jscherb
Expedition Leader
There's no indication that it won't get to production, there's just a bit of a traffic jam in the company's production engineering group at the moment, lots of new products in the works
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The ultimate cargo slide/tray?
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There's no indication that it won't get to production, there's just a bit of a traffic jam in the company's production engineering group at the moment, lots of new products in the works
.Here is my latest update. The first rev is complete and going to test it this weekend. So to recap I used 2 APC heavy duty drawer slides. 1 Sheet of 3/4" Birch Plywood ($34). 8 Angle Brackets, Various nuts and bolts $8, Crown Truck rail slides (could use o ring to save money) $18 X2= $36, Loop Rope bungies(these are great) 2*13 =$26. The plywood is secured with Bolts and fender washers in the factory tiedown points 4 of them. Total Cost of Project $104 If I had to purchase the slides add $270 for the slides if you had to buy them from eBay (you could use others to save money).
No Rattles at this point. Slides are rated at 250 lbs each. Came out ok. Next iteration will have the plywood, with Bed Coating and putting rubber mats on the non arb slide. The ARB fits perfect, has about 3-4 inches in front and touches the back of the seat folded up.
No Rattles at this point. Slides are rated at 250 lbs each. Came out ok. Next iteration will have the plywood, with Bed Coating and putting rubber mats on the non arb slide. The ARB fits perfect, has about 3-4 inches in front and touches the back of the seat folded up.
darksidesix
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20 pages in and this thread just dies. What a cliff hanger...
jscherb, what ever happened to the production potential?
jscherb, what ever happened to the production potential?
jscherb
Expedition Leader
The company I turned the design and prototype over to tells me they do plan to get it into production. They tell me that their business has grown something like 80% in the past year and they're struggling to keep up with their current business; engineering new products has been especially backlogged.
OnBeechRoad
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my slide plus drawer
xbombtek
Observer
Anyone know if all 2017 JKUs have a floor mounted subwoofer? Looks like previous year models have a passenger side fender mounted sub that interferes with shelving. Or is it specific to the Alpine sound system?
If they don't, what's in the space the sub occupies when it's not there?
If they don't, what's in the space the sub occupies when it's not there?
2014 was the last year with the side mount sub-woofer.
For 2012s the sub was a built in panel. If you removed it you had to order a replacement panel, looked like the driver's side except the other side. It was an add on that I think came with the leather package/premium sound.
Jeff...
I too would be interested in a full length slide for a Scrambler. 400# - 500# capacity. Thanks!
jscherb
Expedition Leader
I checked and 500# slides like the ones I used for this prototype are available in up to 60" length, which is just about the length from the Scrambler tailgate to the bulkhead.
I'll let the company that signed up for this know about the interest in longer slides - if they ever get the product to market I wouldn't think it would be much extra effort for them to do a longer version.
jscherb
Expedition Leader
I'll have to see if I can get an update from the company, I haven't asked them about this in a while. Unfortunately once I turn over a design to a company I have little (sometimes no) input on when it gets to market and what design or engineering changes they might make.