Post up your drawer/storage system
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Herbie
Rendezvous Conspirator
Not quite the same as most folks in this thread, since I have a van with different needs, but I've definitely learned a lot from everyone here who has posted their good stuff:
Cabinet behind the driver's seat. Holds Truckfridge TF49 fridge.
The drawer carcass is aluminum and carbon fiber (to save space, and because I had it), and holds my butane stove and a few extra bits.
A table mounts for dining and card playing (and can also be attached to my chuckbox outside the van)
The lower cabinet holds my porta-potti, it slides out on the low-friction plastic.
Construction and details in my build thread.
Cabinet behind the driver's seat. Holds Truckfridge TF49 fridge.
The drawer carcass is aluminum and carbon fiber (to save space, and because I had it), and holds my butane stove and a few extra bits.
A table mounts for dining and card playing (and can also be attached to my chuckbox outside the van)
The lower cabinet holds my porta-potti, it slides out on the low-friction plastic.
Construction and details in my build thread.
Not quite the same as most folks in this thread, since I have a van with different needs, but I've definitely learned a lot from everyone here who has posted their good stuff:
Cabinet behind the driver's seat. Holds Truckfridge TF49 fridge.
The drawer carcass is aluminum and carbon fiber (to save space, and because I had it), and holds my butane stove and a few extra bits.
A table mounts for dining and card playing (and can also be attached to my chuckbox outside the van)
The lower cabinet holds my porta-potti, it slides out on the low-friction plastic.
Construction and details in my build thread.
great work......
DiscoDavis
Explorer
laufer
New member
4th gen 4Runner - inexpensive, fully removable system based on plastic bins
Vehicle: 4th-gen Toyota 4Runner. Design goals: inexpensive, highly flexible, fully removable for urban driving, and easily storable in a small high-rise storage area.
Parts list:
The purpose of the foam tiles is to increase comfort by eliminating the "ladder effect" from the raised edges of the stackable totes. To this end, we made six lid inserts from the four interlocking tiles. The purpose of the pipe insulation is to cover the bars connecting the rear seat bottoms to the floor to protect the headrests from scratching.
The resulting platform looks like this:
And with mattress and blankets in place:
The resulting sleeping area up to the back of the front seat is a bit over 1.8m with the seats in driving position. To accommodate a taller person, one would need to move the passenger seat way forward, and that person should sleep with the head toward the rear, and the water can needs to go somewhere else.
We keep the kitchen and pantry in the rear, recovery/tools and other less frequently used stuff in the middle, and clothes in the front. Cooler and Weber Go-Anywhere grill are not shown but can go on top of the sleeping platform while driving and on the passenger seat and roof, respectively, for sleeping. (We carry a pair of Rotopax gas cans and TRED 1100 recovery boards on the factory roof rack.)
Oh, for trips with up to five people (one had better be a small kid), four of the same storage totes can fit transversally and stacked behind the rear seat. The cooler goes in lengthwise, and there is room on top for one midsize duffle bag per person and on the sides for tents and sleeping bags. I have not tried this configuration yet on a trip, though.
Any feedback will be appreciated!
Vehicle: 4th-gen Toyota 4Runner. Design goals: inexpensive, highly flexible, fully removable for urban driving, and easily storable in a small high-rise storage area.
Parts list:
- 6x IRIS/Remington 44-quart heavy-duty plastic storage tote (available at the Container Store in black only as "Store-it-all" without the IRIS brand)
- 1x 4-pack of interlocking foam tiles
- 1x 30cm by 1m by 5mm lightweight particle board
- 1x full-size foam mattress (1.3m wide) from, say, IKEA
- 4x 12cm pieces of foam pipe insulation
The purpose of the foam tiles is to increase comfort by eliminating the "ladder effect" from the raised edges of the stackable totes. To this end, we made six lid inserts from the four interlocking tiles. The purpose of the pipe insulation is to cover the bars connecting the rear seat bottoms to the floor to protect the headrests from scratching.
The resulting platform looks like this:
And with mattress and blankets in place:
The resulting sleeping area up to the back of the front seat is a bit over 1.8m with the seats in driving position. To accommodate a taller person, one would need to move the passenger seat way forward, and that person should sleep with the head toward the rear, and the water can needs to go somewhere else.
We keep the kitchen and pantry in the rear, recovery/tools and other less frequently used stuff in the middle, and clothes in the front. Cooler and Weber Go-Anywhere grill are not shown but can go on top of the sleeping platform while driving and on the passenger seat and roof, respectively, for sleeping. (We carry a pair of Rotopax gas cans and TRED 1100 recovery boards on the factory roof rack.)
Oh, for trips with up to five people (one had better be a small kid), four of the same storage totes can fit transversally and stacked behind the rear seat. The cooler goes in lengthwise, and there is room on top for one midsize duffle bag per person and on the sides for tents and sleeping bags. I have not tried this configuration yet on a trip, though.
Any feedback will be appreciated!
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Storage solution to my 98 Rav4
Made a parcel shelf from 4'x2' x 1/2" plywood covered in a 3x4 carpet. Had to trim the plywood to 47" x 22" but otherwise it was easy.
Added some tie-downs to the shelf and the floor. I offset the support (2x6 held to the top with 4" deck screws) so my Pelican case fits on one side. Comes right out if needed, the height makes a decent cooking or work surface inside or out.
Made a parcel shelf from 4'x2' x 1/2" plywood covered in a 3x4 carpet. Had to trim the plywood to 47" x 22" but otherwise it was easy.
Added some tie-downs to the shelf and the floor. I offset the support (2x6 held to the top with 4" deck screws) so my Pelican case fits on one side. Comes right out if needed, the height makes a decent cooking or work surface inside or out.
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evaliquette
Observer
Ripped out the back of my wrangler yesterday to prep a still undecided project. I want drawers and maybe a sleeping platform
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Ducky's Dad
Explorer
Here is the back of my '05 Dodge Quad Cab Short Bed. The drawer on the right is about six feet long, HD full extension (almost), aluminum and stainless with lock cylinder and separate padlock hasp, custom by Ainley Kennels in Iowa. The front cross-bed box is a catalog item from DeeZee. Three large Action Packers ride on top of that (friction fit under the shell headliner), and two small Action Packers ride under it (also friction fit). There are cubbies on both sides at the front for tire patch kits, tarps, recovery straps, etc. Most of the recovery gear rides in the cross-bed box, including a full size shovel and hoe (for pulling dirt out from under the truck, much faster than shoveling), plus X-Jack, tools, spare parts, more straps, shackles, extra winch cable, cable damper, etc. The blue thing on the right rear is insulated for potable water, and mounted behind that on the bed rail is the Hi-Lft Extreme 60". The open floor area on the left is specifically sized to carry three large Yeti or Coleman ice chests, with everything else loaded in on top of the chests and the drawer. I can also roll out a bag and sleep on the left side if I put my feet under the front tool box. The fridge rides on the flat floor behind the driver's seat. The drawer is for guns and ammo, fully lockable (triple locks if you include the shell lock) and the shell is pinned to the truck's alarm system. Shell interior is well lit with a bunch of Vision-X LED puck lights. The roof has an EZ-Awn Bat 270, a Con-Ferr 4x5 basket, and an 18 gallon PVC water tank.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
Damn nice looking configuration right there!!
Ducky's Dad
Explorer
Thanks.
McDowra - Could you share with me what brand and model number your latches are? Also, is your drawer setup made of baltic birch or other materials? Thank you.
jeepdreamer
Expedition Leader
My 01 XJ drawers have begun...
After a lot (LOT!!!!) of other work on the jeep I have finally got to the fun part of building my drawers. Not sure yet how they will turn out but I'm hopeful it won't be to bad.
Reshaped the floor to give me more area under the drawers for storage and who knows what.
After rust removal and sheet metal repair I bed lined it all. Got the Grand cherokee seats bolted in to let me have a working length and started working through it. Here's where I am at so far....
After a lot (LOT!!!!) of other work on the jeep I have finally got to the fun part of building my drawers. Not sure yet how they will turn out but I'm hopeful it won't be to bad.
Reshaped the floor to give me more area under the drawers for storage and who knows what.
After rust removal and sheet metal repair I bed lined it all. Got the Grand cherokee seats bolted in to let me have a working length and started working through it. Here's where I am at so far....
