For the last decade, I’ve had a Rubbermaid bin in this spot. I got these wire bins on Amazon. They come packed flat and you fold them up into box shape and add 4 Philips head screws to connect the panels.

They safely hold up to 45 pounds of stuff. Two of the crates have little tabs on top, to hold a stacked crate in place on top of them. 

My crates are taking up slightly less footprint than my bin used to. The bin was crammed so full I had to play Possessions Tetris to get the lid to close, but now the bottom crate holds everything that was in the bin, yet it’s still only half full. 

So I estimate that switching from the bin to two stacked crates has quadrupled what I can store in that footprint.

About 5 minutes after I set it up, some jerk cut me off and I had to hard brake. Good test of the crates! They passed. If you try this, you will want to anchor them to the bulkhead (I used that back seat belt to anchor them.) 

This is more of a hack for someone in a minivan or SUV, but I thought I’d share here because I’m so pleased with this storage upgrade.

Here’s the link if you want to look. I don’t get any kick back or affiliate reward from it. Just sharing in case it’s useful for someone.

[https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0G4RK8M12](https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0G4RK8M12?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title)

Stay safe and cool out there!

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