Toolbox bedrail relocate

Somewhere I remember seeing a thread where someone relocated the bedrail tie down track from the front of the bed to their toolbox but I'm not turning up anything in a search. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

it was me

it was on a weathergaurd box with a factory recess.

the work was done by another member on here to my truck

 

before

 

Thanks.

Did he reuse the original nuts/studs that were in the bed or simply some metric nuts and a washer on the inside? I thought I remembered the thread having some pics on how the rail was secured on the inside of the toolbox.

 

That's awesome and looks great.

 

the factory bolts from the rail were used on the toolbox to assure the cleats had enough room to slide in the rail.

iirc we used #8 bolts to attach a piece of boxed steel where the bedrail was before, to provide some support to the backwall of the bed.

The factory torx bolts were used on the toolbox, along with (in this order working from the bolt head)........

1 flat body washer
1 rubber washer (not an o ring, but an actual rubber washer)
.....
to toolbox face (outside)

then working from the backside of the toolbox (inside) the order was.........

1 flat body washer
1 lock washer
1 nylock nut.

all hardware was from lowes.

never leaked

insanely strong box, so I cannot account for the durability of any other toolboxes... the weathergaurds are damn near bulletproof, even that box I had weighed 80+lbs empty and it was ALUMINUM.
They are actually made by KNAACK, which says alot to me... Def not a kobalt/husky special. Ive had both, and theres a massive difference.

Happy hunting.

fwiw, u will have to cut down the bolts when u reuse them in the toolbox, make sure to grind em down smooth or u may gouge urself digging in the toolbox at a later date..... Also, make sure to paint the box steel u use on the back of the bed.

 

Thanks! I appreciate the info.

I never considered the need to reinforce the rear of the bed after removing the rail but I certainly will now.

 

Hey guys. I just relocated my rear bed rail onto the front of my weatherguard as well. I choose to cut it to length so I could fit the end caps on. I put a 1/8 rubber strip just on the inside with tiny slits cut and forced the bolts trough. Then I backed it with a 14ga steel plate for reinforcement for the toolbox. I used a lock washer and a tension nut to lock it in. I used a hammer drill with socket attachment to make sure the rubber mat was tight enough to create a weather proof seal.

The silver rectangles are are my high lift mount points.

 

Looks great.

 

Question: Why would the back of the bed need re-enforcement after removing the rail? Surely they didn't design the bed so fragile that a strip of removable plastic is supposed to be an integral part of its structure?

I'm glad I stumbled across this thread as I was wanting a toolbox, but also didn't want to sacrifice the use of the rear rail.

 

This looks great, awesome idea.

 

I thought the same thing until I took that strip of plastic off and it turned out to be 10ga steel. I always thought they were plastic.