Damage in truck bed from my tool box

[jakef801]

Pretty disappointed with this one. I went to do some work at one of my rentals and had a bunch of gear, including my tool box, in the bed of the truck. Due to the slick nature of the plastic in the bed, I knew some sliding would be inevitable. Anyway, it did slide around and when someone cut me off, the tool box slid into the the fore section of the bed. I heard it, but thought nothing of it. It wasn't until I got to the spot and took everything out that I noticed that damage had occurred. This is not acceptable for what was should have been a non-issue. Sure, I could have put the tool box in the back seat, put some anti-slide material in bed, or whatever, but this is a luxury, "durable", work and play truck. I've had 7 or 8 trucks over the years and have had FAR worse in-bed impacts with zero damage. The pictures speak for themselves. I could be wrong, but I think those oval holes are drains and not snaps as the panel (with Rivian logo) is secured by bolts behind the round covers you see.

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[cjust2006]

A heavy sliding toolbox would have dented any bed, except other beds would have been metal, and require bodywork to fix... The panel damage here hides the tonneau, which must be accessible. Secure the load. Hard lesson learned but not the truck's fault.

EDIT: Wording clarity.

 

[COdogman]

It's not good. But if you put a hard, heavy object on a slippery surface and then go drive around you had to know this was a possibility, right? Did you even tie it down?

If I threw a toolbox in the bed of my Tacoma it would do the same thing. The material is the same.

 

[SoCal Rob]

Pretty disappointed with this one. I went to do some work at one of my rentals and had a bunch of gear, including my tool box, in the bed of the truck. Due to the slick nature of the plastic in the bed, I knew some sliding would be inevitable. Anyway, it did slide around and when someone cut me off, the tool box slid into the the fore section of the bed. I heard it, but thought nothing of it. It wasn't until I got to the spot and took everything out that I noticed that damage had occurred. This is not acceptable for what was should have been a non-issue. Sure, I could have put the tool box in the back seat, put some anti-slide material in bed, or whatever, but this is a luxury, "durable", work and play truck. I've had 7 or 8 trucks over the years and have had FAR worse in-bed impacts with zero damage. The pictures speak for themselves.

It looks like the impact caused the snap-together pieces to unsnap. I wonder if they can they be snapped back together and, if so, how easily?

Whether in a pickup or an SUV I always tie down heavy cargo.

 

[jakef801]

A heavy sliding toolbox would have dented any bed, except it would have been metal, and require bodywork to fix... The panel damage here hides the tonneau, which must be accessible. Secure the load. Hard lesson learned but not the truck's fault.

Now I'm afraid to try my tonneau.

 

[momo3605]

On a similar note, As this is my first truck, I made the mistake of driving around with something not tied down that slid around and scratched up my bed pretty bad (lots of white lines). Is there any way to like buff the scratches out of the plastic or use some kind of black tinted cleaner to make it less visible?

 

[mindstormsguy]

A dent is one thing, but the bed literally coming apart at the seams is pretty unreasonable in my opinion. I’m with OP. Scuffs, dings, marks? Sure, it’s a truck. A cracked opening along the floor of the bed? That’s not cool.

 

[COdogman]

On a similar note, As this is my first truck, I made the mistake of driving around with something not tied down that slid around and scratched up my bed pretty bad (lots of white lines). Is there any way to like buff the scratches out of the plastic or use some kind of black tinted cleaner to make it less visible?

The Rivian composite material seems really close to the same used in many trucks now, and if there is a way to remove the scratches I haven't seen it. I can't say I would worry that much about it either. Just buy a bed mat or rug when they are available. It's a truck.

 

[momo3605]

The Rivian composite material seems really close to the same used in many trucks now, and if there is a way to remove the scratches I haven't seen it. I can't say I would worry that much about it either. Just buy a bed mat or rug when they are available. It's a truck.

Thanks yea, i've just tried not to worry about it too much. After that incident i use moving blankets for carrying stuff around now too. Have you seen any rivian sized bed liners out there yet?

 

[DaveA]

Gonna need to see a pic of this toolbox...

 

[cjust2006]

Now I'm afraid to try my tonneau.

Those are all getting replaced anyway.

 

[COdogman]

Thanks yea, i've just tried not to worry about it too much. After that incident i use moving blankets for carrying stuff around now too. Have you seen any rivian sized bed liners out there yet?

None specific to Rivian yet that I know of, but someone found a generic one from Amazon worked well. And one of the site sponsors, @BestEvMod(AOSK) said they were working on one designed for the T. So s00n, as usual

 

[COdogman]

A dent is one thing, but the bed literally coming apart at the seams is pretty unreasonable in my opinion. I’m with OP. Scuffs, dings, marks? Sure, it’s a truck. A cracked opening along the floor of the bed? That’s not cool.

If I left a 50 lb kettlebell in the bed of my truck unsecured in any way and drove around town, it would be my own fault if it dented or cracked or scratched the bed. Same thing.

 

[F1shSkier]

Now I'm afraid to try my tonneau.

I doubt it was affected. If you watch the Munro video where they go over the tonneau design, you can see it's only on the top half of that section and the bottom half is the top of the gear tunnel. If anything check inside that.

 

[jakef801]

It looks like the impact caused the snap-together pieces to unsnap. I wonder if they can they be snapped back together and, if so, how easily?

Whether in a pickup or an SUV I always tie down heavy cargo.

I usually do too, but this was an emergency situation at one of my tenant's places, so I threw it in and headed out. I guess it's a lessen learned but, as I said, it's happened before. This section of the truck should be able to handle much more than my tool box sliding into it, and not even that hard. I just tried to yank it back into place with some vice grips, won't budge a bit.

Positive note: Tonneau still works! (for now)

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