Update - Bed Floor RAILs

[AdventureLab]

We'll be launching the rest of the bed MOLLE panels and the Floor RAILs this week! The cool thing about these is that they install and remove in about 10 minutes with zero drilling required. We'll have a pile of accessories (slides, drawers, mounts, etc.) for these Floor RAILs.

Here's the listing for the bulkhead MOLLE panel - https://americanadventurelab.com/product/ford-ranger-molle-bed-panels-bulkhead-front/

Ignore the wiring hanging down. That's our quick-disconnect setup for the lights built into our Bed RAILs so we can quickly pull the bed rack off and make the wiring easy each time.

We're just getting started. We have a ton of things in the works including some new compressor mounts, actually 4 of them. ?

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[Aemonn]

Are the slides you're using on this, these: https://americanadventurelab.com/product/jeep-jt-fridge-slide/ ?

If yes, do you keep stock of these in textured black or would they need to be built to order?

 

[AdventureLab]

Are the slides you're using on this, these: https://americanadventurelab.com/product/jeep-jt-fridge-slide/ ?

If yes, do you keep stock of these in textured black or would they need to be built to order?

No, they are different. The Ranger ones have to be longer to reach the front-most floor rail.

 

[AdventureLab]

I am working on the CAD for these today. Let me know if anyone has suggestions for these products.

 

[Aemonn]

From photos I've seen you usually put cut outs for L-track rings on the base. Is there a way to secure loads from side to side without reducing available footprint? perhaps somewhere above the slides/on the slide rail sleeves?

Assuming it's structurally safe to do this, if there enough space, maybe provide holes for riv-nuts to attach something like the 6" L-track sections here: https://www.uscargocontrol.com/products/airline-track-6-piece. I'd prefer the cut out method you use if possible to keep things simple and clean, but I usually install that L-track wherever I tend to secure loads.

I'll be using this for a fridge and a DIY solar battery I built. Having small slots cut out somewhere along the length to use velcro straps for cable management might also be handy.

 

[AdventureLab]

From photos I've seen you usually put cut outs for L-track rings on the base. Is there a way to secure loads from side to side without reducing available footprint? perhaps somewhere above the slides/on the slide rail sleeves?

Assuming it's structurally safe to do this, if there enough space, maybe provide holes for riv-nuts to attach something like the 6" L-track sections here: https://www.uscargocontrol.com/products/airline-track-6-piece. I'd prefer the cut out method you use if possible to keep things simple and clean, but I usually install that L-track wherever I tend to secure loads.

I'll be using this for a fridge and a DIY solar battery I built. Having small slots cut out somewhere along the length to use velcro straps for cable management might also be handy.

Putting our "dogbone" cutout in the rails is a great idea. Wish I had thought of that. I'll make that happen. That will definitely be better than attaching additional L-track.

I also like the idea of zip-tie cutouts. We do that on a lot of our mounting rails. That may not be necessary here since we can strap all the way around the rail, but if I can fit the slots in only the vertical parts of the rail, we could run the zip tie through the slot and down to wrap around the bottom edge of the rail. That would keep the cords low and away from sliding things, which would be really nice. I should be able to line them up with the valleys of the corrugations in the bed floor to make it easier to run the zip ties.

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[Aemonn]

Another thought. Standard design has two sides. I'm not sure how they're attaching to the structural bars but if it can be designed to have the option to install a single slide centerd that might be worth considering.

I only need one slide for now as I have some long gear I plan to store in the other half of the bed.

There might be scenarios where you'd want a single slide in the center and store other gear to either side (assuming there is room to make this make sense), or with better access to the MOLLEs.

Main benefit would be to centralize and balance what is likely some of the heaviest gear if using a single slide (fridge, water, power, etc).

 

[AdventureLab]

Another thought. Standard design has two sides. I'm not sure how they're attaching to the structural bars but if it can be designed to have the option to install a single slide centerd that might be worth considering.

I only need one slide for now as I have some long gear I plan to store in the other half of the bed.

There might be scenarios where you'd want a single slide in the center and store other gear to either side (assuming there is room to make this make sense), or with better access to the MOLLEs.

Main benefit would be to centralize and balance what is likely some of the heaviest gear if using a single slide (fridge, water, power, etc).

That's already built into the system. The rails have consistently patterned mounting holes, left to right. The slides/drawers/etc. can occupy any of those holes the customer would like. We may also have "Wider Sliders" (and drawers), as we call them, that occupy more than half of the bed. Tons of options, but we'll build whatever the market demands! Once the BASE RAILS are in, everything else is easy.

 

[pasali]

Didn’t realize you guys were making these as well!
Now I have a dilemma, rear seat delete first or bed rail slide out first?
When will these be available?

 

[AdventureLab]

Didn’t realize you guys were making these as well!
Now I have a dilemma, rear seat delete first or bed rail slide out first?
When will these be available?

Hopefully in a week or so. They're done from a R&D perspective. We just need to do the production data and build the production routes through the shop. That takes a while to make it efficient and repeatable. I was working on the slides this morning until I got pulled onto the seat delete. Hopefully finish those up tomorrow.

 

[shornche]

Hiya will the rails be available separately? I would love the purchase only the fwd rail that sits nearest to the cab.

 

[Dillon M]

How do you attach to the floor rails? It looks like you have holes in the rails so I'm assuming bolt/nut. Do you need to attach accessories to the rails then mount the rails to the truck? Or is it easy to access the nut underneath the rail?

 

[Bushmechanic]

That's super awesome. You make some great stuff, from what I've seen here.

My eye is drawn to that bracket holding the Milwaukee inflator in place.

Great gear choice. I've had my inflator for a while now, and have used it just as much as the Power Tank. A sweet bracket for it would be the cherry on top.

 

[AdventureLab]

Hiya will the rails be available separately? I would love the purchase only the fwd rail that sits nearest to the cab.

I hadn’t thought about that, but I don’t see any reason why not.

 

[AdventureLab]

How do you attach to the floor rails? It looks like you have holes in the rails so I'm assuming bolt/nut. Do you need to attach accessories to the rails then mount the rails to the truck? Or is it easy to access the nut underneath the rail?

The rails are tapped with M6 threads. Super easy to attach accessories to the rails. We’ll be release more information on the slides and drawers soon with more accessories to follow. The production data is being developed now. @Aemonn has a trip coming up and we’re hustling it to get them ready for him.

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