Post up your drawer/storage system

[chand-o]

What thickness ply sheet do you all use? Does you use different thickness for different parts or just the same all over?

 

[Lucky j]

I have used 3/8 russian birch plywood that I thinh has 5 or more layers. The reduce thickness make it that you save space (more storage space inside and outside the unit) and thecniccaly less weight. But still plenty strong.

Used it in my LJ wrangler for more than 3 years now.

 

[Lykos]

I picked this up for 250 bucks on craigslist. It came out of a NJ fire chief Expedition.

It’s pretty turnkey as it is but ill still add locks to the drawers and a fridge slide.

 

[jeepdreamer]

I picked this up for 250 bucks on craigslist. It came out of a NJ fire chief Expedition.

It’s pretty turnkey as it is but ill still add locks to the drawers and a fridge slide. View attachment 493948

Did it come with the fridge too!?!?

 

[Lykos]

Did it come with the fridge too!?!?

I wish! Looks like it was made for it thogh doesn’t it?

 

[Explorerinil]

 

[blackohio]

I built this to take advantage of existing bedslide. Has platform and the slide functions as the lower drawer. platform has single center support that rides on the bedslide itself on a rollerblade bearing. Rear of platform behind fridge is where the solar set-up is. Overall it meets my needs but I will be making changes that maybe doesnt utilize the bedslide itself.View attachment 457389View attachment 457390View attachment 457391View attachment 457392View attachment 457393View attachment 457394View attachment 457395View attachment 457396

so that whole setup is gone and changed to this. installed the jeep morryde trail kitchen. will still build out the sides to enclose it all.

 

[eodcoduto]

This Extendobed came from a fire dept Expedition but it fits fine in the "85 K20 Suburban. I got it bolted down and op checked last night so now it needs pulled back out and cleaned, painted, and modded a little. Paid $75 for it, MSRP new in 2003 was $2800!

 

[HooliganActual]

Well, I am not as crafty as most that I have seen here. My setup is made by Overland Kitchen and has served me well. The spot where I have the cooler is made for a fridge (I'm just partial to ice when I am camping). The top right drawer holds my air up/down rig, tire patch kit, FAK and other non-Kitchen-like supplies. The middle drawer holds everything you can imagine for kitchen supplies, except bowls and pots which are kept in the bottom drawer (you can see one of the yellow bowls peeking out). The bottom drawer has my stove, a cutting board and work surface, plus the pots and bowls.
https://overlandkitchen.com/

 

[T-Rey1]

so that whole setup is gone and changed to this. installed the jeep morryde trail kitchen. will still build out the sides to enclose it all.View attachment 494433View attachment 494434View attachment 494435View attachment 494436

Nice. How did you attach base to the bed?

 

[blackohio]

Nice. How did you attach base to the bed?

when i had the bedslide it required 4 nutserts.

 

[Hoover77]

I’m wanting to build a set of drawers for my Tacoma and was wondering if anyone has used something like a ball
transfer bearing for the drawers to ride/ slide on? Like these mounted in the baseplate.

 

[Outsane]

All I did was wax the wood, works great.

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[s.e.charles]

I’m wanting to build a set of drawers for my Tacoma and was wondering if anyone has used something like a ball
transfer bearing . . .

with the corrugated bed, how would these bear? in any event, they might last longer (rust, grit) if mounted on the drawer - ball facing down.

i'm thinking of filling two of the grooves in the bed liner with polypropylene strips to a height just above the ridges, and let the drawer bottom slide on it. ventilation and all, you know.

 

[Hillbilly Heaven]

I think long term you would be happier with the wood sliding on UHMW strips. Just remember that UHMW against UHMW will not work. It works best when rubbing against wood or metal.

I believe eventually the roller balls with gather road grit and muck.