jd-santaclarita
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Hi all - I'm trying to build out my off-road trailer and finally got some of my gear. I've been scouring the site for ideas and haven't quite found what I am looking for or maybe overlooked it in the vast amount of awesome builds. I'm hoping to get some advice on the slide-out design.
I'm starting with a bear trailersport trailer.
I just got the ARB Weatherproof 63 fridge (so stoked!). Its a beast and pretty heavy. Also got a dry-box kitchen box, that I plan to have lay lengthwise in the trailer. All in the fridge and kitchen box come in at 70" long. I'm looking to build some kind of pull-out or slide-out mechanism that lets me pull them out and possibly fold down or attach legs at the end to have a pull-out kitchen. My main concern is I've only got 1" (maybe less) of height to work with because of the lid and the kitchen and fridge are just shorter than the lid.
So the design I was thinking was a thick angle iron attached to the bottom of the trailer with some kind of sliders on the side, with a metal bottom that just a hair higher than the bottom of the trailer. My 2nd mission is to try to do this out of mild steel so that I could weld it up with my son. I have millermatic 211 and have (basic..very basic) welding skills and me and my 16yo son are going to a welding class this weekend and I thought it would be a great little project for us. I assume I could spray the steel down with some kind of rust proof coating, not sure. I'm open to any and all advice though, my main concern is a good design to follow so I can get this stuff all camp ready and get out into the woods
I'm starting with a bear trailersport trailer.
I just got the ARB Weatherproof 63 fridge (so stoked!). Its a beast and pretty heavy. Also got a dry-box kitchen box, that I plan to have lay lengthwise in the trailer. All in the fridge and kitchen box come in at 70" long. I'm looking to build some kind of pull-out or slide-out mechanism that lets me pull them out and possibly fold down or attach legs at the end to have a pull-out kitchen. My main concern is I've only got 1" (maybe less) of height to work with because of the lid and the kitchen and fridge are just shorter than the lid.
So the design I was thinking was a thick angle iron attached to the bottom of the trailer with some kind of sliders on the side, with a metal bottom that just a hair higher than the bottom of the trailer. My 2nd mission is to try to do this out of mild steel so that I could weld it up with my son. I have millermatic 211 and have (basic..very basic) welding skills and me and my 16yo son are going to a welding class this weekend and I thought it would be a great little project for us. I assume I could spray the steel down with some kind of rust proof coating, not sure. I'm open to any and all advice though, my main concern is a good design to follow so I can get this stuff all camp ready and get out into the woods