Now witness the firepower of this fully ARMED and OPERATIONAL battle station!

     Although nothing is secured, the bed platform is already pretty comfortable.  I've thought out pretty thoughroughly where to place the platform and decided it's best to keep it in the center.  Each space between the 2x4 supports will be used for some sort of storage.  Two of them should be able to provide a place to mount my bicycle and the others can provide easy access to frequently used items such as food, water, and warm clothes.   The details of what will be stored where are still being worked out.  All of the recesses in the liner are sized perfectly for the suppports.  If this is not the intended use it should be advertised as such.

     A pleasant coincidence of all this is that my tool box is the perfect height.  It just fits under the bed platoform but not under the first support.  When the truck stops the support should keep it from sliding to the back.  To open the toolbox it just needs to be slid onto the tailgate about an inch.  Since the tailgate needs to be down to get to the box anyways it all works out.

     Water marks can be seen under the windows where the leaks were.  One image dipicts where there were two very large holes.  They have now been sealed with silicone.

     Still left on the agenda is to secure everything down,  add supports for curtain rails,   carpet the platform,  create dividers,  and add a mount of some sort to hang my pack from.  I'll be keeping my pack close since that will also be my water container due to the built in hydration pocket.  More to come.