your new videos. couple of quick questions if you don't mind its about your build. What size Bearings and bolts did you use and the rivet thread things you used, that just mind blowing lol what are they called? Can I source them from BMG bearing man? Thanks again Best wishes for 2019
Thank you very much Jawaad. Well spotted, I am also from Cape Town!
Ok so for the hardware details...
I used 608zz bearings that I got at Midas, Bearing Man will definitely have some just, couldn't drive all the way out to them. Inside diameter is 8mm and outside is 22mm.
Bolts for the middle is 8mm x 50mm long and the sides are 8mm x 40mm.
The one thing I would do differently is adding even more bearings especially towards the front. It is plenty strong at the moment, but a few more in the front would just help for a smoother slide when the back reaches the front.
Thanks again for the compliments and best wishes for 2019 to you and your family!
Now go build something! :)
Oh and for the threaded insert you can use a product called Rivnut. There is a place in Somerset West that sells them, but there will be somewhere in CPT too. Just ask Auntie Google.
Cheers
Hey man could you tell me how much the build costed ?? As well as. Can you please give info on the size of the bearing used ?? And the plastic boxes