What brand drawer system?

yeah, i am looking at getting the roof console for my GU as well, quoted $380 for low profile console with two holes cut for UHF and AM and two maplights. (plus fitting which illl do myself). I havent heard any bad things about them (the _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx) , just like to see if anyone has used them or had them for any extended perioud. They look pretty tough though.
Josh

the ones from DOTI are able to fitted with either a half barrier or full barrier, which i suppose means that it is slightly shorter than the outback ones, as they are designed to be fitted with the half ?
Josh

Yeah, not real sure about the wooden ones. I can see a problem in that they may get wet and possibly rot over time? The obvious benefit however would be the reduction in weight, with no apprent reduction in strenghth... according to DOTI that is. 200kg for the _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx, 100 kg for the fridge slide
Who told you to stay clear of the wooden ones and why Martyn?
Regards,
Josh

Joshua,
I don't know about the strength issue, the draw chassis with the outback system is pretty robust and I wouldn't say it was that heavy. With regard to the wood over steel issue i was told that the screws would eventually work loose because wood being a "softer" material will always have more play in it, when the screws work loose in wood it's a lod harder to get tight again, with a bolt in metal you just tighten it up again or you can use a spring washer, loctite or some other liquid for thread locking things, wood tends to be harder to repair. After a hard trip on corragations the srews will tend to loosen. I know there are people out there who've had wooden _Affordable_Storage_Drawers.aspx installed for years with no problems at all, as usual this is all my opinion I prefer metal it's solid enviromentally friendly to a point and I find easier to work with and in my opinion easier to repair, if wood was so good cars would still be made out of it. My parents had a Morris 1000 traveller for the aged amongst us and we always had the wood rot problems with the fram around the back, looked good no problem there. My father had this thing with Bog, he couldn't fix the Moggie with bog so he sold it.
If you use marine ply and look after things I don't think the wood rotting would be an issue. What do the weights you mention refer to? The weight the shelf can take or the weight of the shelf going into the fourby? Keep the shiny side up

If you use Marine Ply as rexy said it won't rot!
It is made to be used in water!

Brian

His aren't wooden, drawes are steel top & base are ply. have them in my GU and they are great also got stainless 50ltr water tank to fit on top & great people to deal with.Regards Bob
Where to next

I agree as well, far too expensive for what they are, and are intended for. I bolted a shelf across the wheel arches in the Defender, fridge bolted down through that. Strong as anything.
Plastic box underneath easy to slide out, and other loose stuff goes in as well.
Next I'll put a couple of shelves in on top of the shelf on the opposite side to the fridge, for carrying extra gear if I need it.
Total cost so far maybe $50.

I had a steel frame built for the Paj which housed the fridge on a slide, 6 large and 2 medium omni plastic crates, and 2 soft luggage bags. All held in by a couple of high tensile bolts into existing points.

The great thing is it allowed me to get access to the 3rd seat bay; and while it was heavy it didn't weigh a ton so the Mrs and I could move it with a bit of effort.

Wouldn't mind trying something lighter for the next one.

Cheers,
Stuart
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