Description
Why crawl into a soaking wet pickup bed to reach pipe benders, sockets, and cords when long bed-rail boxes put them at your fingertips? The Weather Guard 87-Inch Gunmetal Lo-Side Box spans eight-foot pickup bed rails, delivering waist-height tool access directly from the curbside. Plumbers and pipeline mechanics retrieve long pry tools without disturbing payload cargo. The eighty-seven-inch length requires dedicated eight-foot beds and covers factory stake pockets.
Structural 0.058-inch diamond tread aluminum forms the exterior body, coated in Weather Guard’s ARMOR-TUF gunmetal gray powder coat to resist chemical washdowns, UV fading, and winter deicers. A continuous stainless steel piano hinge runs the entire box length, distributing drop door opening weight across the box face. Heavy-duty structural steel floor support legs bolt into the bed floor to support cantilever overhang loads. The bare box weighs 52 lbs, measuring 87 inches long, 13 inches wide, and 16 inches high.
Cantilever Bench Load Deflection Limits
Dynamic cantilever load testing confirms the box tub and floor mounting legs carry two hundred pounds of distributed steel tools across rough washboard gravel without bed rail deformation. Automotive-grade D-bulb rubber weather seals withstand forty-PSI water spray during simulated sixty-mile-per-hour road trials without internal moisture leakage. Extreme Protection push-button rotary lock mechanisms resist fifteen hundred pounds of direct crowbar prying force. Dual gas springs elevate the side-opening door automatically with under four pounds of manual unlatching force.
Key Features of Weather Guard 176-6
Commercial utility contractors buy Weather Guard 87-Inch Gunmetal Lo-Side Boxes to maximize side rail tool storage on long-bed work trucks. Compare commercial lo-side truck tool box pricing to streamline tool access across your fleet pickups.
- Extended 87-inch length spans the full length of eight-foot long-bed pickup trucks, maximizing side rail storage cleanly.
- ARMOR-TUF gunmetal gray powder coat finish provides superior protection against road deicing salts and ultraviolet rays.
- Extreme Protection push-button rotary lock mechanism encases dual-stage latches to defeat jobsite prying attacks cleanly.
- Heavy-duty diamond tread aluminum casing reduces vehicle curb weight while providing exceptional impact resistance.
- Twin heavy-duty gas springs pop the drop-down side door open automatically for fast one-handed tool access.
- Automotive-grade weather stripping seals the perimeter to lock out driving rain, highway grime, and abrasive sand.
Long Bed Negative Selection Filter
The push-button latch pops the side door outward smoothly with thick leather work gloves, giving instant curbside tool access. Do not purchase this 87-inch side box for short 6.5-foot or 5.5-foot truck beds, mid-size trucks like Toyota Tacomas, or trucks with pre-existing over-the-rail ladder rack legs blocking rail space. Routine maintenance calls for spraying lock cylinders with dry graphite lubricant twice per year, checking support leg mounting bolts after washboard travel, and wiping the door seal clean of gravel grit.
Factory Warranty Hardware Manifest
Weather Guard covers this aluminum lo-side box with a Lifetime limited manufacturer warranty covering material defects, structural weld fractures, and latch mechanism failures. The factory crate includes one 87-inch aluminum lo-side box, two coded keys, heavy steel bed mounting support legs, and installation hardware.