There are some brilliant solutions in this thread, wow!!! Mine is a simple wooden made kitchen box that have been lined with corrugated plastic things using hair pins to connect the walls together. Each drawer has a 4mm sticky back foam on the bottom. I had two reasons to go this route: eliminate ALL digging and make ZERO rattles. I've achieved this and quite happy at the result. I still would like to build two hinged doors for the open compartments.
Material: two 4x8x 1/2" Birch plywood and most of it is used. Tip: when you go to the big box stores for this expensive plywood, pick couple of blemished units and then ask lumbar dept employee a discount. This resulted in a 75% discount on one sheet and a 25% on the second sheet due to all kinds of handling damages on the smooth surfaces.
Since this is my third or fourth build of similar storage solutions, I opted to go with NO slides of any kind. There's no bees wax, no UHMW runners or anything. It's simple wood on top of Birch and I was able to maximize the drawer sizes. The drawers are heavy since they're really deep and hold a lot of $hit! It takes a fair amount of effort to pull them out and push them back in, just the way I like it. There are zero rattles, squeaks and everything fits nice and snug.
The ladder compartment has more foam toward the rear where the top of the ladder is narrow so it's wedged back there. Another benefits of this ladder storage solution is that a dirty/wet/muddy ladder has its own compartment. The ladder compartment also holds a Cgear sand mat for a ladder or a shower footprint.
I approximate the weight of the carcass minus the drawers to be around 60#. There is a Miford cargo barrier that's back there and the carcass is angled to match the cargo barrier's angle. Every square inch of space is maximized.
My teenage daughter sewed up an utensil holder for the left side of the kitchen unit and it's nothing sort of wonderful. I can access utensils quickly for a trail side lunch w/o digging through stuff.
On the right side of the box lives a potable water can and a 10# alum propane bottle. The jerry can is now a royal PITA to remove because I have to slide the kitchen over to the left. I've created another thread for a DIY jerry can sight glass level indicator.
The bulk of non perishable food that needs to be cooked live in this kitchen box while an open top plastic container lives in the middle row for snacks. This box is easy to access while driving. I always have dogs with me so the left side of the cargo has to stay open.
Let me know if you have any question.
Material: two 4x8x 1/2" Birch plywood and most of it is used. Tip: when you go to the big box stores for this expensive plywood, pick couple of blemished units and then ask lumbar dept employee a discount. This resulted in a 75% discount on one sheet and a 25% on the second sheet due to all kinds of handling damages on the smooth surfaces.
Since this is my third or fourth build of similar storage solutions, I opted to go with NO slides of any kind. There's no bees wax, no UHMW runners or anything. It's simple wood on top of Birch and I was able to maximize the drawer sizes. The drawers are heavy since they're really deep and hold a lot of $hit! It takes a fair amount of effort to pull them out and push them back in, just the way I like it. There are zero rattles, squeaks and everything fits nice and snug.
The ladder compartment has more foam toward the rear where the top of the ladder is narrow so it's wedged back there. Another benefits of this ladder storage solution is that a dirty/wet/muddy ladder has its own compartment. The ladder compartment also holds a Cgear sand mat for a ladder or a shower footprint.
I approximate the weight of the carcass minus the drawers to be around 60#. There is a Miford cargo barrier that's back there and the carcass is angled to match the cargo barrier's angle. Every square inch of space is maximized.
My teenage daughter sewed up an utensil holder for the left side of the kitchen unit and it's nothing sort of wonderful. I can access utensils quickly for a trail side lunch w/o digging through stuff.
On the right side of the box lives a potable water can and a 10# alum propane bottle. The jerry can is now a royal PITA to remove because I have to slide the kitchen over to the left. I've created another thread for a DIY jerry can sight glass level indicator.
The bulk of non perishable food that needs to be cooked live in this kitchen box while an open top plastic container lives in the middle row for snacks. This box is easy to access while driving. I always have dogs with me so the left side of the cargo has to stay open.
Let me know if you have any question.
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