Fridge Slides... are they serious on the price.
Submitted: Tuesday, Feb 08, 2005 at 23:07
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Member - Crazie (VIC)
Ok, just brought a waeco and was looking at getting a fridge slide, but $300, they cannot be serious.
Anyone got plans to build one, they can't be that hard to make or one they want to sell.
They are basically 2 frames with a draw slide holding them together, any tips.
I have seen Dave's excellent tilting mechanism.
Crazie
Reply By: angler - Tuesday, Feb 08, 2005 at 23:44
Tuesday, Feb 08, 2005 at 23:44
Go to your local dump and see if they can give you an old filing cabinet. Get a drawer out of it including the slides and fix the slides to a piece of ply and bolt it to the floor. Slide in the old drawer and you have a slide out fridge drawer.
Mine works fine and cost was Zero. I fit my waeco 45 litre in it easily and leave space for the transformer and a few other bits and pieces. The only problem I had was stopping the thing from rattling and after a few trys I managed to clamp it with one of those over centre type latches. Had to pay for that, .....damm!
Try for the small drawer that is usually under an office table.
Check out office supplies as
well as they often have trade ins.
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Follow Up By: Member - Crazie (VIC) - Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:50
Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:50
Hi Angler
Hate the filing cabinet in my office, love to rip it apart..lol
thanks for the idea
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Reply By: Member - Sand Man (SA) - Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:31
Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:31
My guess is that you get what you pay (or don't pay) for.
I can't imagine the filing cabinet slides providing all that much travel.
I bought a Black Widow slide after looking at all the options and mounted it on a section of plywood which I fastened to the cargo floor area of the Jack.
The plywood is carpeted to match closely, the original carpeting in the Cargo area.
The travel on the slide allows the whole fridge to extend out the back of the Jack for easy access and the quality is such that there is no rattle, or wobble and the slide locks in the extended, or closed position.
Gee, wish I could justify one drawer next to it.
Hmm. May have to construct that myself.
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Follow Up By: Member - Crazie (VIC) - Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:46
Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 08:46
Hi Sandman
Had a look at the blackwidow, but decided to make the _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx myself, mainly to custom fit bits n pieces.
cheers
Crazie
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Follow Up By: Coops (Ex-Pilbara) - Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:26
Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:26
if only you got what you paid for I'd be happy !!!
I have an Engel fridge slide that's worth not much more than scrap value I'm afraid. They're flimsy & screws on locking mechanism keep falling out.
Next time I will commission someone to make them for me. At least then I'd get value for money with reliability to boot.
Engel pretty
well told me to &*^% off when I rang 'em to complain.
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Follow Up By: angler - Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 12:20
Wednesday, Feb 09, 2005 at 12:20
Sandman and Crazie,
Crazie,
Remember to remove the papers first and throw in the WPB.
Sandman,
The slides come all the way out,
check with any filing cabinet. And the slide is easy to completely remove complete with waeco should you ever wat to.
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