Thread: Drawer Systems

I also used the BOAB boxes, but had a unit custom made with only 4 boxes and a fridge slide. This is short enough to put a water tank in front of it and still be able to access the spare wheel through the floor and the side panels.











It's still sitting in my garage doing nothing if anyone has a use for it.

Cheers,
Jon

Jon, does your unit have a solid floor , so if you put some supports under either side, you could lift it and make a space for a solar panel underneath. Or, is the bottom of the unit not strong enough for that?

Can you still access the side pockets in the back for the jack etc?

Thanks

Laurie

I had an Off Road Systems single drawer unit made for our Defender. It is aluminium and only weighs 45kg.
It is the short drawer version which means at the rear behind the rear seat is a covered space with a lift off lid. In it I have an AGM battery and some electrics hidden away, but easily accessible.
The unit is bolted through the floor at four points and is very solid. Tie down buckles allow the fridge to be strapped down.
The drawer is wide and holds lots of stuff, such as tools, straps, jump starter, spares and other gear. A recovery kit lives between the fridge and seat. A compressor is tucked away in a corner.
Being only one drawer tall, the unit leaves plenty of space for luggage without having to remove anything. I once loaded 13 bags of goat poo in there! We loaded luggage for four people in there recently and I didn't even have to remove the two camp chairs that live in the back.
It cost about $1400 from memory. I am very happy with it. Hope that helps.

Here's mine. Home made

12mm marine ply.
Boat deck carpeting
Stainless steel eyelets, bolts and turnbuckles
Fridge slide

Making yourself allows you to custom size shelves, space for water etc.

Base plate has a whole cut out, to allow a thin socket extension bar to be inserted down to the spare wheel winder.

Have fun.

Originally Posted by Strop

Jon, does your unit have a solid floor , so if you put some supports under either side, you could lift it and make a space for a solar panel underneath. Or, is the bottom of the unit not strong enough for that?

Can you still access the side pockets in the back for the jack etc?

Thanks

Laurie

The base is 3/4" marine ply so pretty solid. I don't see why it couldn't be lifted. From memory the base was no wider than the seats. I think the supports wouldn't need to sit outside the seats though to make it more stable.

With the water tank and cargo barrier the unit overlapped the side pockets a bit but they were still pretty easy to access.

Cheers,
Jon

This is something I must do and have just made a bodge up thing to hold plastic containers for the mo. 60ltr Engel sits on the right and leaves no room to access the tyre mechanism. If I was to fit the fridge slide it would be even worse as it is about another 80mm wider than the fridge is. Damn and blast!
So it'll have to be an RWC from someone then I'll design my own system which I did with a Prado and that lasted 4 years of off roading and cost very little. Didn't look flash enough for some owners though....
AlanH.

I have drifta Drawers in our D4, been great so far, I removed the 3rd row seats and made a false floor also.

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One of the advantages of my drawer system shown above is that no fridge slide is needed, which saves money and weight.