Here's what I did on my Subaru Forester, 6 weeks after buying it in 2010. I ran a straight line down the middle of the back, and measured outwards perpendicularly from that line to at enough points to capture the curvature. That was my template for both sides, and it was quite close fitting. On the nearest end of the center board, you can make out a piece of steel angle on its but end, the horizontal part of which has enough of an off-set vertically to allow the masonite to slip between it and the center board. The masonite is locked in place by the bump-outs just beyond the rear wheel wells, and the dividers are locked into the masonite. The only trick on the dividers is figuring out how high they should be, but there are items I can't reduced the height of: a medium-size mechanic's tool box, and an extended version of a milk crate (I love'em!). When I'm picking up an action, they get slide over to one side, and the action has plenty of room to sit on the dividers.
All you'd have to figure out is the dimension of the sections. Hope this helps. BTW, I had a single car accident for which I figured the chances of walking away from it (which I did) were 2%, add another 3% for wheel-chair-bound, and the rest GAME OVER.
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William Ballard RPT
WBPS
Saxtons River VT
802-869-9107
"Our lives contain a thousand springs
and dies if one be gone
Strange that a harp of a thousand strings
should keep in tune so long."
...........Dr. Watts, "The Continental Harmony,1774
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-02-2021 05:40
From: Terrence Farrell
Subject: Tool Box Vehicle Security/Safety
I recently lost my daily ride (Fiat 500!) and purchased a new-to-me Mazda CX-5, which, I believe, is properly classified as a mid-sized crossover SUV. My standard tool collection that I carry with me daily to piano appointments consists of three standard-sized tool boxes plus my tuning kit case, which is a bit larger than the others. All that just fit nicely in the boot of my Fiat and I never really had any worries about tools flying about in the case of an accident. And indeed I was correct as all my tools remained perfectly in place in a recent traffic accident I was involved in (I'm okay, just a good bit battered and bruised....) that left my little baby car totaled.
However, the rear space behind the back seat in my new ride is maybe six or more times the size and it concerns me that heavy, nasty things could go flying if a really bad thing were to happen (I'm going to try and avoid that better this time....). Has anyone taken effective steps to somehow secure tool boxes in a vehicle?
The only thing I've come up with would be to build a plywood half-box (three sides and a top) that would be secured to the trunk-area floor. That would allow for easy(-ish) loading/unloading of tool boxes, yet, when the rear hatch is closed, would form a fully-surrounding secure box that would retain the tool boxes in case of crash.
Any better thoughts? Thanks!!
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Terry Farrell
Farrell Piano Service, Inc.
Brandon, Florida
terry@farrellpiano.com
813-684-3505
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