Truck tool boxes, fitted and installed in Arvada
A good truck tool box gives everything you carry a permanent place to live: tools, tie-downs, hitch equipment and recovery gear, instead of a pile rolling around the bed. We help you choose the box, confirm it fits your bed and install it at our shop in Arvada. A crossover or saddle box takes about an hour in our shop.
Start with how you use the truck, then pick the brand
We can get tool boxes from a long list of makers, and we don't want this page to read like a parts catalog. Tell us what you carry, how you use the truck and what you want to spend. For the most capable box we sell, we start with the DECKED Tool Box. If the truck makes you money and you open the box ten times a day, WEATHER GUARD. For a well-built traditional aluminum box, UWS. For a good box without premium-box money, TrailFX. And if you carry more than a box can hold, look at drawers or a bed slide instead.
Five tool box styles, and what each one gives up
Every style trades bed space, rear-window view or reach for storage. Here is how they compare.
| Style | Where it sits | Who it suits | What to know |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossover (saddle) | Across the bed behind the cab, resting on the bed rails | Most pickups: contractors, tow rigs, farm and ranch trucks, everyday owners | Fits the widest range of trucks and leaves the floor under it mostly open. It takes the front of the bed. |
| Low-profile crossover | Across the rails, with less of the box above them | Owners who want a clearer rear window and a lower look | Holds less than a full-height box of the same length. |
| Chest | Down inside the bed, below the rail line | Owners who want the box below the rail line, for a clear view out the back or room above it | You reach down into it, and it sits on the bed floor. |
| Side-mount | Along one or both bed rails | Service and fleet trucks, anyone carrying long materials down the middle | You reach tools from the ground without climbing in. Two side boxes plus a crossover is a common work-truck layout. |
| Drawers | Under a load deck across the whole bed | Owners who carry a lot of different gear, for work and recreation | Organizes the whole bed and raises the floor. The DECKED Drawer System does not work with a gooseneck or 5th wheel hitch. |
Wheel-well, underbody and specialty boxes
Wheel-well storage and swing-out cases like the UnderCover SwingCase add room for small items without a box across the front of the bed. Underbody boxes hang below the deck on flatbeds, service bodies and trailers. If a standard box doesn't fit your setup, this is where we look next.
Where we start, by what you need from the box
Starting prices are the maker's current retail for the box alone, checked 1 October 2026; installation is quoted for your truck. We can also order most other major tool box brands through our distributors when the truck or the job calls for it. Prices depend on the box, the truck and the bed, so send us your year, make, model and bed length and we confirm the part before ordering.
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DECKED Tool Box or a traditional aluminum box
There isn't one right answer. The DECKED Tool Box is where we start when someone asks for a really good box; a traditional aluminum box is still the right answer for plenty of trucks, for less money. The table sets DECKED's figures beside two traditional boxes we can order, from UWS and TrailFX. Our showroom has a full-size DECKED Drawer System display if you want to see the material in person; the Tool Box itself isn't on display yet.
| DECKED Tool Box | Traditional aluminum crossover | |
|---|---|---|
| Material | Glass-fiber reinforced composite tub and lid, steel torsion box in the lid | Aluminum, usually diamond plate; UWS uses a 0.058-inch welded tub and a foam-filled lid |
| Storage | 288 liters (about 10.2 cubic feet) | Varies by size; TrailFX's 69-inch low-profile box holds 8.4 cubic feet |
| Load rating | 800 lb in the tub, 300 lb on the lid (DECKED's ratings) | Not listed for the UWS or TrailFX boxes above |
| Opening and lock | One-touch button, gas struts, tamper-resistant keyed lock | Keyed handles by model; the UWS low-profile box opens from either side |
| Installation | Four clamps on the bed rails, no drilling | Usually J-bolts through the rails; drilling if the rails have no holes (TrailFX rates its box at about an hour, with drilling) |
| Fits | Full-size trucks only | Full-size and compact versions |
| Price before installation | $1,099.99 (DECKED, 1 October 2026) | $499 for the TrailFX 69-inch low-profile in Brite, $599 in gloss black (1 October 2026) |
Planning a tonneau cover or topper? Tell us before we choose the box
Some tool box and tonneau cover pairs work together. Others get in the way of the cover's rails, how it opens, the box lid or your reach into the bed. DECKED, for example, says its Tool Box works with select tonneau covers that install behind the tub. A chest below the rails, or a box made to sit under a cover, avoids most of that. The cheapest box today can become the expensive one if it blocks the cover you want next year.
A topper raises the same questions: box height, side-door access and window clearance. Tell us the finished truck you have in mind, not only what goes on today. We install tool box and tonneau pairs where products exist for your truck, and we check the fit before ordering, because not every pair works.
A tool box up front, a bed slide behind it
On a work truck this is a strong pairing: the box holds the small tools you use every day, and a CargoGlide or BEDSLIDE brings the generator, compressor or cooler to the tailgate. With DECKED's parts, the CargoGlide fits behind the DECKED Tool Box only in an 8-foot bed.
Gooseneck, 5th wheel or air bags: the box has to work around the hitch
If the truck has, or may one day have, a gooseneck or 5th wheel hitch, air bags or an auxiliary fuel tank, we plan the storage around it so the box never has to come out later. DECKED says its Drawer System is not compatible with gooseneck or 5th wheel hitches, and its Tool Box is, with at least 24 inches of depth and 6 inches of height clearance for the box.
Bed length, rail width and wheel wells decide the fit
Fit depends on the bed length, the width between the rails, the space between the wheel wells and the bed height, and it varies across the F-150, Silverado, Sierra, Ram, Tacoma, Tundra, Ranger and Gladiator. WEATHER GUARD tells owners to measure bed length, width and height and check for obstructions; the DECKED Tool Box needs 61.375 to 70.5 inches between the inside of the rails. Send us your year, make, model, bed length and what is already in the bed, and we confirm the box before ordering.
Installed at our Arvada shop
A traditional crossover box bolts to the rails with J-bolts; DECKED's Tool Box clamps on with no drilling. Fit and clearance are what the shop visit is for.
In our shop, a traditional crossover or saddle box takes about an hour, and so does a DECKED Tool Box. Have a product already? Ask us first: we look at customer-supplied boxes case by case. Drop-off and pick-up hours: Mon–Fri · 8am–5pm.
WEATHER GUARDUWSTrailFXWe order WEATHER GUARD, UWS and TrailFX through our distributors, along with most other major tool box brands.
Add it to the same visit
One drop-off, one pickup. These go on alongside this service.
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