Swinging Tub Boxes

A swinging tub box is lockable ute tub storage that bolts into the dead space over your wheel arch and swings out for access, so your tray floor stays clear and your gear stays put. The PPD Swing is our own-brand version, a lockable ute tub storage box built to suit popular dual-cab utes including the Ford Ranger, Mazda BT-50, Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi Triton and VW Amarok. We fit these at our Perth workshop, so when buyers ask which box suits their ute, that fitment matching is the part we help with most.

This page covers what a swinging tub box actually is, why the wheel-arch mount and lock matter, and which box fits your ute and years. If you already know your vehicle, jump to the fitment section and confirm the right side and current stock with us before you order.

What Is a Swinging Tub Box?

A swinging tub box is a lockable storage box that mounts inside your ute tub, up against the inner guard in the wheel-arch dead space. It's hinged so it swings out into the tub when you need access, then swings back flat against the side wall and locks shut. Because it sits in space you weren't using anyway, it keeps the tub floor free for loads, toolboxes or a canopy fit-out.

The key features that matter on a tub box are simple: it locks, it's weatherproof against road spray and dust, and it mounts solid so it doesn't rattle loose. The PPD Swing does all three. It is one of our own-brand products, so it's the box we know best and fit most often.

Why Choose the PPD Swing Tub Box?

The PPD Swing is PPD's own-brand swinging tub box, designed to use the wheel-arch dead space that otherwise sits empty in most ute tubs. It is lockable storage, so valuables and tools are secured rather than loose in the tray, and it's built to keep weather and dust out of what you store inside.

Because it's our own product, we carry it across the popular dual-cab utes and can tell you straight which listing matches your vehicle and years. The Ford Ranger (2012-2021) swinging tub box and the Mazda BT-50 (2012-2020) swinging tub box are two of the most common fits we ship and install. We won't invent dimensions or load ratings we can't verify, so if you need an exact internal measurement for a specific tool, ask us and we'll check the listing for you.

How Does a Swinging Tub Box Beat a Loose Box or the Factory Tub?

A loose plastic crate in the tub does one thing reliably: it slides around. Every corner and every brake, it shifts, tips and spills. It isn't secured, isn't locked, and it eats usable floor space the whole time. The factory tub on its own gives you a flat floor and nothing else, so gear rolls and rattles end to end.

A swinging tub box fixes both problems at once:

• Gear stays put. Tools and valuables sit inside a fixed box bolted to the wall, not sliding loose across the floor.
• It locks. Your gear is secured, not on display in an open tray.
• Weatherproof. Contents stay out of road spray and dust.
• Floor stays clear. Because the box lives in the wheel-arch dead space, your tray floor is free for the load it's meant to carry.

As a ute tub organiser, or a ute tray organiser if you call it by the tray, that's the whole point: it reclaims space you weren't using and turns it into secure, dry storage without giving up tray area.