Thread: Trusty

A few days ago, I sat in the back of Trusty, thinking about ways to store things.

When I made the wooden floor thingy a few years ago, there was a little dead space between the two big underfloor spaces and I had been planning to cut out some access holes in the vertical supports so that I could stow bits and pieces there (thinking.....spares and service items and suchlike).

Then a thought occurred to me, I whipped out the jigsaw and, through occasional power cuts, cut two openings which allow me to store two Jerry cans under the floor, nice and snug between a heavy storage box (where I'll now put all the parts and stuff) and the divider/support to the rear of 'em. I've left a bit of timber to keep the spout-ends up as they rest on their sides.

It isn't pretty and it's pretty agricultural - but it works.

P.S. Trusty made a special new friend down at the shops the other day. I will post a few photos on the Series II&IIA forum.

Righto. Today, I went out and bought some stuff. I'm going to make some things.

Admittedly, this may not make for the most exciting thread in the history of AULRO (maybe I should have called it "A Bloke Mucking Around With Plywood"), but hopefully somebody gets a small glimmer of joy from it....

Can you see what it is yet??*

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*Is it still OK to make Rolf Harris jokes.....?

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

Can you see what it is yet??*

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It's one of two little tuckerboxes which I'm making. Here's a photo of the first one. The reaon I will have two little boxes is that I want to be able to easily stow them above the gear-locker on the left hand side (I really want to go full-anorak and say "nearside") of the tub and make space for sleeping.

It's a nice little box, though I was only able to get thin ply - which has necessitated lots of reinforcing with various scraps of timber and it has a bit of a Frankenstein look with all the screws in it. If I can find some cheap aluminium angle (not that likely), I will trim it to cover all my messy work so far....

Originally Posted by Johnno1969

and it has a bit of a Frankenstein look with all the screws in it.

Do you get much lightning there??

Originally Posted by Tins

Do you get much lightning there??

Funnily enough, we have had a few storms in the last few days......

The tuckerboxes are (mostly) finished and I've got busy with one or two other things as well. I've made a frame to go over where I store the water containers so that there's a nice little "bedside" table for when I'm camping in the vehicle. In a way, it's kind of unnecesary construction (and weight), but the additional shelf has already proven very useful (see photo).

The tuckerboxes stack neatly on the gear locker running down the side of the tub when I want them up and out of the way. I'm also making a drop-down table for the rear door.

One other thing is a frame and mossie-screen which drops over the top of the safari hatch if I want to leave it open to stay cool at night. It hooks up neatly into the ceiling of the rear of the compartment when I'm not using it.