attaching drawers to floor?

[hillbillyjake]

Planning on building a drawer set up for the back of the 04 sequoia. 1/2" plywood top and bottom and 1x supports because i have them. Question is, how is everyone attaching there setups to the floor? My most reasonable option is to use the factory mounting points for the rear seats. Basically u bolts threw the floor. Any good ideas on how to utilize these withoutl lolosing space inside the framework of the drawers? Open to any other ideas as well.

 

[Retired Tanker]

I have an 05. You have to lose some volume just for the structure of the frame and for drawer slides. I use 1/4” turnbuckles from the front of the frame to the (now vacant) rear seat mounts, and 1/4” eyebolts from the rear of the frame to the cargo tie down loops.

I’d send pictures but I don’t have them installed right now.


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[Retired Tanker]

Here’s my build link.

A New Approach to Drawer Slides
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...rtal.com/showthread.php?t=149932&share_type=t


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[Corey]

My solution was not cheap, but Goose Gear makes a plate system that you bolt into your cargo space floor, then the cargobox attaches to it.
They do not have one for the Sequoia, but I bet you could make one similar to it, add the nut inserts, then bolt in the cargobox the same way mine is installed.
http://forum.expeditionportal.com/t...erland-amp-daily-driver?p=2396363#post2396363

 

[hillbillyjake]

I like the plate. I may have to come up with something like that.

 

[Retired Tanker]

At one point I had considered using perforated square tubing across the seat mounts and extending an inch or so past the outside uprights. I would notch the uprights to accept the tubing and sit flat on the floor. Then use turn buckles to fasten the drawer frame down to the tubes.

That plate system is worth thinking about, though.


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[hillbillyjake]

The plate is appealing to me because I would like to utilize as much space as possible for storage. I want to go 48" wide by 36" deep. If i do this the seat mounts will be under the drawers. I would like to mount the floor to these but I'm coming up empty on this without losing depth of the drawers. The plate seems like a good compromise.

 

[Corey]

I like the plate. I may have to come up with something like that.

If you look closely at the third pic you can see you can move the box sideways either direction, and also forwards/backwards too, the plate is very cool.

 

[rayra]

Use 3/4" sheet for your floor panel, countersink a 1/4" at your bolt locations (into factory mounting locations). Or plan your drawer glides so the mounting hardware of the box is passed over. Or add nutserts to your floor in places where mounting hardware won't interfere.
I used the rear cargo tie-down mounting locations and 'J' bolts on the front end hooking onto the 3rd row seat mounts' recessed cross bars. Mechanically it probably isn't strong enough, but it would take a bad enough rollover crash to tear them loose and move the whole drawer system around that it wouldn't matter anyway. My attachments work for driving around and my mild off-road driving. Which is better than the loose pile of gear bags I had before.

 

[NatersXJ6]

after spending a lot of time leveling, bending, mounting, bolting my custom steel cargo slide mounts to the factory points in my JKU...

I would just drill holes and use riv-nuts

I did that to mount an ammo can holder on the wheel well, and should have just started that way.

if you're worried about corrosion or water, a little silicone or epoxy around the hole before setting the nut will hook you up fine

 

[ferg101]

2001 4Runner.
Turnbuckles and L-brackets to factory equipment

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[THATSALEXUS?]

Check out posts 38 & 39

This is how I mounted our 200 drawers too, no real estate lost. You can either mount to the factory bolt holes or span the gap between each of the sets of factory bolt holes with some steel strap and weld a nut or use a grade 5 nut insert. This allows you to use SAE hardware, with which you'll have many more options.

 

[hillbillyjake]

I think between nutserts and strapping i will be able to come up with a solution.

This is one of the best things about the Internet. Everyone else does the leg work and i reap the benefits. thanks guys.

 

[Retired Tanker]

One of the things that I had to consider was being able to reinstall the rear seats from time to time. So wanted something that was fairly simple to remove. I’ve been through some pretty rugged trails with the drawers fully packed and nothing has come loose yet. But I can certainly see some advantages to having a more robust permanent installation.


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[hillbillyjake]

I had the same consideration for a long time when i thought about building drawers, but in the 15 months I've been driving it i haven't needed the 3rd row yet. I'm going to build a strong mounting system and deal with the seats if it ever arises.