Thread: Drawer System

Well I'm just about finished, just some minor items such as a custom cutlery tray and possibly some dividers.

Speaking to an old friend of mine who has made a few sets he recommends using a light colour carpet inside the drawers. The reason for this is that at night if you have either black or charcoal carpet the interior of the drawers are like the black hole!







I've used a light grey carpet inside.



Up on top is my tent and a camp table, stapped down of course.
This is fitted to a D3.

NOTE: This setup will fit both the D3 & D4, as I mentioned earlier if you use higher sides you will have to shorten the drawer length as the rear seats angle back and therefore shorten the available depth the higher you go.

Rich et al

I have been following this thread and am impressed to say the least. love the work...

Unfortunately for me I have a Disco 3, not a Disco 4. Having never looked at the Disco 4 up close, would it be safe to say that the dimensions provided would be the same? Bar the side fins/wings dudads.

Again great work

Cheers

Great job Rich. Not sure what your total length but my drawers are 810mm deep which allow a perfect fitting of a Dilium 50 litre poly water tank betwen the drawers and the back of the centre seats. I have fitted mine with a pump and pressure switch so have water at the turn of a tap to the rear. Dolium have these tanks at $195 now which I thought was pretty good especially with the perfect fit.

Cheers

Can you still put the back seats up with the tank installed?

Yep sure can, so it stays there permanently. The above photo was a work in progress and I have since secured the tank so it will not move. The pump is located under the side wing on the opposite side in the photo.

Cheers

My set is 1025mm deep as per Al's plan:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/1514565-post13.html

I wanted to utilise as much depth as possible, I've had cargo barriers in my last 2 4wd's and decided that I rather maximise my space and strap down other items this time.

For desert trips I'll be fitting a footwell tank or bladder, for weekend trips I strap a 20ltr tank behind the fridge.

Thought I would share my relatively amateurish looking shelving system.

Does a great job organising stuff with great storage where the rear seats were removed from.

Cheers

Chris

Originally Posted by NauticAl

I have had a couple of requests for some dimensions, so I have drawn up a couple of sketches of how the drawers go together.

Al

G'Day Al,

Just a vote of thanks for the drawings. Used the October long weekend to knock up your draw design for our LRD4 which is on order. ETA Nov 2011.

Your plans were well set out and provided plenty of information to make some minor adjustments. I used 17mm phenolic ply I had in the shed. Yes it's a tad heavier, but should take some heavy gear. Advantages from using the phenolic ply were smooth contact surfaces between the draws and frame. Slides with very little effort.

Still some final touches required, trimming to fit into LRD4, carpeting etc.

See images attached.

Again, thanks for sharing the drawings.

Craig

MY12 LRD4 TDV6 HSE, Bi-Xenon, E-Diff, TPMS, Snorkel, Longranger,
Kaymar, ARB Bar and winch, 18" wheels, LLAMS (On-order!)
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