Thread: Drawer System

Hi Craig

Glad that you found the drawings inspirational. I should re-do them, as Rich's modification of off-centering the drawers to allow access to the spare wheel winch is a good one, as is the cutout bottom panel.

I actually got a flat (and completely and totally stuffed an 8000 km tyre) with my drawers in the car. It did not help that it was bucketing down with rain, but luckily I always carry a new tarp in the back, so I could lie on this to undo the tyre, and then cover the drawers and the drawer case, which I stacked up behind the car while I got the wheel out. I thought of the off centre drawers a few times.....

The phenolic ply should work well - it will slide better than wood on wood.

Cheers

Al

Hi Al,
My centre divider is 20mm offset to the drivers side.
eg left drawer is 490mm wide, right is 450mm wide.
Drawer detail:


Cutlery tray:

Plates etc under:

W/E water supply: Note taps on both ends of outlet hose.

Water outlet:

Hi Rich

That is a very neat job - I like the conceal on the centre pillar - I didn't do that, so I had to put carpet trim on the 20mm wide pillar. I like the grey lining carpet too - it should minimise rattles. I carry too much dirty stuff in my drawers for that - work tools, boots and things.

Well done.

Cheers

Al

Hi Rich

Great DIY job with the drawers. I was searching the forum for ideas on commercial options however your post has inspired me to have a crack at making my own. Would you mind telling me the manufacturer and/or supplier of the water tank (I'm guessing 60 to 80 Litre?) behind the rear seats. I'm not sure if this information is revealed in your photos but for whatever reason I can only view around half of them (a problem on my end I'm sure).

Cheers

Steve

Edit. Just to avoid any confuion. I had originally accessed this thread via my iPad and for whatever reason when i viewed your posted photos it brought up a series of photos including the various stages of the drawers construction. After viewing the same post from my computer it appears these photos were not included with this post and may cause some confusion. Appologies

Hi Steve,
The water tank in my photo is only a 20ltr plastic Jerry can.
On longer trips I'll be taking multiple jerry's.
I'll probably strap them all together inside.
Thanks for the compliment.
In Projects and Tutorials is a link to download the plans.
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/projects-t...awer-unit.html

I decided to take the rear seats out to make more storage room for a desert trip.
Jeeze they are heavy and awkward to move out!


But you do end up with some reasonable space, the max depth is 150mm.


I did add some additional support packing.
One up the front centre.


Another 19mm x 19mm section screwed to sit on the recess just inside the tailgate.


I think the weight of the seats just about equals the sliders I fitted recently.

Well I had a crack at my own set of drawers utilising a lot of the info found in this thread (thanks all). Ive been meaning to post some photos for a while now but between work commitments and trip preparations time has been fairly limited however now that I'm stuck here in Townsville with nothing to do but twiddle my thumbs until my motor is fixed I guess now is as good a time as any to post them.



I decided that building the drawers to the side would keep the fridge low and ease issue with my height challenged stature.



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Frame constructed following info found in this thread.



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A 50 Litre fuel tank for diesel. Fitting an auxiliary fuel tank was an option but costs of the tank and the addition of a spare wheel carrier was pushing the budget too much for the time being. (end cover and filler access lid were removed to display tank for photo)



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All done bar the finishing trims (ran out of time and trim options were limited amongst local suppliers at the time).

Cheers

Steve

Dreamn,
That is a nice piece of kit, well done :-)
Love the thought of not adding an additional tank. 50Ltrs will almost do many situations in need of extra fuel.