Home made fride slide and storage

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with the fridge in place....


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Only have to fit tie downs and in the back of the 150 thanks for watching.........will provide list of material asap......

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Finished job fitted to prado.....

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Thats awesome, well done!

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All done
thanks to the 90 & 120 series guys for the inspiration

Goodie

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Thanks barry...not bad for a woodbutcher!!!!!

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I am just working out a final list of products and measurements...total cost was $107.86 including glue and carpet......

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Goodie

Love your work Goodie. I like how you have the tie downs neatly coming through the base. 2 questions, how will you secure the unit from bouncing over the rough stuff? and how fiddly is it to and thread/line up the tie downs into these slots when installing? or is it to be a permanent fixture?

sorry, thats 3 questions.

Regards

Craig

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Hi Craig

Some people have used pins like those that secure the towbar bolt (The ones that you always seem to bang your fingers when pulling out) I used of all things gate bolts as in the old turn to the side and push across.

I felt that because the tie downs push through a fair way you needed something that would hold in place firmly. I will take some photos. Remember there will also be a fair amount of weight on the unit as well.
Can be a little fiddly but I drop the rear ones over first and then the front ones.

will probably leave it in the vehicle most of the time it depends on what the minister of war and finance says.

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Great job ,looks like its off to bunnings , thanks for the info on how to make it. One thing I do when have fridge in back of car is turn the child lock on the rear door so if they smash the glass to try and get your fridge they cant open the door from the inside , cheers Digger

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Digger

I would increase the length of the slide by 10cm I found that it is a bit snug in hindsight. I think the original that I made was 700mm long I would increase that to 800mm to make it a more comfortable fit.

Goodie

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Next mod a slide out table from the table cavity.

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Just purchased a Waeco Coolpower and have powered via the centre console at $264 a very inexpensive dual battery system.....plugged in a triple 12v unit to it have not had any issues

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Hi Goodie
I cut it out my ply floor the same as you did where the factory tie downs are to hold ply in place. Made up clips to fit onto the tiedown and T nuts underneath the ply to bolt clips and slide.
check out my old post Re shape of clips.
http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...ht=false+floor

Regards Wayne

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Adding the Waeco Coolpower to the setup

Hi all

Have added a Waeco Coolpower Raps-36 unit.

I dont need a full dual battery system at this time so decided on the Raps-36 as it represented best value for money.

Just a note before the photos this is running an Engel eclipse but you CANNOT plug the engel straight into the Raps-36 unit....it just doesnt work. You have to plug in a double/triple adaptor or an extension lead or the fridge simply wont work. I think it may have something to do with the thermal fuse in the engel plug.

Now on to the build or in this case the cut.......

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The Raps-36 unit



The cut......I placed the unit on the top and simply traced around it before cutting with the jigsaw.....



The Raps-36 in place........



Next post fitted with the rest of the kit........