UWS Truck Bed Toolbox - Crossover Style - Low Profile Series - 7.5 cu ft - Bright Aluminum

Video Transcript for UWS Crossover Style Truck Bed Toolbox Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado

Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado we're gonna be taking a look at the UWS truck bed toolbox. Adding a toolbox is gonna give you more space but it also adds to the look. So this one is gloss black but we also have a bright aluminum option if that goes better with your truck. we're gonna have latches on both sides and it's very easy to undo from the side of your truck. And it opens up automatically, I like that, and the gas struts are gonna help with that. But notice on this side we don't have a locking core.

We are gonna get a set of keys, but there's only one core. So on the other side is where it's at. It makes sense because whenever I'm loading up the toolbox I load it all up, get everything in there, shut it from the side, from the outside and then lock this thing up and get in the truck and go. So that makes sense that it's on the driver's side but it is nice that they include two keys with our kit. This is a crossover style, what that means is we're gonna have a little bit of room underneath so we can put some PVC pipes, some lumber, loading ramps, whatever you may have.

And that's kind of nice to have for some of the longer stuff you may be hauling. So something that is gonna be useful when you're calculating how much room you're gonna have. So from the top of your bed rails down to the bottom part right here, that's gonna be about 11 and three quarters of an inch. So just measure that down. And then the distance from that on is gonna be how much room you're working with.

This is a crossover style so we're gonna have a little bit more room underneath for some lumber, some pipe or loading ramps, whatever you may have. So on this Chevy Silverado to the bottom of the box to the top of our mat is about nine inches, but the mat is about a half inch tick, so take that in consideration, around nine and a half inches we're gonna be working with. We're also gonna have a little bit of room on each side. This thing is perfectly left even, both right and left. So we have about three and a half inches of space right here for some other cargo.

This is the low profile version of the box. So we're not gonna have a whole lot of height added to our rails. So from top of our rails to the top of our lid here is three inches. And one thing about the lid, notice kind of how it overhangs right here. So when I open this up, you'll be able to see that we do have a seal in there as well. So the mixture with the seal and the overlap is just going to make sure there's not gonna be any moisture or water getting in there. And also if you live on a gravel road like me that dust gets everywhere, especially in the bed of the truck, but with that overhang and the little seal we don't have to worry about our tools getting all dirty. The lid opens at almost a 90 degree angle, so that's gonna be great for some of the bigger items that you may have so you can pick them up straight, you don't have to kind of wiggle it out of the lid. So with a standard size cooler like this, it fits in there nice and neat. And another thing with this is the amount of space it's really getting us. This is gonna give us 7.5 cubic feet of space. Doesn't really do a whole lot for me so let's just show you what we got going on here. We can fit a lot more in here, which what right now I just have a couple different boxes of tools. And then I do have some larger tool boxes for my drills and such. So we have a couple of these in there, which is good for a couple different drills, a decent amount of batteries and such. We have a standard size cooler from my lunch and that fits in there real nice. And we have the sliding tray as well which is hiding our other box. So this is pretty much everything I need for the little things that I do on the side. But it's nice that they give you some spots for your other type of tools like your screwdrivers and stuff. So on both sides, we're gonna have five different slots. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, one on each side. But one thing to note, if we did have a taller screw driver like this one, this is in line with our strut so as I start to close it there is gonna be a little bit of contact, so be mindful of that. Maybe put your shorter ones closer to your cab and the longer ones out back. But there is also a decent amount of storage space here if you wanted to keep all of that there, it's not gonna have any contact with it just because the lid is gonna sit a little bit higher than the edge of the box. So there's a lot of different ways we can configure this, it's all up to you. Just know that there is plenty of room for a lot of the stuff I have. The tray's a nice little edition that they throw in with it. Something to kind of keep in mind though notice how I do have a box underneath, and it does allow us to slide anything from the bottom of the box up nine inches is gonna clear, but like my cooler here, it's not gonna clear that. So we kind of wanna strategize exactly where you put all your stuff. And even if we do have this thing completely stacked up, so whenever we maybe get on the gas or going up a steep hill some of this stuff is gonna kind of slide this way, and that's where this rod is. So it's nice that they leave this little plate here. So that's just gonna protect that rod so it's always gonna be free, so your stuff isn't gonna get locked in there. I have seen some that don't have this guard here and when all that stuff gets all piled up it makes the latch mechanism work a little bit harder, and so not as easy to open it up. So this is definitely a nice addition so you can pack it all up and know that it's not going to not work whenever you try to open it. The whole box is made of aluminum but these little plates here for our latching mechanism are be made of stainless steel, so they're not gonna rust away over time. There are some little adjustments that you can make if need be. Out of the box this thing was perfectly adjusted so everything opens up right and it all closes really, really easily. A lot of people think they have to slam these shut. If it's probably adjusted, all you have to do is just have to take two fingers and latch it down. So it's not really hard at all. The rest of the box is gonna be aluminum so it's not going to rust away either. And it is nice that we do have these gas struts here cause you can notice that when I just lift that up it opens up fast and then it kind of slows down, and we have plenty of room in between our cab and the lid. So you don't have to worry about any contact or anything like that, so that's always good so you're not damaging your truck. Speaking of that, there is gonna be a little foam pad that comes with it too. So if you do tend to take this on and off it's not gonna scratch up your rails if you don't have any guards in place. So it's nice that they threw that in. And it's really easy to remove and put on. There's a simple little J hook right here. So, all you gotta do is do this in reverse order. Just a little hook. I'm gonna put this up, put this in place. It just goes underneath the lip on the rail of your truck. And we're going to, I like to get this down hand tight and you can take a 13 millimeter socket to completely tighten it up very easy. The overall external dimensions of the box is gonna be 67 inches from edge to edge. It's gonna be 20 inches deep. And as far as how tall it's gonna be, that is 15 inches. The internal dimensions from our gas struts right here to the other side is gonna be 53 inches. And we can stack stuff all the way up to 13 inches without the lid hitting some of our stuff. The low profile cross over type tool box is for you, if you don't really wanna see a whole lot of toolbox out your back window right here, cuz this, on all the trucks that we tested these on, which is a lot, they all tend to be a little bit below the seats in the headrests in your back seat, so it's not going to hinder your view at all. So that's what they're kind of going for with the low profile design, but also, they don't want to take up your whole entire bed so you can still slide some other things underneath. If you do want a toolbox that it's gonna be a little bit deeper so you can get stuff like a 5 gallon bucket or whatever those taller items, then you can definitely go check those out. But this kind of gives you a little bit of bed space to play with and not hinder your vision in your back window. And that's pretty much it for our look at the UWS truck bed toolbox on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 2,500..