Fridge Mounting

G'day Chris
I've got a trailblazer & I used to just throw a rope over it. Lately I have taken to using a small tarp with ropes spliced to all the eyes & covering all my load & tray with that. That tends to keep everything dry as well as secure. The dog doesn't mind riding up on top of the tarp.
It isn't a very expensive tarp & I pull it down real tight. I am surprised how long it has lasted.
Should work the same for an Engel. Just pack your gear nice & tight around it up the front somewhere & she shouldn't move.
Fatso

G'day Chris
For permanent fixing I had an aluminium checkerplate "crate" made - 100mm high by 20mm bigger than the actual size of the bottom of the fridge. The crate is bolted to the tray and the fridge sits in the crate packed in with old carpet to take up the 10mm all around the bottom of the fridge. This stops the fridge sliding sideways in any direction. Just cut holes in for cables and any extra ventilation you want plus a few drainage holes for water low down on the sides of the crate. Then I used 4 eye bolts/hooks whatever they are called, fixed to the tray about 50mm away from the fridge and 4 turn buckles to hold the fridge down. Best to remove handles from the fridge and use the "tie down brackets" you can get as an accessory - much stronger than using the turnbuckles onto handles. Another option is to get 2 bits of 75mm x 10mm steel angle the width of the fridge ( paint them any colour you want ) - bolt them to the tray each end of the fridge with the bottom part of the angle facing in ( looks neater ) - make sure the upright part of the angle is at least 50mm away from the fridge. You pre drill holes ( fairly high up ) in the angle to line up with the mounting brackets on the fridge and once again use turnbuckles to hold the fridge down. If you're not worried about looks and or want to save money you can use form ply instead of checkerplate as in option one ! Option 2 is more of a short term mount as it's easier to remove.
Not sure if I explained it properly ( my brain works faster than I can type ) but both methods have always worked for me on my small outback tour business vehicles. A bit more of an effort but you can make up brackets to replace handles with holes in to chain/padlock fridge for security. Hope some of this is a help !

Cheers Gazz

Chris put some flush mount hinges in the floor of your tray, then go to your local Engel agent and get yourself an anchor kit which supplies hooks that bolt on the fridge handles and come with 4 turnbuckes to ancor to the flush mount hinges in your floor.

Hi Chris,

I believe Engel supply a lock kit. Go to the engel website and it should be on there.

Cheers Wilko

Hi Chris,

I use the Engels Transit Lok. You can bolt the Transit Lok to some plywood and attach that to the GU floor via the hold down bolt holes. Or you can put them on drawer runners and make up a drawer system to suit, I made my own drawere system as I couldn't find anything that suited my needs. I run two Engels and here is a pic of them



They hold the Engels very securely, I have used them for many years and have never had them come loose. Much quicker than turnbuckles or straps IMHO.



Cheers

Captain

We used to mount our old 40L to the tray by drilling 4 holes in the tray and mounted the feet to the tray with longer bolts on the feet. All depends if you want to add 4 more "drain" holes to your tray. We had an Anderson Plug set up for it as well. We did this for every time we went camping with it. It is a really old Engel and dont trust the handles (it is 40 years old +) so she's seen better days but still runs like a dream - (and is really good at freezing everything - even when you set it as "warm" as possible on the dial). We still use it and she will now live in the new GU wagon.

Cheers Guys plenty of good ideas now i think ive got some work to do:)

Cheers