drawer project complete

Yeah bro, eh.

i see you’ve returned home Colin.......welcome back :)

Hehehe looks that way. Welcome back Colin.

Looks very professional Greg, well done. Now i got to get my butt into gear and do mine.

they are made from 20mm marine ply.
runners are square tubing and notched into the cupboard. had to explain, so pics are worth 1000 words
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LOL, too true.
one drawer is for spares, recovery gear (blokes stuff) and the other drawer is for the dry food and kitchen shyte.
still got to get the out and down fridge slide for the 80ltr waeco, and 1/2 cargo barrier.

Thanks for the appreciation fellas, im pretty damm proud of what i did.

Well Greg,

10/10 is my score, you should be proud.

If you're after any tips on how to do a cost effective Cargo Barrier give me a call on 03 9706 6527 Mon to Fri. We don't sell them, or even sell the goods to build them. We've just picked up some tips from our customers on how they do their own without paying crazy 4wd Store prices.

Cheers,

Jim.

Nice job Greg, very satisfying when you get a finished job like that.

Jim, just out of curiosity has anyone ever given you tips on how they added a child safety harness anchor to their drawers? Is this something commercial manufacturers offer as an option to thier drawers?

I got around it with my homemade drawers by jigsawing a hole in the top shelf and anchored straight to the original vehicle mount but commercial drawers in my "other" GU don't allow for this and I "temporarily" have plated with 5mm washers (top and bottom) right through the top shelf and just anchored this way but I am sure this would be illegal and not as "safe" as I would like it to be but what else can one do?

Thanks for any tips, Trevor.

Trev,

Our drawers sit up un 18mm support rails for two reasons; 1. To clear obstructions in the floor and 2. To allow them to sit above the child restraints. You then buy an approved extension strap (from Baby Bunting or the like) and then attach it before mounting the drawers.

I strongly suggest you do not mount a child restraint to a drawer system through the top shelf (or anywhere). To the best of my knowledge all drawers have timber decks and this is not strong enough to secure a child seat/capsule in the event of a crash. Even with 5mm washers fitted the wood is likely to bleep ter under such a load.

I'm no lawyer, but if the worst happened you might be suffering the loss of a child and a possible charge of something like reckless/negligent behaviour causing death. I'm not trying to lay it on too thick, but just give it some thought.

If you need any advise, give me a call. Happy to help.

Cheers,

Jim.

Yeah pretty much what I thought Jim. The second GU with the "commercially made" drawers rarely has more than just a driver's seat in it so is really only a one seater vehicle 99% of the time. The "temporary" child anchor system was to get me by on one trip but will not be used again. If there was any other way of mounting the strap to the original vehicle child anchor point I would have done that. I even thought of swapping the drawers system from my other GU for the short term so I could mount the strap properly but ran out of time to do this as well.

Thanks for your input and valued opinion.
Regards, Trevor.

While being very sturdy, you are right Willem in that form ply ends up being very heavy & you lose alot of space through the thickness of the material. Even though they do waste space, that is often a small price to pay for the convenience of getting to your gear easily.
Cheers Craig............

Gday Willem, should he take a trailer instead? :-))

sort of correct.

i have some rear electrics (block and fuse etc) for the fridge and plugs in this spot instead if the jack. the RH front cover just pulls off for access.
the jack now rests in the drawers with the recovery gear