Bed

The Bed

The bed is the storage system that sits on the sub-frame — what we call the garage. It carries the gear the truck lives with and forms the shell the camper platform sits on.

It is built as modules, each with its own requirements page. Everything on this page applies to all of them.

Philosophy

• Geometry before electronics. The best lock is a door edge a pry bar can't find, a rivet a drill can't reach, a gap too tight for a blade. Hardware is the last line of defence, not the first.
• Built like a kit aircraft. Bonded and riveted, with tight, repeatable tolerances and parts pre-formed to go together one way, so a shop assembles it predictably and a builder services it without cutting it apart.
• Finished to last. A sealed, weatherproof aluminium shell under a durable powder coat, priced so the design is something people actually build.

Shared requirements

Weatherproofing

• Fully weatherproof — sealed against driving rain, dust, and wash-down ingress
• Sealed door perimeters; no standing water retained in any compartment

Design & finish

• Beautifully designed and genuinely practical — form serves access, sightlines, and daily use
• Powder coated for a durable, uniform finish

Security — minimum attack surface

• Rivets out of reach — no fastener accessible or drillable from outside the module
• Tight door tolerances — every door closes to a gap too small to admit a pry tool or blade
• Anti-pry geometry — door and frame edges shaped to deny leverage

Fabrication & assembly

• Chemically bonded and riveted — structural adhesive plus rivets, not reliance on welding
• Cost efficient to fabricate — standard stock and processes, no exotic tooling
• Kit-plane assembly — pre-formed, pre-drilled, self-jigging parts a competent shop can put together predictably and a builder can service later

Locking & access control

• Electronic locks — Southco R4-EM (R4-EM-732-173-B) stainless rotary electronic latches with kick-out
• NFC access — a custom PCB / MCU drives the latches, actuated by NFC (tap to unlock)

Changelog