Rattling Storage System
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 11:53
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Member - Geoff & Jen
My hubby is designing and building a storage system and is worried metal drawers on rollers will rattle.( He is fanatical about rattles) He wants to build it as light as possible and is concerned the metal may be a problem. They will be shallow drawers,carpet lined, as the bed will be on top of the unit. Has anyone found rattling a problem with metal, or is ply a better way to go? Thanks Jen
Reply By: Peter - Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 14:02
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 14:02
We currently use large plastic storage boxes with lids in shelves.
These are about 500 wide 800 long and 200 tall they are made by nylex and are opaque so you can see what is inside. they are very strong
Has a couple of points ie you can take boxes to place that they are needed food and cooking gear to
camp kitchen. To clean empty and hose out. If anything breaks it is contained.
They may be a bit more difficult to pull out than roller draws.
If there is a lot of length put an opening in false floor under matress to access these parts of floor. We put stuff that is not essential all the time here.
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Follow Up By: Member - Geoff - Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 21:20
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 21:20
Yeh Peter, the plastic boxes sound a good alternative as far as practicality, especially when we will not be overloading the boxes, as there is only the 2 of us now. Have you travelled on rough road with the plastic, as we were wondering if it would wear with tinned food etc moving inside?? We are taking the back
seat out of our Mav and storing under the bed through the back doors and also through openings in the bed base. Thanks for replying
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Follow Up By: Member - Howard- Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 22:37
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 22:37
Geoff
like Peter I use plastic boxes (6 off in total, 3 across 2 deep.)under a ply false floor. I also carry a couple of taller ones on top with food. Have done
cape york, Gulf , gunbarrel and kimberlys and have no probs re strenght of plastic boxes. some of those under the floor hold recovery gears and others full of tinned food . In 4 years I have only busted out 1 roller from 1 case.
I do have a heavy rubber mat on top of carpet to make the boxes roll better.
I really like
1) you can see whats in each box as they are clear,and
2) the ability to remove from truck and put them out for easier access to contents at
camp sites.
3) lids keep out most of the dust the truck doesnt.
regards
howard
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Follow Up By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2003 at 15:33
Thursday, Jun 05, 2003 at 15:33
I've got three of the 75x40x18 plastic rollouts from the reject
shop $40 or so total. Good thing about them is you can also remove them totally when you are
home so you don't carry "dead weight" around town (better for security too). If you place them directly on carpet they don't roll fore and aft/side to side, just hold them down with a couple of occys, and pack-em tight- no rattles squeeks or crashes. Early days for me though, I'm in the process of kitting out my vehicle...
Also cheap as chips so you don't mind trashing one occasionally.
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Reply By: Rick - Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 19:30
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 19:30
Made my own with construction grade (econds) ply. Good - no rattles. Besides, I could make it at
home - no
tools to work steel /galv sheet with at
home. The initial rollers were too light - so that cost an extra $ 120.
Regarding the roof rack, I have a full length rack on The GU, with a mesh floor. Used to have light 3 ply as a base, but I have taken that off, and just use 1 inch thick foam instead. Heaps easy, no rattles, and I can easily put a hole in the foam to tie things off onto the mesh floor - eg occies, rope. Sure is versatile + light + cheap.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - Geoff - Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 21:28
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 21:28
Rick, thats what we need,versatile, light and cheap. The foam idea sounds as though it worked out
well. Was your entire frame and drawers in the storage unit made of pine and ply and carpet covered???
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Follow Up By: Tony - Thursday, Jun 05, 2003 at 08:00
Thursday, Jun 05, 2003 at 08:00
A lot of top weight when the foam gets wet.
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Reply By: Member - Rick - Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 22:07
Wednesday, Jun 04, 2003 at 22:07
Geoff & Jen
No, the frame was 20mm galv tube, with mounting plates to the floor. Full width drawer slid in & out on proper runners, and top was heavy duty ply, covered with marine grade carpet.
Fridge, 4wd box of tools & recovery equipment etc(heavy) all sat on top, as did stove, bags of clothes, water drums etc. It worked fine.The drawer itself was compartmentalised ply construction.
I originally made it for our Ford/Mazda Raider. When we swapped to the current Patrol, had to shorten the length by 300mm!!!
CheersRick (S.A.) - ' It is better to travel hopefully than arrive'
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Reply By: Cruisergxl - Thursday, Jun 05, 2003 at 13:16
Thursday, Jun 05, 2003 at 13:16
I also made mine from ply, nothing beats good solid mass to stop rattles. When you cover your metal in carpet should deaden the noise a good deal though when your
draws are fully loaded you get this accect anyway. I also cover my cargo barrier with all the bedding and that helps stop all the rattles from the back.
Draws over plastic boxes any time, so glad I built mine makes life much easier and if you choose the write draw runners you can lift the
draws out and carry them to your camp (unless like mine they are so big you need to be built like Arnie!)
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