Fridge Slides... are they serious on the price.

theres plans to incorporate one into a normal storage unit on my page.
goto the photos page, and bottom of the aussie map you will see 3 text links

Crazie we have got one you can have cheap that we are not using. $295 and I'll deliver it next week when I'm going past.......................LOL
Karen
Dont be stingey and buy one.................

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.

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.

The slides can be purchased from commercial cabinet maker suppliers..
then all one needs is a welder and some angle iron...copied the lock/unlock mechanism from one at snowys

there is a company called HOWARD SILVERS that specialize in kitchen hardware and they heavy duty draw slides that come in a range of lengths they can hold 90kg when fully extended,all you get is the slides in a pack so you need to make a frame to fit your fridge i made one for the engel and i used the 900mm slide so it comes out pass the canapy roof from memory $90 but if you say your a manufacture about $50

Crazie,
Fellow member Meggs and myself have just finished making one to suit my trayback to slide sideways and hold a 80 lt Trailblaza. If you haven't come up with an idea let me know and i will get him to send some specs if possible. (He's the brains) Very cheap.
Cheers,
Bros.

Hi Crazie;
I agree with you on the price thing, overrated, over priced and underengineered. I made my own slide some years back using heavy duty ball bearing cabinet clides rated at 90kg/pair. Total cost including steel, timber tray, indoor/outdoor carpet and powder coating $80. It works and looks great and is so much more satisfying making it yourself.

Cheers.

Crazie,

Go here http://www.hafele.com.au/isapi/online/tchff/tchff.asp

Type in 806 in page no. box top centre. Then click pages one at a time, this will show the range of full extension drawer slides.

If these suit, I can send you photos of mine, piece of p--s to build, only minimal welding on the remote catch assembly.

I bought one of these slides years ago and have been on plenty of rough roads and they have been perfect. The only problem is that they may slide open as you drive, so I put in a small catch to hold it firmly shut. There is heaps of different sizes which will hold different weighs. I used the 100 lb for my 39 litre engel and I have it fully loaded all the time and not a problem. I have looked up where to get them in victoria for you and a link for some specs. I paid about $90 some years ago so they shouldn't be much more now.
http://www.conceptlatch.com.au/pdf/accuride/light/3832.pdf
24-26 hope street, brunswick. Vic Ph. 93875466
and no I have no connection with this mob, in fact I have never been there. I just knew what I was searching for. Tony