Pick up truck storage

like_A_pike said

I rolled a pickup in the woods once. A Spencer tape and a set of gate keys were the only things inside the truck with me

View attachment 1716130384

wouldn't you know they both hit me during the accident! Nah, keep everything battened down or in a toolbox in the bed.

$0.02

Click to expand...

So true. Some folks don’t realise that anything loose in your car will become a projectile in an accident. Front licence plates are required where I live and the number of people I see with front plates places on the dashboard at the base of the windshield is frequent (either they don’t want to ruin the look of the front of their car or they bought the car out of province where front plates are not required so they didn’t get a front plate mount). The plate will turn into a guillotine in a strong enough accident flying around in the car. Even an office work bag with a laptop placed in the back seat or front passenger seat will become airborne in an accident.

Plus the even shittier fuel economy you’ll get driving around with an extra few hundred pounds of stuff on the off chance you might need it once a year makes it a real head scratcher.

Hmmm, safety and cost. Yeah I want to turn my ride into something that will have a ton of projectiles in it when the next accident happens (remember we don’t plan of getting into accidents) and, until that accident occurs, I want to pay even more for the decreased fuel economy! Unless you‘re charging folks for your service calls and it reflects that additional fuel consumption, the second reason can be mitigated/solved. The first reason (safety) still remains though.