Drop slide for fridge

G'day wazza we have a 40 litre Engel with a transit bag in a drop slide no worries as they say best thing since sliced bread have it in the back of a 100 series on top of the draws drops down just above tail gate, cant help with price we got a package with ARB (draws drop slide luggage barrier etc)
Safe travelling Bj

Wazza, I have one for the 60lt engel and removed the transit bag to fit fridge. What I did do was cover fridge in foam from Clarke Rubber, silver on the outside, adhesive on the inside, 25mm thick. Seems to work well. They some times come up on fleabay cheaper than normal, or visit the shows. Hope this helps. John

Wazza,

I’ve been using a drop slide for the past 2 years or so now and they are bloody great. They have pros and cons each of which I’ve discussed in a review I did on the product and the 75 Litre Engel Combo I’m using. No problems with the Transit bags other than to make sure the top is zipped properly lest it get caught in the scissor action when lifting and closing the slide.

Have a read here.

Fridge and drop slide review



Cheers Mick

Got one in the canopy of my HJ47 tray for 40 ltr Engel - best thing since sliced bread.

However, they ain't cheap, (and they ain't light) !!! I tried to source a cheaper one for a while on the web and other sources - best I could get was around a $10-15 differential each way... basically they're around $570 for a DS40 and $620 for a DS60 - some throw in some accessories with the unit - but they were all around the same price - suspect same manufacturer / importer here.

Wazza these slides are so good, the make camp life easy having the fridge at a level that is usable.
Mine sits east / west in my pod and the latch system couldn't cope with the extra forces applied, they supplied an upgraded version of the latch free.
Had a nut come off the mechanism, loctite could have fixed it bit I drilled and tie-wired it, no more issues.
Pricey, but aren't they all?
Cheers

I also have a 40 litre Engel and have had a drop slide for a few months now, but yet to use it properly in anger. I've found that the slide handle and fridge handle interfere with each other in the locked position and as a result the slide handle doesn’t lock in properly to the plastic clip that is designed to hold it in place. Attached is a picture of my temporary fix, I added a piece of pine packing which gave the clearance needed to lock the slide handle in position.

I contacted MSA who distribute the slides and they were very helpful but none of their suggestions solved my problem and in the end they told me to drill some extra holes in the frame so the mounting bracket holding the clip could be moved forwards, hopefully giving enough room to allow the clip and handle to lock into position, but I have yet to try this. MSA took on board my issue and told me they would may need to make some design changes.
I’m also not real keen on the use of straps to hold the fridge in place, but apparently they have had problems with people over tightening turnbuckles resulting in the frame the fridge sits on distorting and so not sliding properly.
I have also yet to work out exactly how to ensure the power cable doesn’t get damaged.
I also have a Michelle’s Sacs transit bag, it just fits but I can see that it will only take a moments inattention and it will get damaged.
Despite all this I’m happy I bought it, but the cost is a bit breathtaking. You may be able to get one cheaper at the Perth 4x4 next weekend.

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Hi Wazza.

I have the set up using the "original" bag on top of some EXO drawers in my LC200 GXL.
Works a treat and drops down neatly on to the back door ledge.
Here is a pic.
Can't help with price as I have had it near 2 years now.

Peter

Thanks everyone for your replies....great feedback. Away at work at the moment, so trying to talk the missus in to going to the 4x4 show, see if we can score a show special....anyone know how much companies could knock off an item of that value, say on the last day of a show? I know the wood show on the last day, there is bargains to be had!
Thats interesting about the design fault with the handles, thanks for sharing. Seems weird no-one else has mentioned it! Maybe was a bad batch....
One other question... I plan on making some drawers up, but they wont be completed by our next trip, in around 3 weeks....so if I temporarily mounted it now on some ply (attached to floor, flush), is there enough extended length to clear my tailgate I wonder?
Cheers,
Wazza

Have been looking at one for our 60l Engel and what I have seen has been impressive .
The comments of others here are very good too.
I had to query the weight of the particular one I was interested in and at 42kg it is rather weighty .Weight was confirmed.
We are going to the Perth 4wd and Adventure Show this weekend so hopefully there may be a ' show special ' that I can pick up.


Terry