Weight of Storage Draws

Submitted: Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:38

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Matt (W.A.)

Hey All,
Can someone please tell me roughly the weight of his or her storage draws i.e. Black widow/Outback if you know? Coz I want to build my own Again! but am concerned about the final weight of them empty? Has anyone got any suggestions on what to use for the construction? I don’t have a Welder. I’ve built some from good old MDF but was thinking of using marine Ply or QubeLock?
Any suggestions would be greatly greatly appreciated.

Oh and by the way

Have a safe and Merry Christmas Everybody

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Reply By: beatit - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:56

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:56

G'day Matt,

Built my own, never weighed them but guess about 40/50 kilos (empty). It is all the gear you put in them that will weight a lot more I suspect.

Can provide photos if you have an email address. The best tip I can give you is find a good sheet metal place, had a lot of the components bent out 2 mil gal - I thought quite reasonably priced. The whole shooting match cost me less then $500 (Ply, metal, bolts, bearings and marine carpet). Used the existing seat mounting points to fix the unit to the car.

Kind regards

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Follow Up By: Matt (W.A.) - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 11:02

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 11:02

beatit,
That would be Great if you could send the Pics. my Addy is on my Profile.

Thanks heaps

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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:57

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 09:57

try here

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Follow Up By: Matt (W.A.) - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 11:09

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 11:09

Thanks Truckster,
I couldn't open the link! It mentioned that it was temporarily unavailable? But was that the link to the Patrol with the QubeLock Setup?

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Follow Up By: Truckster (Vic) - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:26

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:26

http://www.geocities.com/hay_dj/Patrol/StorageSystem/PatrolStorageSystem.html

yea Dave Hays setup.
The link works on this machine...

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Follow Up By: Matt (W.A.) - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:34

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 12:34

Thanks Truckster,
Got it that time!

Matt

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Reply By: Rod W - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 10:04

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 10:04

Matt, I did the whole back of me Troopy, 2 drawers, 2 metres long, from 12mm structural waterproof ply, total weight 66kgs. I viewed this weight as just being another person in the vehicle.

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Reply By: Member -Dodger - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 13:14

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 13:14

Hi Matt,
I have the Black Widow Drawers with Fridge slide & the shipping weight was 80kg this included packaging which was a lot. I estimate the installed product somewhere in the vicinity of 65kg.

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Follow Up By: Matt (W.A.) - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 15:59

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 15:59

Cheers Dodger,
That seems to be the general Average I think so I’ll try to keep the weight to around 65kg's

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Reply By: choco - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 18:48

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 18:48

Hi Matt,

Its worth considering cubloc secured to a 12ply base. I have a chuck wagon style setup for my GU which modified from my GQ. It holds 4 x 25 litre plastic boxes, 2 x 20 litre water jerry's and black widow fridge slide. Its light (hold frame up with one finger) and secure having proved itself many times over the past 2 years in the rough. Undo 4 high tensile bolts and its easy to take out when not in use. All up cost about $200 pluse $270 for the slide. If you want some digi pix then email me and I will be happy to post them to you to give you some idea of my setup. My personal view is that a $1000 per drawer is not practical for my needs. Ive put this money towards other goodies for the truck.

Choco

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Follow Up By: Matt (W.A.) - Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 21:05

Friday, Dec 24, 2004 at 21:05

G’day Choco,
Thanks for the reply, Digi pics would be great my addy is on my Profile. Your thoughts are the same as mine for $2k there is a lot of other stuff I can add to the 4x4!.......

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Reply By: geocacher (djcache) - Saturday, Dec 25, 2004 at 01:10

Saturday, Dec 25, 2004 at 01:10

Have a look at mine here. You can download a PDF of the plans too from the site, including the tilting fridge slide. All up cost was about $400 but you could do them cheaper, they just wouldn't look as good without the checker plate ally and stuff.

My wife and I can lift them empty no problem so I would guess 35 kg roughly.

Hope this helps. There's plenty of pics too. (Like the replacement for the back seat of the Navara to mount the fridge :o))

Dave's drawers and stuff

Merry Christmas,

Dave

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