Re:On board storage options?

But more space , pretty sure with 4 people in board, that would have more weight then a few bits and bobs

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For clarification my Jimny with the stereo, towbar and roof system weights 1140 kg or leaves a usable payload of 280kg. I use half of that. My EDC is another 20 and all the other stuff which I need to weigh is probably another 30 to 40 kg. Add a passenger and a few job specific tools or some sheep food and I'm at capacity. Taking the edc out is easy but the other stuff is stored in a manner that preserves as much of the rear load area as possible which is important as much of what I carry is bulky but not very heavy. However getting the things out of their little nooks and such is tedious. So I am trying to decide if being able to easily remove weight is more important than preservation of load area volume. At the minute everything has a space but that comes at the cost of overall payload being used for things I might not need more than once a month.

Sort of grab bags ? Add and remove when needed ? Weight not much of an issue, it's not as if it will stop working, when over

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I'm a fan of supermarket totes, those heavy duty plastic trays supermarkets use to store and display produce. They are rugged and stackable, with built in carrying handles. You can get them fairly cheap second hand off eBay and other sites.
On the down side they are fairly large so you can use up a lot of floor space if you don't stack them.

So I filled a box and weighed it and the edc bag and it came to 43kg. Having gone through it all I have got it down to 33kg. This is an improvement definitely. Also the box is only 400x300x200 ish so isn't taking up too much space and is easy to remove. Will see how I get on with it.

I kinda like this setup... 


 

...Unrelated, but the cabriolet roof over the back would also make it an awesome truck for lamping rabbits & foxes.