Rear drawer systems

[Brian894x4]

Slee is sold out of the top of the line African Outback set up, but still has the touring AO set up. I'm considering that set up. Anyone have one of these?

 

[adventureduo]

This setup is sweet, I absolutely love it. My extremeaire fits perfectly in the side cubby hole as well.

Trick question for you...Of the four rear anchor point holes, how many did you use to secure the drawers down? Two or four?

I used 4.

Did you read my question above regarding the pins?

 

[Mlachica]

I used 4.

Did you read my question above regarding the pins?

LOL, sorry, I intended on answering your question. So far, I've had no problems with the pins.

Regarding the four holes, only the two most forward holes matched with the cross bar. So I siliconed the two rear most holes...And each 15mm spacer only had one hole in it.

 

[adventureduo]

Interesting. I may have read your question incorrectly dude. I meant i used 2 in the rear and 2 in the front for the mounting positions. This i figured was enough mounting IMHO.

There was 4 in the back? I don't even remember that.. lol

 

[SOAZ]

Here is a cheap alternative. If I cant find a single drawer to start with and build off of I am going to buy one of these and then build the removable sleeping platform for it.
www.suvcargocaddy.com/
$199 isn't bad. Unless I can find a chest of drawers that I can rip apart from a thrift shop

 

[j_nigrelli]

floor drawers

http://www.americanvan.com/catalog/standard_vert_large_3.cfm?FamilyID=132

there's a bunch of stuff here that might be helpful. gotta figure your time is worth something.

 

[brittan]

I purchased a set for my Tacoma. Slee had 1 set of Hilux drawers...I think I have the only set in the US. I like the drawers and think they are well made but I am having issues with the locks. I haven't been able to determine what the issue is but I am not impressed. I will shy away from another set of African Outbakcs for my 80 and see if I can source a set of Black Widow from AU. Group buy anyone?
That's my $.02

 

[Mlachica]

What sort of lock issues are you having? You'd think for the price we pay that you'd get top notch quality.

 

[brittan]

For some reason the post that goes through the lock and secures the drawer is hard as hell to pull up. I find I have to turn it to get it to come up...and that takes a while. I've tried WD-40 but that doesn't seem to help. The locks are easily replaceable but I haven't found another solution that I like.
I was disappointed too...based on what I paid for the drawers.
To be fair to Slee...I haven't called him on it yet.

 

[Mlachica]

I was disappointed too...based on what I paid for the drawers.
To be fair to Slee...I haven't called him on it yet.

Based on what socalfj said, you should call slee.

I'm sure it's fixable if it can't be waranteed. You might be able to remove and open up the mech.

 

[sleeoffroad]

We have not seen the issue with the pins. The only reason they can be hard to pull is if there is an alignment issue with the pin and the nylon block under the front channel.

It is a catch 22. The pin needs to fit snug to ensure the drawer doesn't rattle, yet be easy to pull. Maybe check to see if it lines up and of not, loosen the two screws that attach the nylon block, insert the pin and tighten with the pin locating the nylon block.

I will forward these issues to African Outback and see what they have to say. African Outback bought the design from Outback drawers in Australia. I did see in the Australian magazines that they now use a different latch/lock in Australia. Not sure if AO is going to follow that.

 

[adventureduo]

Christo the new pins came in today to our old office... i'll go pick them up and i wanted to say thanks. I'll ship you my old ones as soon as i get the them off.

Mine seem super easy in and out. No force is used to lock the drawers with the pin.

 

[sleeoffroad]

I asked AO on the pins and here is the reply. Try this and let me know.

Pin problem

I assume this relates to the bolt mechanism on the drawer locks.

The drawer locks can be a bit sticky sometimes and a bit of silicone spray
helps a lot.. But more important is to use two hands : one hand on the handle, pushing the drawer in slightly and the other lifting the locking pin. This is necessary because there is an end-stop fitted to the drawer stop and this needs to be slightly compressed to release the pressure on the front locking pin.

 

[RAM5500 CAMPERTHING]

see if I can source a set of Black Widow from AU. Group buy anyone?
That's my $.02

That is some good stuff there! I totally dig the tailgate table conversion and the water storage! Most Cool! Big $ though!

 

[j_nigrelli]

while maybe not rugged enough for hard core rock hounds... this might provoke thought... http://www.laboit.com/custom/index.php