Rear storage Stage 1(restart), Stage 2...getting there.......

Gidday Willam

Couple of questions:

1. What are you doing to hold the containers together over rough country. Ratchet strap?

2. Are you putting a sleeping extension out the back of Car? Does'nt appear to have much room to stretch the legs while sleeping.

I'd send you photographs of my rig, but I damned if I can figure out how to post photographs on this site.

What your doing is very similar to my set up.

Regards

Kim

We'll have another go and get the spelling right this time

Buggar. Can't get seem to get that name right. Meant to say Willem.

LOL

Regards

Kim

Bloody hell Willie, you sure know how to "pack it in" hahahaha

Lucky you've got a diesel!!! Imagine those jerry's if they were filled with unleaded??? KAABOOOOOMMM!!!!!!!

Yes, I like working with timber too. I'm just designing and building a new interior fit-out for my cargo box (in readiness for the re-juvinated-chassis'd Patrol in god-knows how long???!!!)

So far all I've been able to do is make a base frame which will hold the air compressor & tank (10kg) and the 2 batteries (60kg) and my tools (about 20kg). All this stuff will be as far forward as possible. The fridge will also be mounted further forward.

All these changes are able to be made now that I've taken the decision to do away with the heavy steel ute tray and the 70 litre LPG tank which took up a huge amount of space within the box and forced me to have a lot of heavy stuff further towards the back than I would have preferred.

Anyway, sorry to bore you with my doings......keep having fun sorting out your finer details....

Roachie

That setup looks great Willem...if you give the mdf a coat of polyeurethane..cabots and wattyl have a water based version that dries like a rocket...it will help consolidate it and also make it more moisture resistant as mdf can be like blotting paper to any fluid spills. You've been busy by the looks of things...like they say...necessity is the mother of all invention. :-)

All the best.
Fred.

Looks good, WILLEM. I have given up putting stuff behind the front seats as I sometimes need to put the seats back slightly.
The MDF boxes look very similar to the ones I built for the old FJ55. How do you join the stuff together so that they survive, use brackets? I seem to remember that stuff made from MDF is fairly heavy. Hmm....I guess sleeping next to the fridge could be handy if you have a thirst LOL

Gee you guys get suckered in quickly, Its storage for his home brew !

lol





Cheers Will

Willem,
Mate, PLEASE put a cargo barrier up between your load and front seats!
Given that diesel is weighs 975 grams/litre and water is 1000 gm/litre, the weight you have behind your front seat is in excess of 265kg - not including the jerry cans you have it in. Plus your tools/spares and fridge you are looking at 350+ kilos.

Imagine that lot flying foward in a prang! The emergency services will be pulling the steering column out of your spine - from the back.

Why? Have a look at the brackets that hold the 2 halves of your seat together...... You reckon they'll stop the weight? The brackets (and you) will fold up in any significant crash. Remember, that 350 kg has a huge effect when you try and stop it at any speed.

Years ago, a mate had a simple 1.2kg fire extinguisher become airbourne in an minor accident. Not a big impact speed, but the exinguisher made it's way from it's home on the cargo barrier in a wagon (he made the common mistake of mounting it forward of the barrier) and it punched a nice hole in the windscreen on it's way out the car. It came to rest 35 metres down the road! The Ambo's were astounded that it didnt actually hit anyone. The passengers side headrest looked pretty secondhand apparently too. Luckily there were no passengers.

I'm as ingenious as the next bloke, but these days I think as much about what my actions could cause, as much as I do about doing the job. I guess I dont what some bugger to sue me!

Cheers, Matt

Willem, Your misses must be shaking her head!!! I bet she cant wait to see tomorrows configuration!! LOL!! Michael

Willem,

Thats good - got the weight in a better place now and you're less likely to be sniffing diesel all night. I enjoyed your joke about the Bungy Cords to hold the jerries :-)

I was guessing you'd have a 2 piece lid to cover it all - the rear piece glued and screwed solid, and the front piece would be hinged over the jerry cans, so you'd get easy access. And I guess you have the whole kipandkaboodle attached to the floor.

In the past I've used 100x100 steel mesh to cover the jerries. You can see through it, attach straps to it and get your hand through it without having to open it.

The other thing I've used is a simple syphon hose system to access the water without getting out the jerries. Here is a photo:
Image Could Not Be Found I use drinking water hose, and it goes into the bottom of the jerry; the 1/2 inch angle is incorporated into the cap. And the cap also has a small breather. At the end of the hose has one of those 1/2 inch valves to turn it on or off, and the water just syphons out. If you want, I'll send you one already made up, email me.

Have fun tomorrow

Cheers
phil

Willem,
When I used to use jerries I got some old truck inner tubes and cut sections that would slip over the cans. Not perfect because of the curve, but free and stopped the rattle noise and protected the cans from rubbing and minor bangs.

May help make your setup quieter especially when empty.

cheers
alastair

Willem

You are doing a great job and I am watching with interest as my Troopy needs to be reorganised.

How do you secure the MDF on the corners? Are you using glue and also angle iron for strength. A few close up pics of your corner joins would be appreciated.