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I guess I could've called this another, another perspective on rear storage but no…
Since the first day we brought the 200 home, I've been pretty much dead set against a cargo build out, drawers, etc. If I were to build out anything, I wanted to keep it simple, maybe a Line-X platform and tie down track only. But as fate would have it, I gradually warmed up the idea. After kicking the idea of doing a full build out around a bit, I started sketching and thinking about our priorities. The primary goal would be to simplify the loading and unloading process (read chore) every time we go camping and maybe even develop an improved and streamlined process for getting on the road and out of the garage haha.
Hopefully this is a different enough approach to justify yet another rear storage build thread, and just in case my project can be of inspiration or assistance to anyone thinking about jumping into their own project.
When I did the cargo build out in the 80, I had different priorities and pretty much completely overbuilt almost every aspect of it. My plan for the 200 will now cater to updated priorities.
Some of my considerations, design ideas and components I was pretty much set on were:
• Pretty much all 1/2" Baltic birch construction to keep weight to a minimum and still allow me to stay (mostly) within my comfort zone of the wood shop
• Coating in Line-X
• Standard 500lb. left & right locking slides
• One set for our fridge and one for a smaller drawer under the fridge
• Trying to optimize storage of the Pelican cases we already own and/or make some room for new ones or lighter weight inexpensive bins/containers
• Water & propane storage
• Attic to optimize more of cargo area
• Center, “flex area” to be used for housing our chuck box or a drawer insert or cases or…
Sketchup drawing of our early design, some initial cuts and verifying some measurements. pre-paining the inside of the folding table cubby prior to assembly and filling some screw holes:
Since the first day we brought the 200 home, I've been pretty much dead set against a cargo build out, drawers, etc. If I were to build out anything, I wanted to keep it simple, maybe a Line-X platform and tie down track only. But as fate would have it, I gradually warmed up the idea. After kicking the idea of doing a full build out around a bit, I started sketching and thinking about our priorities. The primary goal would be to simplify the loading and unloading process (read chore) every time we go camping and maybe even develop an improved and streamlined process for getting on the road and out of the garage haha.
Hopefully this is a different enough approach to justify yet another rear storage build thread, and just in case my project can be of inspiration or assistance to anyone thinking about jumping into their own project.
When I did the cargo build out in the 80, I had different priorities and pretty much completely overbuilt almost every aspect of it. My plan for the 200 will now cater to updated priorities.
Some of my considerations, design ideas and components I was pretty much set on were:
• Pretty much all 1/2" Baltic birch construction to keep weight to a minimum and still allow me to stay (mostly) within my comfort zone of the wood shop
• Coating in Line-X
• Standard 500lb. left & right locking slides
• One set for our fridge and one for a smaller drawer under the fridge
• Trying to optimize storage of the Pelican cases we already own and/or make some room for new ones or lighter weight inexpensive bins/containers
• Water & propane storage
• Attic to optimize more of cargo area
• Center, “flex area” to be used for housing our chuck box or a drawer insert or cases or…
Sketchup drawing of our early design, some initial cuts and verifying some measurements. pre-paining the inside of the folding table cubby prior to assembly and filling some screw holes:
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