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ive been looking long and hard at truck boxes for my 07 short bed....doesnt look like too many options??? what do people have....i know i want the chest style not an over the rail.....but i need something pretty big....ive looked at husky, uws, better built, delta, most seem to be for long beds....anyone with advice would love to hear from you.......i think the husky is somewhere around 60x20x20 would that work in a shortbed....also better built has a 60x24x19 or something that would be perfect but they said the 60 inch is for the long bed....arent the beds the same width.....HELP
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Originally Posted by bigdaddy54
ive been looking long and hard at truck boxes for my 07 short bed....doesnt look like too many options??? what do people have....i know i want the chest style not an over the rail.....but i need something pretty big....ive looked at husky, uws, better built, delta, most seem to be for long beds....anyone with advice would love to hear from you.......i think the husky is somewhere around 60x20x20 would that work in a shortbed....also better built has a 60x24x19 or something that would be perfect but they said the 60 inch is for the long bed....arent the beds the same width.....HELP
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I had a DeeZee chest type truck-box in my 2001 F-150 Supercrew. It fit perfect in the bed underneath my toneau cover (exept that it took up alot of fore-aft room). I just sold that F-150 3 weeks ago and replaced it with my new 2007 F-250 6.0L. I moved that truck box over to the F-250 and it works as perfectly as it did in my F-150 except that I now have more spare room in the bed. I don't know it's dimensions off the top of my head, but I can get that for you tomorrow. I think I paid $300 for it a few years ago. It looks as good now as it did when I first bought (it spent it's whole life under the toneau cover).
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I am also looking for a black chest type toolbox for my f-350 longbed. Any suggestions (and dimensions) would be appreciated. I haven't found any stores in my area that have them in stock, so I want to be sure that I know what I'm getting before I order one.
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I couldn't tell you about the different sizes, I've always purchased the usual across-the-back boxes.
But I can tell you with a straight face that I'll never buy another painted steel box. Aluminum all the way.
But I can tell you with a straight face that I'll never buy another painted steel box. Aluminum all the way.
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I bought a Challanger alum box for my work truck. Its 45x19x21. Better Built has two struts compared to only one on the Challanger. They come in longer sizes but I can't know how long. Any truck accessory dealer carries them. I think they are around $300.00
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havent had a chest type, but i just got a new weathergaurd, and i love it, definitley the best built tool box i have seen. i had a husky and the only thing i liked about it was the 3 year warranty, after only a year, my latches tore off and i had to take the struts of so it would close, and then i had to hold it open when i wanted in it. But i did find out they will give you a new one for up to 3 years, so i sold the new one to my brother for cheap.
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Originally Posted by Mr Incredible
But I can tell you with a straight face that I'll never buy another painted steel box. Aluminum all the way.
