Front of Bed MOLLE Rack

I wanted to see what people thought of this design. It would mount up using the 5 existing holes, with a 1" bumper spacer, and a threaded bumper along the bottom edge - to create some backspace. It will be made from 1/8 or 1/4" 6061 Aluminum.



Let me know your thoughts.

 

https://caliraisedled.com/collectio...ucts/2005-2018-toyota-tacoma-bed-molle-system

 

Great idea, I've been thinking about this idea for a while, beefed up to allow even larger and heavier stuff to be attached.I would attempt to mount an Aluminum floor Jack like the Pro-Eagle Off Road Floor Jack when going off road. Could it have 2 L shaped brackets at the bottom that would tie it into the front bed bolts to the frame? If the bottom and two sides could have 90 degree bends to stiffen this setup you could mount literally anything to it. I would definitely be interested in one.

 

Looks good, might want some bumpers mid way as well since it will be pretty tall.

 

@cpc Something similar to this? It currently weighs in at ~14 lb using 1/4" 6061 Aluminum

 

Yea, if I'm not mistaken 54" might be to wide to fit between the inner fender wells.

 

I have a long bed so that's not an issue for me. I'll have to get some dimensions to look at something that will fit a short bed.

 

Short bed is around 42"or 43". second gen beds are not as tall as third gen, but should be easy to design one to fit both thou.

 

Definitely interested

 

I would be interested!

 

They don't offer one for the front of the bed, just the sides.

 

For 2nd gen's I would need some pictures and dimensions, probably only need one dimension for short box. Made some changes based off of some clearing the side walls, and mounting a little different. I decided to design a mount that "connects" the rack to the bed using the existing holes, and I also figured using slots would be better to allow for machining errors or my errors from measurements. Let me know what you think. This is a pretty simple design, and I think that this could just be laser cut or water jetted. As far as expense goes I'm not sure, being one piece that is over 48" in length can make this expensive to order metal for. I may look into splitting it in to two pieces, that would make it cheaper to make and easier to ship if it ever came to that stage.

 

Obviously price is king, but I would prefer to spend more and have it be one piece

 

To clarify this, they don't offer it currently but it is in development as we speak.

 

Split in the middle vertically with a bend then the two pieces could be bolted together, that will actually strengthen it.

 

By the way, nice work!

 

Once you add bends into the piece costs goes up. As a one piece product it could be made in one step.

 

Looks like a great idea!

 

This is a very cool idea I've been playing around with an idea for the bed sides but a big panel like that would be nice too.

 

I want it SOOOOO BAD. I can't get the Cali Raised because I have a tonneau cover that lowers the factory rails. And I can't fit it behind my seat like the other ones cause I have crap there and want to add more stereo stuff in the future. Would this work with a tonneau cover? I don't see any problem since it doesn't have anything to do with it and could still use the factory holes.

Anyways, if you make this and it works with with my tonneau (bakflip) I will buy one right this second!!