Help from Metal Tradesman for Draws

Yeah i know bluey's ute world ...... but thiers is a standard size and I am after a different size, so need it bent to the size.

May just go to the 4x4 body shop at Brendale and see what they can do. The problem I guess is its just to small to bother about for these companies with presses.

Thanks
Brian

by the soon to be "ex-Hobbit" :))))))))))))))))))))))))))

You better run as not even that chevnissan of yours will be a quick enough getaway if she finds this post LOL!!!

And remember, you're just about to leave on an extended trip into the wilderness with your better half :))))) Plenty of time and opportunities for her to get even LOL

Aw c'mon guys, I was just joshin'. It was only a joke luv,,,,,,,,

You wouldn't tell her would ya fellas??

Fellas?

Guys?

Mates?

Bilbo - "The divorced hobbit"

No problem "worried hobbit". Now, how much gold do WE expect to gather on our next trip :))))))))))

From the West Australian 20 May 2007:

"The search has now been scaled down for Bilbo "the missing hobbit" who was last seen by his wife in the rear view mirrors of a Chevnissan as she was driving away from a remote prospecting site in Western Australia.

Mrs Bilbo reportedly told police:

"I can't understand why he hasn't been found. He was staked out on an ant hill and covered in honey and even if he got free he couldn't have crawled too far with two broken knee caps."

Senior Constable Gary McDonald said "It was just one of those things that happen sometimes. The 'careless hobbit' made some comment about her wardrobe and she just snapped." Also missing was a large metal detector but Constable McDonald said "She thinks that left it 'where the sun doesn't shine' so we have asked VICPOL to look for it in Melbourne."

Cheers

Pete

Pete,

ROFLMAO classic :))))))

Nice one Pete,,,,,,,,,,

Bilbo - "The I'm not frightened of her, hobbit"

I think,,,,,,,,,,,;)

ROFLMAO !!!!!!!!!!
Absolute cracker Pete !!
Very well put together, thanks for the laugh.

Avagoodn
Pezza

Pezza,

Just had a squiz at yer rig pics. That supercharger would go well on my Chevissan,,,,,,I remember when I was young once!!

But from the pics, you seem a bit too young. How do you see over the steering wheel and does your Mum know you go fast on that bike!

Bilbo

Pezza and Bilbo.

If you want to see something spooky, look in Pezza's and my photo gallery under our profiles. In each of our photo galleries there is a photo of what looks like the same stretch of road in the Grampians taken about 10 months apart.

Pete

Hmmm,,,,does look similar eh!

Do,do,do, dooooooh!!!!

Bilbo

Thats sound great .................. I'm only after Approx 1800 x 700 mm with 150 sides as a finished draw with ends.

I dare say 1.6 mm will be thick enough or I may have to go to 2 mm at least then it should not sag with a bit of weight in it.

Brian

I understand where your coming from on that Phil. But all i was after was the draw folded into a rectangle and a rail down each side ................ not after it fitted to the vehicle or anything, I am going to fit it to my vehicle.

My purpose is basicly to house oils, recovery gear, socket sets / tools, shovel, various spares when on a trip. Next to the tray will be a tube to take my poles for my tarp.

I just want the gear I hardly use out of the back of the vehicle.

If I get a few things as i want set up I figure I will be able to do some bigger trips and simply sleep in the back of the ute.

Brian

Brian, I had a 'dirty' slide in spot under the back that had all the sealing problems that Phil described. I could get my shovel in there and the highlift and camp ovens and the like just as you want. It didn't actually have locks but couldn't be seen unless you looked underneath.

The weight bacame an issue, and the thing just weighed another 30kgs or so but it was useful.

It wasn't actually a drawer but I had to make sure I could get out anything I slid in there. I could! Not there now I don't have a permanent tray.

How do you mean it became an issue ? ....... I am looking at making it a draw within a cabinet (so to speak)

IE the sides to be 2mm C section with sheet metal over the top and bottom with a sealed rear end. Inside will be the slide draw with metal slide on the draw and the bearings on the 2mm C sections.

This is my idea at this stage.

Did you have issues with yours and if so what were they?

Brian

Brian, sorry the w e i g h t of the tray became the "issue" on the back of the Nissan. I now don't have it, just have a frame. Took out the tool box with the tray. I have mountings though under the frame to hold the highlift, shovel etc. I pass them through loops and pin them.

Taking the tray out and having a frame there instead took out about 200-300 kgs. Very expensive but worth it to me. I still put the tray back on, but it is on the frame then. I still use the ute as a ute with a fire fighter slideon over summer.