Land Rover Ideas for Grenadiers

[jscherb]

While we're on the subject of heating water, how about where the water is stored? For the Defender there are several custom-fit water tanks on the market, here's one from Safari Equip Co. (https://www.safari-equip.co.uk/shop...ater-tank-1/defender-110-lhs-rear-water-tank/).

Front Runner makes a "footwell" water tank plastic, I wonder if it would fit behind the Grenadier's front seats?

Front Runner 10.57 Gallon Overlanding Footwell Water Tank (WTAN022)

The Front Runner Outfitters 10.57 Gallon Overlanding Footwell Water Tank (WTAN022) from Nomadic Supply Company® is extremely strong and is shaped to sit on the floor right behind behind the front seats of your overlanding vehicle. There is one outlet on each side of the water tank to attach a...

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I'm not aware of any custom-fit water tanks for the Grenadier.

 

[jscherb]

Most hinge-mounted steps for Grenadiers (and Jeeps) look like these, which bolt to both hinges:



They're plenty strong and work very well.

But I'm not really a fan of something that large on the side of the vehicle so I've done something different on my Jeeps - this isn't a Land Rover idea for a Grenadier, it's a Jeep idea for a Grenadier... I use foldable steps to access my roof rack. I bolt them to one door hinge. I find these more than adequate to gain height for accessing the rack and deploying the tent. The steps flip down for use and lay flat against the door when not in use. I only have them mounted to the lower door hinges because that gives me the height I need, but I could put them on the upper hinges as well if I needed more height. The same idea could be applied to the Grenadier's hinges.

They're not very large, but large enough to be usable/comfortable in flimsy flip-flops.

I plan to implement these for my Grenadier, it makes deploying the roof top tent much easier.

Another idea using the same folding steps: Fourby, a Land Rover accessories company I mentioned a few posts ago, offers similar steps for Land Rovers, but they mount them to the body:

I wouldn't want to body mount steps to my Grenadier but it could be done.

The steps I used are available from many sources. I got mine at Iowa 80, the big truck stop on Interstate 80 in Iowa that I sometimes pass on my way west; they sell both black ones ($16.99) and stainless ($40.99):

Stainless: https://www.iowa80.com/pd/stainless-steel-folding-step/12800/

Black: https://www.iowa80.com/pd/black-folding-step/00977/

I made the brackets to mount the steps to the Jeep's hinges; brackets for monting these hinges to the Grenadier's hinges will be a different design but fairly easy to make.

 

[jscherb]

From UK Land Rover accessories company Exmoor, bags attached to the bar behind the front seats of a Series Land Rover:

From US Jeep accessories company Quadratec, bags attached to the back of the seats:

That's the Quadratec 30th Anniversary "YJL" Jeep build, intended to pay tribute to the early 90's YJ Sahara Wrangler owned by the founder of Quadratec 30 years ago.

The YJ Sahara seats had map pockets on the back, and Quadratec wanted to do a modern version of those. They asked me to design those bags specifically for their YJL build, and asked Overland Outfitters to make them, so I did my part, Overland Outfitters did their part, and that is the result.

The same bag in the center of the rear seat in my Grenadier:



These bags are available for the Grenadier in black or tan from Overland Outfitters:

Zip & Go Bag

Your one-stop shop for high quality, innovative & space saving Overlanding storage solutions

www.overland-outfitters.com

The other two bags in the photo of in my Grenadier are OO's First Aid/First Responder Bag and Tactical Tool Bag.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I see a lot of Grenadiers (and Jeeps) in the US with something on the passenger window but nothing on the driver side and I don't understand it - the driver can't see out of the driver side rear window so why not put it there? But the Tacmolle box in the earlier post is on the passenger side where it should be.

It wouldn't hang out into oncoming traffic and you wouldn't have to stand in the road to use it if you are parked on the side of the road?

Some things wouldn't matter but like tire compressor and repair stuff... I wouldn't want it on the outside DS of the truck.