PCH's D3 rear cargo box

[PCH]

I've been busy in my garage at home and have been building my rear cargo box - what do you think?
The design contains the following:

1. Easy to remove and fit - I can lift it in by myself when I take the draws out. It is bolted in using the 4 tiedown points in the rear and I use 2 ratchet straps to secure the box to the tiedown points.

2. From the rear you access the fridge and 2 draws. The lower draw fits the Tirfor winch and recovery straps, toolbox, jacking plate and shackles which are strapped into the draw. Beneath the lower draw I store the 20m steel cable and snatch block. The upper draw is for the ARB air compressor, gas cartidges for the stove/water heater and other camping stuff. The draws slide on 20mm angles and with silicon spray they slide quite well with the weight of the winch and tools. Above the fridge I slide in a folding table complete with stools.

3. In front of the box there is a place for the water heater, 20lt of water and a deep cycle battery.

4. Above the cargo box there is another box (not shown) which bolts to the main cargo box which holds the stove and food containers. Next to this box is storage space for clothing bags which are strapped down.

Qubeloc frame in the D3 takes up the whole rear cargo area


Qubeloc frame before ply sheeting and carpet


Rear view of fridge slide


Upper draw


Chris

[hiline]

my oh my pch you have been busy [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

well done mate :wink:

[wardy1]

Well done Chris, looks great..... when are you coming over to make one for my D2? [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]
Seriously though, you mentioned that the drawers run on angle with silicon spray....no drawer runners? Just be interesting to see if they bind up when things get excessively hot or cold (expansion/contraction)
Roughly how much did your set up cost please?

[PCH]

Wardy,

I spent about $800 on the materials and fridge slide. Aluminium with plastic connectors was $200, slide was $270, ply/carpet/hardware $330. If I used slides for the draws I reckon they would have cost at least another $200 for four.

Time taken was about 2 weekends and most week nights in between.

I don't reckon the expansion of the aluminium will bind as there is at least 1-2mm free play in the draws. The quebeloc stuff is very ridged when knocked together plus when you ply sheet it with self tappers it aint going to flex much anymore.

Chris

[George130]

You have been busy. Maybe I should finnish my rear spotlights ops:

[rmp]

Where did you get this Quebeloc stuff from?

thanks

[WOLLAPIT85]

Qubeloc: Capral Aluminium (bayswater, Clayton, Preston, Dandenong, Sunshine)

Or Smart Aluminium (Dandenong, Airport West Tomasstown, Bayswater, Laverton Nth) has same called Smartlok joiners

[DiscoTDI]

Looks great 8)

did you lose much skin making that

[PCH]

As Wollopit85 said it is from Capral.

The proper spelling is Qubelok (I was spelling it incorrectly).

http://www.capral.com.au/capral/_product_d...eTitle=Products

I bought it from the Capral store on Dandenong Road - Clayton. They did delivery FOC and they had to do it twice because they got the 20mm angle wrong [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img] [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

The 25.4mm square tube has a wall thickness of 1.6mm and it come in lengths of 6.5m and are around $24 each and the joiners are about $1.50 each.

Chris

[Ace]

Thats an awsome set up, you could make so dough selling them. Matt