Thought someone might get some use out of this.

After having items stolen from my previous truck on several occasions, I decided to look into some way of mounting a small safe in the truck. There are many sites that will sell you a safe/vault for your Ram, but they only fit the regular console (single compartment). If you have the bucket seats with the premium console (double compartment), you are just out of luck. After several weeks of research, I came up with a solution.

The below safe is a Stack-On PDS-500. Instead of the standard key latch, it actually has two bolts. It has a battery operated keypad that will let you know when the batteries are about to die (the batteries last about 6 months of every day use). It does have a keyed lock as backup though. Though the keypad is not lighted, the light in the lower compartment lights it very well.

There are two considerations to be made during installation. One is that the safe must be mounted backwards or it will not open due to the design of the opening of the lower compartment. The other is that you must cut a few areas of the lower compartment tray to make it fit properly. The modifications to the tray are minor and can be made with a hacksaw once removed from the console.

I bought this safe for $50 shipped (from a place called www.thesafeguy.com) and installed it in about 1.5 hours. Now this was about a year ago. It might be closer to $60-$65 shipped now. Still, I couldn’t live without it now.

Below are some pics.

 

That's a nice write up and a clean install. Welcome to DF.

 

Nice, real nice. I remember looking for a safe for my ram, and even saw one advertised somewhere on this site, but i never followed it up, because of the economy and all.
So you're saying that the safes being made won't fit a typical dodge Ram Quad cab, with the bench seat 60/40/60?

 

If you have the standard under seat (middle front seat) console, then most of the console safes made will work for you. There's a company called ConsoleVault (www.consolevault.com). They have one for the underseat storage of the middle seat. This is the only safe I could find. I never considered this option, because I don't have the middle seat with a console under it, I have the premium console which is a giant center console that extends from under the dash, to the back of the front seats and contains two enclosed compartments and 3 cupholders. Take a look at the console vault website to see what console most of the safes are for.

 

BTW... my truck is an 06 Ram QuadCab NightRunner Edition

 

Why didn't dodge install a lockable compartment in the first place? My truck doesn't have one.

 

whats to keep them from tearing up the console and take the whole thing? locked or not?

 

I thought the same thing. My Silverado had a locking glove box.

I have my own personal safe on my Ram. It's called the Code Alarm SRT-9000 ----->http://www.autoalarmpro.com/code_alarm_srt_9000

 

I have my own personal safe on my Ram. It's called the Code Alarm SRT-9000 ----->http://www.autoalarmpro.com/code_alarm_srt_9000[/QUOTE]

i as well its called "smith & wesson" come on if you want to !!!

 

I guess I could've mentioned this before, but the safe is bolted through to the underside of the body. I lost 2 guns one time and another a year later with a $900 alarm on my truck and parked in a parking lot 1000 ft from a police station. The alarm did it's job and sounded, but nobody cared. I know, I know... I shouldn't have left them in there in the first place, but in TX, it's illegal to carry concealed into a bar. We ran into some friends one evening who were on their way to a bar and we didn't have a chance to go home first. I did end up with matching dents on the front doors of my F150 where the locks were punched. If they want to try to take something from the truck while I'm in it, they better be wearing body armor or have a good insurance policy... Nothing says surprise like Glock 30 with 11 .45 rounds followed by 5000lb guided NightRunner missile...