Grocery shopping in your Taco

My bed extender is the best thing I’ve ever bought for the truck thus far.

I use it every time I go shopping or to the store. It pretty much stays flipped back as a cargo divider for groceries n stuff or whatever I’m transporting. Honestly I’ve only ever used it flipped open on the tailgate once and that was just because I felt like strapping my 29’er Mt bike longways in the bed.

The stock bed rail tie down things also work great for plastic grocery bags. I have one on each side all the way back towards the tailgate which is right in the corner where my bed extender angles at 45 degrees inside the bed so I simply hook any extra bags onto the tie downs and they seem to stay put nicely.

 

Mine came in too! Super nice!

 

Drove home with a case of beer in the back. Didn't budge an inch. I'm set guys. Got the mat, the bed extender, a couple of milk crates and the OEM cleats. I really like that I can shove everything in the crates and then just carry them into the house. We don't get bags here in California at the grocery store anymore so it makes it much easier. I forget the reusable bags sometimes.

Really appreciate all the suggestions.

 

I just throw things back there, Amazon mat for $60-something and some $0.45 per sq ft carpet from Lowes.

 

Oh. And this is the beer I picked up.

 

Leftover xmas beer? wtf. Kidding, Lagunitas makes good stuff -- just gave the guys at the bike shop a 6-pack of Lagunitas IPA.

OEM bed mat is awesome. Moved it over from my 2nd gen, fits perfect. Still waiting on the 2018 Weathertechs . . .

 

Haha. Exactly what I thought. Leftovers. But wanted something different. I'm an IPA guy actually.

 

What bed lights are you running?

 

Pro Tip: Once home follow these steps, Reverse > Throttle > Brakes, for added effect have tailgate down and aim at the front door.

 

If you don’t have a mat, it works wonders

 

Ummm, what do you think beer is for again?

 

Everyone knows the beer is kept up front safe and secure!

 

I again just hang the bags from the cleats at 2 bags per.

 

Definitely - they're nice!

I wrap a couple of bungie cords around the bed extender, that way I can put them through the bag handles to keep the bags from going all over.

 

@mattgecko LEDs.

 

I never even though of hooking the bags to the tailgate bumpers when the bed extender is flipped back as pictured. Works perfect!

And if you look to the back of the picture you can see what I mean about hooking extra bags into the corner onto the bed rail things.

 

Installed it today. Fits perfectly.

 

I have some bungees that stretch between the D-rings in the front of the bed. Bag handles go through them and it keeps everything in place.

 

Real men don't let their women drive their Taco's....

 

My wife can't drive manual. She finds it too complicated.

So manual I will buy.