Ram 1500 back seat delete
I know this gets brought up occasionally, yes, do it if you don't have kids. It easily doubles your available space and discourages annoying people from wanting a free ride some place.
Removing the bench seat is pretty straight forward, undo 4x bolts of some less common size. I did not remove the seatbelts because they come in handy for holding bulky objects. I did rotate the mounts though to push them up against the wall. I then cut a 23.5"x"perfect fit" piece of plywood to give me a level surface and cover for the stag storage bins. Two scrap 2x4 blocks were glued just inside the rim of the bins to keep the board from sliding forwards. Two 4" access holes were cut and 5" circles glued to the plugs to cover the holes. Passenger side is my "material handling" side with a small chain and add-a-links, small ratchet straps, bow shackles, extension cord, gloves, roll of trash bags, soap and a few other random things. This is stuff that I am only likely to need access to when I'm already unloaded with camp set up. The driver side is for bad day stuff. Tire plug kit, flares, the five most common impact sockets for lug nuts, 2 ft breaker bar, axle strap, etc. This is the side of the dog crate so all I have to unload its the dog to get to these items.
I also painted it with a 50 cent oops matte paint from home depot to help hold the wood grains together and give grip to the moving blanket that lays on top.
A cheap 36x60ish rug is mounted to the loops and mounting points that had been previously restraining the bench seat. It covers up stuff that fits where the vents are and helps dampen sound.
Along the back row from driver to passenger is my tool bag and emergency wash water jug, orange mallet, bottle jack, air compressor kit, tow strap, heavy pry bar, jumper cables, basic electrics test kit, utility machete/saw, full qt of oil and empty oil qt bottle. My knock off traction boards for sand and stuff hang above that. The blue strap keeps the dog from tipping forward.
