Loose items in your covered bed??

For those of you that have bed lids/covers and no bed mat...how do you store stuff in it without it flying all over the bed while driving? I just installed a new cover and i'm curious how to store or place things in the back...say, multiple bags of groceries/items without them sliding all over. I've got a 2014. I figured some of ya'll came up with some nifty ideas.

 

Get a bed mat.

 

Damn you beat me to it.

 

Need one of these

 

I have one of those small load bars (compression from side to side) that I keep stuff in the front half, and I have some cardboard boxes that I keep to the rear of the bar that I keep empty shotgun shells in for reloading. (clay target boxes). Then my shopping bags go between the gate and the boxes, they ride fine to the house

 

Where do you get one of those?

 

This. Get a box and use a load bar OR ratchet strap. For groceries, you can also feed a bungee cord through the bag handles then strap the bungee across the rear bed tie downs.

 

I was just talking to a co worker about this, and my thought was a curtain or shower rod and a couple of cheap laundry baskets....said it works great for him and if the basket breaks....just go get another one...lol

 

Whenever I'm headed to Whole Foods or Trader Joes I throw in the bed several heavy cinder blocks that I use for placing on top of my grocery bags.

Sometimes my eggs get crushed and bread smashed but it's a small price to pay for not having containers of soy milk and organic fair trade coffee beans rolling around unsecure.

Just gotta remember to place those cinder blocks back in my living room when done so my TV has someplace to sit on.

 

I like that. Where did you get this? The ones on Amazon seem really weak comparatively.

 

If you're talking about the milk crate, my brother snagged it for me a few years ago. The one I have is longer and very stout. Most big box stores carry similar crates, but not as stout or long. An office supply store may have the longer ones that are used to store files.
If it's the tail gate webbing, I bought that off ebay years ago for my son's Ranger. He never used it and sold the Ranger so I adopted it.

 

Yeah was referring to the webbing. Looks nice with metal adjustment brackets and everything. Cheap shit on Amazon is all plastic. Might have to take a look at Fleabay. Thanks!

 

I have a few options on hand. I have a milk crate/cargo crate, anchored in with a couple bungee cords. When I need it, I have a cargo bar I can fit into place, and I recently picked up an OEM Tacoma bed mat. Lastly, I have a metal pole with a hook on the end to fish things out if they manage to make it all the way up to the cab end of the bed.

 

300 dollars?!

i gave mine away i didnt know they were that much

 

I have a "Fold-A-Cover" 4 panel hard cover that has a panel that opens on the front and rear. I usually put smaller things in the front as most items end up there anyway because of braking ( unless strapped down) and just open the front cover again to remove. A bed mat really helps as well.

 

2X4 behind the wheelwell works for me

 

Cheap thick DIY bed mat - https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/4-ft-x-6-ft-x-3-4-in-thick-rubber-stall-mat