Belly Box

blondechick · Oct 31, 2008

I want to get my Hubby a belly box for Christmas. I measured all his "accessories" that he needs to fit in it. He needs a 36"x18"x18". The problems is the frame bolts are exactly 36" inches apart. 2 -24" boxes would be too small.

Do you have any suggestions or have any advise on how to work around the frame bolts? Any help is greatly appreciated.

moose · Oct 31, 2008

we have being shopping around for a belly box for some time now , and will buy one on the way home shortlly
we have decided to go with a top mounted box
problem :
you will have to install it ,as it dose not come with any mounting bolts ext.
advantage :
price ,and you can buy it just everywhere ,
tractor supply,northern tools & fleet farm(thats a Minnesota base company's),lowes(we will not buy there,we dont like Jimmy...),... Ext.
and durability -more options as to where to mount it on the truck.
just about 200-250 $ for a box your size.

Moose.
Dallas.

layoutshooter · Oct 31, 2008

The biggest problem I see with that is it opens on the top. Kinda hard to use on my truck. I can't picture how to mount one in a way it can be used. Who is "Jimmy" and what does he have to do with Lowes? I must be missing something. Layoutshooter

blondechick · Oct 31, 2008

I have found a box he would like on Ebay Motors with the mounting brackets, and the size I want. My plan for now is to have a 2 inch channel welded onto the back of the brackets; pushing it out past the frame bolts and adding a couple of support rails to it. I was hoping someone else I already overcome this problems and had an easier/faster fix. Do you think my idea would work?

nightcreacher · Oct 31, 2008

blondechick said:
I have found a box he would like on Ebay Motors with the mounting brackets, and the size I want. My plan for now is to have a 2 inch channel welded onto the back of the brackets; pushing it out past the frame bolts and adding a couple of support rails to it. I was hoping someone else I already overcome this problems and had an easier/faster fix. Do you think my idea would work?

you can either buy a longer box or drill the frame with an extra hole,but you can mount that box with the existing frame bolts