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Message: [QUOTE="Patman, post: 888303, member: 16962"] I used "Bed Bolts" for my tied down locations and just drilled the plywood floor and mounted them using large washers. As long as you have a backing plate of some kind be it large washers or a piece of steel it should be plenty fine. I've kicked around the idea of a small roll around tool box and have a couple ideas. The quick and dirty is to just strap it in. You could also get some mini load binders and mount a tie down point to the floor and an eye bolt to each side of the chassis of the tool box and just lock it in position on the floor then release it when you want. I think I might choose to build a small frame that mounts to the steel framework of the walls to distribute the load. Then I'll position some small pieces of angle on the frame and either bolt or weld some "tabs" to the tool box so that all I have to do is insert a small hitch pin on each side to lock it in place. I'd venture you could do something very similar with a folding hasp and some plywood mounted to the wall for additional support. I had some holes in the floor of my trailer because I move some of the mounting points. To fill the bolt holes (a few were 1/2") I placed some masking tape on the underside of the floor and filled the holes with Liquid Nails. Problem solved. Think it out before going forward because there are A LOT of possibilities for setting up your trailer. [/QUOTE]