The Slate's 5-foot bed comes bare, but it's built to organize: T-rails, factory bolt points, and a growing accessory ecosystem. The highest-value first upgrade for most owners is a bedside MOLLE panel system — BuiltRight's kit was co-developed with Slate and mounts to factory points with hand tools.
What you’re working with: the Slate bed
The Slate’s bed is 5 feet long with T-rails and factory bolt points designed for accessories from day one [VERIFY exact dimensions against slate.auto]. Unlike most trucks, where storage systems fight the bed design, the Slate was engineered assuming you’d bolt things to it.
Two numbers to keep in mind before you buy anything: 1,550 lb of payload and what’s left of it after your gear. Every storage system, box, and rack spends from that budget.
The MOLLE panel system
Bedside MOLLE panels turn the dead vertical space above your wheel wells into organized, secure mounting real estate — pouches, tools, traction boards, fire extinguishers, Rotopax, all off the bed floor and exactly where you left them.
The BuiltRight kit is the one we know best, because we made it — with Slate. It was co-developed with Slate’s team, uses the truck’s factory mounting locations, installs with hand tools, and carries BuiltRight’s signature block-and-slot pattern: standard MOLLE spacing plus horizontal slots that take clamps, brackets, and mounts that plain MOLLE grids can’t. Made in USA, lifetime warranty. It’s available directly in the Slate accessory configurator or from BuiltRight.
The install guide is here — around 20–30 minutes with basic hand tools [VERIFY].
What to mount on it
| Attachment | What it holds | Typical price |
|---|---|---|
| MOLLE pouches | First aid, straps, tools, jump pack | $30–$60 |
| Quickfist clamps | Shovels, axes, extinguisher | $20–$50 |
| Rotopax mount | Fuel/water containers | $40–$80 |
| Traction board mount | Recovery boards | $60–$120 |
Beyond panels
T-rail accessories — the Slate’s rails accept a growing catalog of clamps, tie-downs, and mounts; the community is already adapting mag-safe phone mounts and cup holders to them. Bed boxes — a lockable box plus panels covers most weekend and worksite loads. Tonneau covers — weather protection and security; we track available options in the accessory database.
The DIY corner
Slate released CAD files and 3D-printable “Slatelet” accessories, and the maker community is active. If you print or fabricate your own attachments, MOLLE-spec spacing means they’ll work alongside commercial panels. We’re pro-DIY here — buy the structural stuff, print the small stuff.
FAQ
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BuiltRight — made for Slate
Co-developed with Slate. Made in USA, lifetime warranty, engineered to this truck's actual mounting points.
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