I am desperate for a tool box but can't find one on Craigslist and cant find one for under 400!!

Where did you flareside peeps get your tool boxes and how much did you pay??

 

I feel your pain. They're hard to find cheap. I'm still looking for "that deal". lol

 

Lowe's has two models, $148 for a slim line and $288 for a regular sized box.
I got the slim line and it's working out great for me.

 

ya for a regular bed, stepsides have only two options i think, uws makes one and so does dee-zee

very very expensive might i add

 

What I dont understand is that they require LESS material to make.. but they cost MORE to buy? WTF?

 

Could always make one.

 

Yea that thought came to my mind and then i realized how difficult it would be...

Wal Mart has this box in the auto dept that is more like a massive cargo box that I thought about bolting in??? Anyone seen it?

 

That Is what I would do. Get a box that would go under the rail. Just bolt it in.

 

If i don't get a tonneau cover for my new steppie, i plan on making one. Shouldn't be that hard....but i guess i'd probably make it out of aluminun though....TIG ftw!

 

Thats what I am thinking it has come down to haha. I really like the look of the above rail box... but not for 400 I dont!

I will do that for the meantime and keep searching for "the deal" haha

 

Yea definately share how you go about doin that... if you do...

 

mine sits in my bed.
too lazy to get a pic up, but it was 200....tractor supply

 

Nice but i love the DEE ZEE the regular profile not the low pro interceptor has it thats my goal about 4 paychecks away cause of gas LOL

 

Cost = Supply & Demand

Since not many people buy them, they dont stock teh materials to make them in large numbers - so what is made, is made at a steeper price to make up for the time invested to build them.


Hence - why its so much cheaper to buy a fullsize box compared to most others, as they are much more widely available.

 

i was just checking into this over the weekend. better built makes one but i couldnt find a price anywhere on line.

 

Kristiano -- you have a PM.