That is pretty slick. It looks like you cut a small square hole, the feed the cubby body down into it (going between the bed wall and the outer body panel), then screw it down? Seems like it would be compatible with a lot of trucks as long as they have a spot with a mostly-flat panel and a little depth behind it. Cost is only ~$40. https://www.fordpartsgiant.com/parts/ford-partition-loading-compartmen_nz6z-60286a72-a.html
Thank youThat is pretty slick. It looks like you cut a small square hole, the feed the cubby body down into it (going between the bed wall and the outer body panel), then screw it down? Seems like it would be compatible with a lot of trucks as long as they have a spot with a mostly-flat panel and a little depth behind it. Cost is only ~$40. https://www.fordpartsgiant.com/parts/ford-partition-loading-compartmen_nz6z-60286a72-a.html
Any install notes I'm missing?
EDIT: Even better photos in this ebay listing (no affiliation): https://www.ebay.com/itm/406693327248
One for doggie kibbles and the other for water? 🐶
Just read through the thread you linked to on the Tundra forum. I like this idea a lot. A 5' bed isn't very large once you start keeping anything in it, so a small cubby that doesn't eat into the available space is nice, and could be a great way to keep straps and the like available. How does it do with liquid? Is it sealed?
Maverick has a nice in bed cubby. I was able to add one to my Tundra. That’s the part #. Very handy for couple of straps, gloves, etc. Hop I can do same in my Slate
I haven’t had a problem. Unit dose have drain type hole in bottom that I intended to seal and forgot, but haven’t experienced and wetness inside.
Though to OP as a new pickup truck owner you should be aware some of the loose things you will worry will fly out, actually won't. You will be surprised on what you can throw back there and be just fine having it back there. But cargo nets are great as well just don't think you need one every time you are hauling loose stuff that isn't super heavy.
Water possible, but they wont eat in truck except treat
The Maverick is also prewired for accessories to said cubby, and other common locations where people like to install lights, compressors, etc. And has a power outlet on my lux package. Which I used during hurricane Helene to run a small electric coffee grinder and pot. OTOH, since Slate body panels can literally unbolt, seems to me that wiring is gonna be pretty easy?
Slate really solves the two big issues Single Cab Pickups had and why they dropped to being only 3% of the Pickup market. There are a lot of reasons why Crew Cabs became dominant but two main ones are that they became too expensive to comfortably be a second vehicle so you needed your truck to do more to justify it (Ram CEO calls it the Spousal Alibi) and 2nd backseats provided actual locked storage. Slate solves both these issues.
The thing previously holding me back on getting a truck is that I want a single cab but it would be a primary vehicle and I need to throw groceries and the like some place other than the bed. A frunk easily solves that complaint for me. I just dislike the look of crew cabs on a truck, and I don’t have a need for more than two seats generally. I’d love a bench seat for some flexibility, but that would be the only change I’d make to a single cab.
Ok, truth is… we have to be careful taking them in my Tundra, mindful of the weather, overheating if parked too long kinda stuff. Thinking EV, with the integral topper, will have to option to possibly run the AC, not something I’d do with ICE.
in addition to the above
