Goose Gear Inspired Rear Seat Delete | Tacoma | Detailed Seat Removal | Design and Installation

[@kylecrowson4516]

This video was exactly what I was looking for, and well done! I just finished mine, and a couple of adjustments I made too: 1.) Instead of bolting the board to the frame for the T bolts, I just screwed the board into the platform so it raises with the frame but doesn't allow shifting while moving - I couldn't find 7/16" screws long enough anywhere around me to mount it into the frame 2.) I used U-bolts in the platform to allow a way to attach ratchet straps to the cooler so it stays in place, and when there isn't force they drop down to near flush with the platform 3.) Applied outdoor carpet to it to help keep things from sliding and better traction for my pupper. Seriously awesome video!! Love the fly rod space! I tuck my little guy into the space between the back storage and the wall (I only did the platform, not the backing). Thanks!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks for the great comments and watching, glad you liked it. I’m loving my set up and it’s holding up well. Glad you’re stoked on yours. Stay safe out there. TbT.

[@davidclark291]

BRILLANT! I COMPLETED MY BACK SEAT DELETE BUT IT WAS NOT AS WELL ENGINEERED AS YOUR DESIGN. YOU HAVE INSPIRED ME TO COMPLETELY REDO MY OWN. THANKS

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Glad it inspired you. Hope your new one comes out great. I’m loving mine and it’s holding up really well. I’m looking to add a fridge to to it soon... an upgraded from the cooler. Good luck and stay safe out there. Let me know if you have any questions and I’ll try to help. ✌🏼TbT.

[@cactuskyle2045]

Thank-you! Very good idea & well explained and a lot cheaper than the Goose Gear for sure, it provides a cleaner/larger area for my 2 dogs....greatly appreciated.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. Glad you liked it and it works well for you. Love mine still. Stay safe out there and thanks for watching and commenting. TbT

[@AlexTraboulsi]

Great video. Thank you for the clear points and not making it about you, and about the project.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. No problem, glad you liked it and hope it helps inspire your ideas and builds. Stay safe out there. 🤙🏼TbT.

[@El_Tigre562]

Loving the in depth walkthrough, I'd built a half delete a few years ago and just got another Tacoma. Now thinking about doing the whole thing! You don't happen to have a diagram of measurements do you?

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. Sorry don’t have any diagrams. There may be some dimensions in the comments from a while back if you want to check those. Can remember though. Good luck with your build. Thanks for watching and commenting. TbT. ✌🏼

[@jeffthran1413]

Well done. I am just getting ready to so the same. Thanks for the clear video and process. Your way of thinking certainly aligns with mine. Thank you.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

You’re welcome. Hope yours comes out well. Good luck. Thanks for checking out the channel. TbT.

[@elekt]

Nice build. Pulled my back seat out the other day and was amazed how much more space it gave me. Gonna do my own build soon. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

It truly is amazing how much extra space it creates. If I do it again, I would add more sound proofing to the back wall and floor where you can. It’s definitely louder without the rear seats...but not horribly. Other than that I absolutely love the mod. Good luck with yours and stay safe out there. Thanks for watching and commenting. TbT

[@polotov7]

Nice I’m looking to make something similar you could even make a cut out of the seat belts and use the rear as a seat and buckle up with your set up nice job dude

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. Good luck with your build and thanks for watching and commenting. TbT

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

👍🏼✌🏼

[@ChefRov]

Love the use of the hinges! Just finishing up horrible JBL speaker replacement and sound dampening. I'm shooting for a Kayak/Fishing storage system... tbd. Thanks!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Cool, thanks!. Hope it helps your build/plans. Good luck and thanks for watching and commenting. 🤙🏼

[@chillyburger1077]

Thank you so much for posting . Nice simple and professional . I love it 😎

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Good luck with all of your projects. Thanks again for watching and commenting. Stay safe out there. TbT.

[@Mountaindweller915]

TbT! I just finished my delete. I am so grateful for your inspiration and guidance!! Thank you so much. Out of curiosity, how do you power your cooler when it’s in the back seat? My Taco doesn’t seem to have a power option in the back seat..

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Rad, how'd it turn out? I have a battery in my camper (Redodo 100AH) there is a discount code in some of my camper build videos you can use, ( TBT3) for a slight discount. If I didn't have that battery I would probably use a PowerStation like (Jackery, Blueutti that has enough AH to run your fridge. I run the frisdge off my truck (Cigerete lighter port when driving to save battery and our camper battery when camping and keep it topped off with a 100w solar panel.

[@Mountaindweller915]

Oh nice! Mine came out so great!! Do you have an email you can share? I can send pics, I don’t have any social.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

@Mountaindweller915 Cool, yeah. I think it’s in the description of my YT page.

[@jonfischer9826]

Excellent video. Just pulled my rear seats out and was going to omit the cubbies too, but now you've got me thinking I may put those back in place. Well done.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I kept them because I occasionally put my seats back in. They work well for gear and with the elastic net you can stuff all kinds of stuff in there. Removing them would add some more space for sure though. Good luck and stay safe out there. TbT

[@jonfischer9826]

@@TravelingbyTacoma finalized my design today, slight variation on yours, going to go vertical from the floor up to where the cubbies start to slant back with a couple hinges to give me that extra inch or two of platform space, and going to try to use a T-nut and star-knob to achieve securing the upper section of the wall panel to quickly be able to flip it down to access the cubbies since I don't plan to cut out the holes like you did. Thanks again for the inspiration!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Good luck, hope it turns out well.

[@asse1154]

thanks for the video, very well explained! i have a 2022 taco comin in and that looks like about what im gonna do. when i saw the 4" pvc i thought what a great place for a fly rod, haha

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. The rear seat delete is great give a bunch more room and still some access to the factory storage. Yep, that fits my 4 piece 3w backpacking rod perfectly safe, out of the way and always there. Good luck with your build and new truck. 🤙🏼. TbT.

[@robmassicotte4889]

great job, I wish I saw this video when I was looking around for ideas before building my set up in my 2nd gen, after building my own and loving it, and seeing your set up, it is super hard to understand the price tag on the goose gear stuff!! As my own set up, and your set up, are both MUCH better then the goose gear design in my humble opinion.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks for checking out the video. I agree, the Goose Gear is pricey, but worth it if you’re full time I think. Weekend warriors like me, my design is suited well. Thanks again for watching and stay safe out there. TbT.

[@SeanGildea77]

Great video! Thank you!!!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and commenting. TbT

[@rm5902]

Great. Job

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks ✌🏼

[@brianpratt9809]

Dude, that's awesome!! Doing that this spring to my passenger side 60. Thanks!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks! Thanks for watching and I hope your project comes out well. Good luck. Stay safe out there. TbT.

[@brianpratt9809]

@@TravelingbyTacoma Thanks!! I'll let you know. Stay safe yourself :-)

[@alexandersprout7992]

Genius! Thanks for sharing & inspiration, will be starting a project similar.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Good luck. Thanks for watching and the nice comment. Hope yours comes out well. TbT.

[@journeytoliving7344]

This is really nice. You did an Amazing job.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks, much appreciated. It’s been working really well. Thanks for watching. Stay safe out there. TbT.

[@TomatoWithARifle]

looking to do the same to my 2nd gen. great idea to re-use the seat hinges

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. It works really well if you don’t need consistent access to the factory storage. Stay safe out there and good luck with your build. TbT

[@TomatoWithARifle]

@@TravelingbyTacoma could you nt chance share your dimensions or template of the cuts with me? 😁

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Back panel is basically 53” wide by 25 1/4” tall. Flip-up base is 48” by 19”. Everything else is just builders choice. Good luck. Thanks for watching.

[@TomatoWithARifle]

@@TravelingbyTacoma cheers!

[@kenwood7591]

You should sell the kits ready to install, even as a week end hobby for something to do. I would surely buy one.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

I have thought about it, but coming up with channel content is enough work to keep me busy. Thanks for the nice comment and glad you liked the build. Stay safe out there, TbT

[@anthonycee7700]

I definitely need something like this. You wouldn’t sell one would? @travelingbytacoma

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

It would be cool to do, but I would basically have to quit my real job and make this a business. There is a lot involved in that. This was a fun personal build, but I don’t think I would build one for someone else. I understand why they charge so much for a 4wheelcamper …the labor, and engineering alone is a massive project. Thanks for watching and commenting, it’s appreciated. TbT

[@adriannorgate9577]

Thoroughly enjoyed the build. It looks great and is functional except the 3 screws holding the base to the back. I would have done something quick release like pressure pins or spring clips. Just for quick access to the bottom containers. I keep recovery gear in those bins as well as trailer hitch and other gear I need quickly.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks for watching and commenting. The main reason I chose to use the 3 Allen screws was safety. I wanted the entire rear seat delete to be as secure as possible in a worst case scenario IE car accident. I didn't want anything on the rear deck to flip forward in that situation. Also I figured in a recovery situation ( I keep my recovery gear under there too ) taking those 3 bolts out only adds a few minutes at most and slowing down in a recovery situation is a good thing. Stay safe out there TbT.

[@PepsT808]

Such a smart idea. Great job!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Happy New Year! Stay safe out there. Thanks for watching. TbT.

[@ninjamagic5150]

U need to split the board same as the seats. So u can lift up..passenger and driverside.. to get to your cubbies. I'm glad u didn't go past the footwell. Like most do can't slide your seat back..otherwise cool build. Take out the passenger seat. And do a full board to the back probably sleep like a single bed. If you need it. But I would get a topper 5 foot rooftop tent 6.foot sleep I'm the back. Than nice to store half your gear behind the seat..and in your bed..squeeze loads of space out a midsized truck. Almost just buy a 4 runner. Lay the back seats down. And roof top cargo basket..my tacoma is ..tricked. to the max. Smart idea..

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Good ideas. Mine works well for my needs, but those are good improvements for sure. I’m 6’5 so my seat is all the way back no matter what lol. Thanks for watching and commenting. TbT.

[@anthonycee7700]

Crazy I actually thought the same thing last night. Just need some guidance

[@killahjeep]

looking to do a 60% delete on my rear seat.. I want to put my fridge (iceco VL60DZ) in the rear seat, and gain some more functional storage. folding the seats flat the fridge sits too high (doors wont open fully, and there is no-where to tie it down. this platform should solve most all of my problems and gain more storage room in the bed of the truck as well as keep my fridge free of dust, (cleaning the condenser and fan is a PITA).. its usaully only me and my wife that go on these trips. but a 3rd seat is always good to have should our daughter decide to join us.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Excellent. I think you'll be happy with having it in the truck. My RSD is still going strong and its so much more functional as a platform than seats like you said. Maybe make a 2 piece platform/back that you can pull the 40% side out and put the seat back in when needed or vice versa. Good luck and thanks for watching and commenting. TbT

[@jerryj3807]

Fantastic job mate!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks! Appreciate the nice comment. Stay safe out there. TbT

[@mnapier61]

Excellent work!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks and thanks for watching. Stay safe out there. TbT.

[@joegaston9695]

Hey! just did a build similar to yours! Just curious where you got your carpet from or what it is called

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

CPR Marine Upholstery Durable Un-Backed Automotive Trim Carpet 72" x 36" Mini Roll Charcoal a.co/d/aw92305. Amazon. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👍🏻

[@williamsmisek642]

Do you have the dimensions of the boards? Maybe even a cut pattern you could share?

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

I don’t sorry. I may have listed the basics dims in the comments a while back. You can check there. If not hit me up again and I’ll add them to the video description. Thanks for watching and commenting. TbT

[@yogiholly]

Awesome video and inspiration for a similar project I'm considering. Do you happen to know if this also warranted a weight savings and how much you saved? Or what your seats weigh compared to the build? I'm hoping that mine will also mean even just a bit of weight saved for the rest of my gear!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

I don’t have any exact saving numbers, but it is for sure less weight than the seats. It also allows gear to be moved into the cab that would have been in the bed and distributes the load weight better for sure. If I had to guess... it is at least a 30-40 pound of weight savings by removing all 4 rear seat pieces and only adding some plywood and carpet. Good luck, thanks for watching and let me know if you have more questions. Stay safe out there. TbT.

[@yogiholly]

@@TravelingbyTacoma That's the most important piece to me! The added room, thank you!

[@chuckzander9861]

A really good video! I have been wanting to do this same mod. I bought the plywood and have both pieces cut per your dimensions. A have a few questions for you that would really help me. I see where to trim or taper the back piece on the left. And where I need to notch on the lower right to attach the bolt. Could you please give me the measurements for each storage openings? It looks like they are slightly smaller than the actual opening. Also I assume that the back mounting board is a 1x4 that goes fully across the bottom. Then you have a 2x4 that is the front bottom to attach the bottom. Is that right? I will need to figure out how you attached both pieces that basically make a bottom “ tee”. I will just have to lay it out to understand how you screwed them all together I guess. I really appreciate your help and again thank you so much for a very good video! Thanks.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks for watching. I made the openings 15 wide X 9 tall. The passenger side (factory cubby) is bigger, that allows me to stuff things back behind the overlapping back panel on that side if that makes sense. The bottom base part is a piece of 1x 4 poplar cut down to 2.5” with the angle matching the angle of the back cubby panel and a piece of dug fir 2x4 (platform base) all glued and screwed together. Make the mounting holes (the ones that I bolted the back panel/base to the existing seat/floor screw holes) big enough so you can move the back panel marking a bit to line up the bolts and use fender washers to cover the bigger hole. Makes it much easier to line up the back panel when bolting down. Hope that answers/helps you a bit. Feel free to modify or improve my design of course. Good luck and let me know if you have any more question. TbT.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

...yes it goes all the way access so you can use the seat mounting bolt holes on each side (and the middle where I had to make the notch). Made it just wide enough to get a bolt and fender washer on it. About as for out as the seatbelt bracket on the floor of the truck. Hope that makes sense.

[@chuckzander9861]

@@TravelingbyTacoma thank you! I will let you know how it turns out.

[@daveweber9737]

Instead of taking a photo of the rear center seat belt placement, just mark it with a Sharpie.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

No doubt. 👍🏻

[@chrisspear1129]

Build me one and I will buy it!!!!!!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Haha. Thanks for watching. ✌🏼

[@chrisspear1129]

I am for real 💯🙏🙏🙏

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

@chrisspear1129 sorry, I don’t have the time and it would be too much labor cost to be a deal for you. It’s not a very hard build, but to make it worthy of selling… that amount of labor time charge for you would be too much money. You’d be better off buying a GGRSD or making it yourself. Materials are cheap, making it well (labor cost) is high. ✌🏼

[@ToubeeYang-ux4qy]

Can you get into the gas tank?

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Gas tank is under the truck and filler on the side. Not sure I follow your question.

[@stevennewberry7288]

Do you have the dimensions and angles for this build. It's perfect for what I need.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Thanks. The base is 19” X 48” and the back panel is 25.5” H X 52.5” W at the top (widest part) it tapers down narrower at the bottom to allow access to the mounting bolts (seat mount locations) and some more side storage. Hopefully you can see most of that in the video and use it to inspire your build. I do not have angles, I just matched the angle of the factory cubby. Thanks for watching. TbT.

[@Mountaindweller915]

This build is awesome, I’m just beginning it myself. What are the dimensions of the center support pieces underneath the base, adjacent to your fly rod tube? Also, what’s the thickness on that base sheet of plywood?

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

If I remember correctly the back support with the angle ripped on it is about 49.5” wide. I can’t remember the mid supports sizes. I think the deck is 11/32 ply. But anything light but stiff would be good. Just don’t want to add any unnecessary weight, but you don’t want it to be flexy obviously. Good luck 🤙🏼

[@Mountaindweller915]

Thanks!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

👍🏻

[@readyme]

Would it be possible to do just the 40% seat delete on the driver's side? I still have a 3rd, and sometimes 4th, person in the truck.

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Yeah you can do either one. I’d make your platform on the passenger side (limits you to 3 people) but it’s more bang for your buck. Ice chest or fridge would fit on it. Also it will only take you about 15 minutes (once you’ve pulled the seat out and put them back a few time) to re-install your seat if you want it back in. You could take out either seat and the plastic cubby and build a one piece platform with a 90 degree back- that would give you a lot more room and may be an easier in and out install. Good luck.

[@conqueringlion420]

Hey I have an idea, remove the seats and call it a day. No need to install anything else

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Brilliant!

[@conqueringlion420]

@@Klaus293 Yes it's great. I just took then out on my 20 Pro. 2ez

[@vasquez1024]

Need u to build it for me and ill pay for shipping, im in los angeles

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Haha. I wish I had time. Thanks for watching and commenting. TbT ✌🏼

[@DannyKimm]

Are you based in San Diego? Would you help me build one if I paid you?!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

I am. When do you need it by? I’m pretty swamped at the moment with work/life. Can you hit me up in a few weeks and I’ll see if I can help you out. If you’re looking for the exact same system I made for my 2019 I could use mine as template and it would be fast and easy. If you’re looking to modify my design that’s a different ball game. I’m not 100% sure all 3rd gen DCSB are exactly the same each year, but if they are duplicating mine would be easiest. Hit me up in mid April and we’ll see. Thanks for watching and commenting. TbT

[@DannyKimm]

No rush on my end! And yes it would be almost exact copy maybe with a small modification weather main platform is to make it a little longer for my dog. Not sure how to direct message you but if you know how to to me please let me know!

[@TravelingbyTacoma]

Ok. DM me on my Instagram @travelingbytacoma in a few weeks and we’ll set something up.

[@anthonycee7700]

@@TravelingbyTacomahey brother would you be able to help me out with my little project? I’m based out of chino ca. wouldn’t mind the drive for the work