Securing poly container in truck bed

Hey guys - I need a place to securely store portable compressor, recovery rope, detailing products etc. in the bed. So far the made for this purpose boxes are way more than I'm looking to pay. What I would like to do is purchase a well made poly box such as the one below and secure it in such a manner that someone can not easily walk off with it. Understanding of course a motivated bad guy will figure things out given the time.

Ideas on securing the below box or any better ideas to achieve my goals will be appreciated.

 

Do you have a cap? If so, do what I did - make or get a platform and get a box that fits out of sight under it
for your stuff. I keep my compressor, tools and recovery gear under mine all the time, and my dark colored platform looks like the bottom of an empty bed when you look at it through the windows.

if you don’t have a cap, you could always secure it down through the bottom of the box and bed or through its side or back into the bedside, and put a locking ring inside the box.

Or get a heavy cable or weatherized chain and put an eye in the bedside.

 

Is that box lockable? if not what keeps someone from just taking the items that are in it and leaving the box?

If you get a lockable box just run a cable lock through one of the bed tie downs to the lock on the box.

 

There are lock locations on each side of the box

 

Problem solved then. Cable lock through the bed tie down to the lock on the box.

 

How permanently do you want it attached? You could drill a hole on the bottom of the box and bed and run bolts through both of them, making it a more permanent solution as stated above or if you want to remove it, do the cable through mounting point also suggested above. It all depends on what you want.

 

If the box fits over the tie down, then you could modify it so the box locks into it from inside the box to hide and protect the lock.

 

It's a plastic box. If they have the tools to cut a cable lock they have the ability to cut the box open much faster. I think the OPs main goal is to keep honest folks honest. If he needs it to be more secure he needs to go with a metal solution instead of plastic.

 

Looking to secure in a more permanent manner for sure. Has anyone seen anything that utilizes the bed rails?

 

Well said and yes that is my goal. As I stated in the original post given the time and inclination a bad guy will indeed figure it out. Just looking to make a poly as secure as it can be.

 

Search my threads, I did it about 2 months ago. Full write up

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/roam-adventure-rugged-case-mounting.600177/

 

Slide carriage bolts into the bed rail and drill holes to match. You'll still need a lower mount point such as one of the bed bolts to have 3 points of contact otherwise every bump will cause it to flex at the bed rail.

 

That's a sweet setup and I really like that line of boxes. Certainly much more rugged and secure than my example box.

 

Best parts are I can slide it foward or back and keep it secure, or remove it whenever I need to easily

 

All great options for sure!

 

I use a Pelican 1560 case with the foam insert for my photography gear. When I had my soft top Jeep, I'd run a braided steel cable around the roll bar and pad lock it to one of the 2 locks that secured the case.

Yeah...someone with a pair of bolt cutters could have taken it, but how many people walk around with bolt cutters? I used that case in my Jeep from around 2007 till 2018. Still using the case, sold the Jeep.

$358 Pelican 1560 Case With Padded Dividers (Black)

https://www.amazon.com/Pelican-1560...0&qid=1560358321&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

 

id like to recommend this box instead. I have it, it fits perfectly between the wheel wells and sits under the bed rails. its also on sale right now at a killer price.

https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/p...-co-heavy-duty-poly-utility-storage-box-44-in

Here it is in my build thread
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/the-tuna-taco-build-08-reg-cab-4x4.448825/page-35#post-18716693

 

No cap. It looks like mounting to the bed is the most common method for securing a box. I also like the idea of making two brackets that would mount to the box with inside locking ring and the other end running along the rails. This way it could be easily moved front to back along the rails as well as be removed. Surely someone has already made these brackets lol.

 

Yeah I didn’t know you were set on the polybox, if you got a metal one it would certainly be stronger, but then you will be opening up a new issue. Like USMC mentioned above, the thief will cut the easiest part to take something. If you have a strong box attached to the bed, the thief might be tempted just to cut the plastic bed around the box and lift the entire thing out with a piece of bed attached to it. It’s sort of like when you put on a secure locking gas cap, I did that thinking I’d thwart gas thieves until they tried to drill out the cap lock but couldn’t do it, so they just drilled a hole in my gas tank instead.

 

Isn't there drain holes on the left and right in the front of the bed? A piece of 2"X2" angle aluminum to span the 2 holes. Bolt through the holes. You can now bolt the box to this brace.