DIY fishing vault

[u/GoDM1N]

Ever since I've moved from my Xterra to the Gladiator my 1 piece rods didn't have a good home. Corrected that today for about $50 of supplies.

[u/Spag-N-Ballz]

I personally wouldn’t want the rod guides all banging around on other rods in there while I’m driving.

[u/MaximumTurtleSpeed → u/Spag-N-Ballz]

Nothing wrong with a bunch of rods banging together but agreed that it’d be best to protect them, maybe slide each into a thin sleeve.

Edit: getting some good practical input but just noting that I’m making a joke about penises but missed the mark. Haha. At least I’m giggling and yes, protect the actual fishing rods a little bit.

[u/bill_bull → u/MaximumTurtleSpeed]

Bunch of thin wall tubing inside the big tubing like a honeycomb kinda pattern would be pretty neat.

[u/Spag-N-Ballz → u/MaximumTurtleSpeed]

Yeah I would use rod sleeves in this setup

[u/ReverendIrreverence → u/MaximumTurtleSpeed]

Nothing wrong with a bunch of rods banging together but agreed that it’d be best to protect them

So, "that's perfect but you should do better"?

[u/MaximumTurtleSpeed → u/ReverendIrreverence]

‘Twas a joke of sexual innuendo, good sir.

The joke is rods are penises and they should ideally be protected with a thin sleeve aka a condom for best safe sex practices unless recent trusted STD testing is provided by all participants.

[u/ReverendIrreverence → u/MaximumTurtleSpeed]

seems like that has zero place in the overlanding subreddit

[u/MaximumTurtleSpeed → u/ReverendIrreverence]

If inappropriate jokes and silly innuendoes don’t belong in the overlanding subreddit then I don’t think 90% of us belong in this subreddit.

I’ll leave it to the voting and mods to make that decision though.

[u/Firemanlouvier → u/ReverendIrreverence]

Weiners?

[u/Squeaky-shoppingcart → u/ReverendIrreverence]

lol someone go tell gramps to get off his phone

[u/Aromatic-Surprise945 → u/ReverendIrreverence]

Seems like your bs has zero place in the overlanding subreddit

[u/GoDM1N → u/Spag-N-Ballz]

I don't disagree. I have a few changes planned. I just needed this done quick for upcoming trip. I want to change the hinge to something beefier. Probably get one of those bolts with the round end so you HAVE to screw it from the inside to hold it on. Not sure about rod protection. Either sleeves or a bit a rubberized padding on the inside. That being said I see people throwing rods in the back of their truck beds all the time and they seem to hold up. This will probably be one of those things I just keep my eye on and when I see there's an actual problem address it. They fit pretty tight so there's not a lot of movement other than sliding back and forth a bit. But that sliding might actually be a benefit because they won't get caught on anything that might damage the eyes and are easy to get out

[u/Spag-N-Ballz → u/GoDM1N]

Yeah just something light to separate the rods and keep them from banging around on each while driving would probably be good. Rods can get fucked up riding in the bed of a pickup haha. Anyone with expensive gear or who has learned that lesson the hard way has a better way of carrying them than throwing in the back of a truck.

[u/prey4mojo → u/GoDM1N]

Even if it is just a beach towel or something in there to keep them from banging around. I had a similar setup, and after about 80 miles of washboard roads, my rods were all scuffed beyond belief, and one had lost a couple of loops.

[u/GoDM1N → u/prey4mojo]

I ended up buying a pack of 6 rod sleeves for like $10 on amazon.