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I thought I’d share this cheap, easy to make and functional storage idea for you guys with a Supercab who never have passengers in the back seat. I’m very happy with the way this turned out. After taking the fold down rear jump seats out of the truck before taking it to the body shop to fix the rear end damage from the drunk who hit me in May, I started thinking I could improve on luggage space back there and have some hidden storage by making a false floor. Nobody ever sits back there. I originally thought I’d just leave it alone but the rear half of it is sloped and you really can’t store anything without it sliding forward. When I go on trips I usually take 2 48/53qt coolers behind the passenger seat and I need a flat floor for that. Other stuff usually fills the rest of the space. All the space is also used for trips to the gun range. I can also hide stuff under the floor. For $24 I bought what I needed from Home Depot and spent about 5 hours building this false floor. I used ½” OSB (oriented strand board) and 1 2X4 for the front supports under the board. 4ft of 6ft wide Home Depot Elevations ocean blue carpet was only $9. I used 18 drywall screws and a bunch of 3/8”staples to put it all together.
The rough shape for the platform was 66” X 30.” With cutouts for the side storage pockets, middle seat and Tuffy storage box, I cut it down to as big as I could and still be able to take it in and out of the truck from either side. Passenger seat still goes all the way back. The rifle case is 40” and holds my lever rifle or an AR w/o mag. I could easily hide 2 or 3 cased long guns under there or more than that if they are uncased. The Tuffy is for handguns but a bunch would fit under the floor also. The platform is about 3” lower than the top of the jump seats when they are folded down, so I gained that much more storage height.Weight is 31 lb – easy to manage taking in and out. I don’t think it’ll move at all but if it does I’ll bolt it down using the rear seat belt holes.
Nice OEM look. We have the full seat, with the riser brackets, in our SuperCab truck, and it's actually usable (and makes a flat floor when you fold it). But we know a couple with a '91 gasser with the jump seats, and yeah, they're worse than useless (unless maybe you have two small dogs....). That ^^^^ is much smarter.
Dang, those coolers fit front-to-back; you could fit several across if you wanted. Nice.
I didn't know there was more than one rear seat option in the SC cab. I called it a jump seat for lack of a better term. They also fold flat and are the width of the cab but the cushions aren't near as big/deep as a regular seat. The top of the seatback cushion is no higher than the bottom of the rear window. I did get 3 adults back there once. There is room but it would never work on a long trip.
Yeah, the original SCs had flip-down sideways facing jump seats on the ends of the cab. The couple I know with the '91 have two pre-teen kids, and they suck even for them.
So, curious, what's the piano-hinged metal box?
Hmm, I'd consider cutting off that "L" extension around the metal box, so you can whip out the fire extinguisher faster in an emergency.
The metal box is a Tuffy storage box. It's bolted thru the floor. Most of the time it only has misc stuff in it but I got it for secure handgun storage if need be. I also lock up cameras, GPS and other valuables if I need to. I have a bigger one in the Bronco that serves as a console between the front seats.
I don't think I'll have any issues getting the fire ext out. When I got rear ended in Berkeley in May, it was on top of the fold down seat near the storage pooka and it barely took me a second to get it out. When I pack for the shooting range, the little extension will support an ammo box. I'll "test" it first time later this week and if it doesn't work as I hope it will I'll cut it off.
Good idea. I finally got around to taking out the unused back seat today. Not sure I'll do as good a job on the false floor as you did but already I have a lot more space. I have one of those Australian 12V refrigerators I'm going to put back there. Need to add a couple of extra 12V outlets. Thanks for the ideas!
I've been dreaming of doing something similar to this for years, first on my 460 f250 and now on my 7.3, I know this is a very old thread but just wanted to ask about the 2x4 arrangement. It appears as though the 2x's are arranged in an upside down "T" configuration, so roughly 4.5" tall + the thickness of the carpet? Each time i've tried to mock something up with stuff i had laying around, i never could find quite the right stuff to stack to provide a levelish platform, though i never dedicated much effort to it beyond 'hey that looks like it might work' and then giving up after whatever I found didn't end up working lol so I ended up just throwing 2 of the top drawer sections from the basic rolling shop tool boxes (the ones with top with 3 drawers, 3 narrow drawers and top that folders over the face of the drawers, which sits on top of the rollingbase with a couple drawers and a bay for larger tools) and putting a section of scrap I-beam under the fronts to help level them, with pretty obviously dissappointing results lol
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