Spimothy Leary
Well-Known Member
okie dokie,,,
so I finally sold my 4Dr Lexus Sedan and purchased a real tow vehicle, a Dodge Durango, i'm looking forward to getting to know the attendant at the gas station on a first name basis now that i'll be lucky to get about 12 mpg around town
Anyways, I was thinking of building some kind of utility box for the rear compartment of the vehicle which is huge, to hold my two gas can's, the tall race cans that hold 6 gallons. (I stupidly purchased these when I had my car before I realized that they are too tall to stand up in my trunk) but now that I have adequate height.. I want to start using these dam cans.
Has anybody ever thought about building some kind of utility shelf/box for the rear of their SUV to hold gas can's and maybe a drawer for tools and such, or even just an open slot where I can put a dedicated tool box and just pop it in.
I didn't see much online but i'll quickly admit I dedicated all of about 2 minutes on google for this idea, and all I found were canvas type things, but I want something solid,but removable.
Option 1. Basically i'm thinking maybe an 18" by 30" box about 10 inches tall with two slots that will hold the gas cans so they won't tip over when driving, and maybe some tie down spot if I think they are necessary
Option 2 is some kind of platform for my single place trailer (my 2 place is easy, but its not that simple for a single trailer..., i'd have to put a can on either side of the winch and i'm just not that confident that it would work right or not look silly.
Option 3 maybe just use a solid piece of wood to place in the back and mount two gas racks that are designed for this purpose, complete with the ability to tie them down with small straps.
Thoughts ?
so I finally sold my 4Dr Lexus Sedan and purchased a real tow vehicle, a Dodge Durango, i'm looking forward to getting to know the attendant at the gas station on a first name basis now that i'll be lucky to get about 12 mpg around town
Anyways, I was thinking of building some kind of utility box for the rear compartment of the vehicle which is huge, to hold my two gas can's, the tall race cans that hold 6 gallons. (I stupidly purchased these when I had my car before I realized that they are too tall to stand up in my trunk) but now that I have adequate height.. I want to start using these dam cans.
Has anybody ever thought about building some kind of utility shelf/box for the rear of their SUV to hold gas can's and maybe a drawer for tools and such, or even just an open slot where I can put a dedicated tool box and just pop it in.
I didn't see much online but i'll quickly admit I dedicated all of about 2 minutes on google for this idea, and all I found were canvas type things, but I want something solid,but removable.
Option 1. Basically i'm thinking maybe an 18" by 30" box about 10 inches tall with two slots that will hold the gas cans so they won't tip over when driving, and maybe some tie down spot if I think they are necessary
Option 2 is some kind of platform for my single place trailer (my 2 place is easy, but its not that simple for a single trailer..., i'd have to put a can on either side of the winch and i'm just not that confident that it would work right or not look silly.
Option 3 maybe just use a solid piece of wood to place in the back and mount two gas racks that are designed for this purpose, complete with the ability to tie them down with small straps.
Thoughts ?