Rear Drawer Storage / Mr. Kaufman did a fine job!

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Ordered some rear storage drawers for my 80 from Jeff Kaufman.
He is a master of the wood. The fit and finish are fantastic.
He installed them this morning.
What say you?
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I have the single on the DS and sleeper extension. Jeff does AWESOME work!
 
Skillet,
Looks GREAT! You are going to love the drawers...you'll wonder how you did without them!
 
Ahhhh...so it was YOURS that he was working on :D

I got a call from Jeff yesterday asking about something drawer related.


Jeff does MIGHTY fine work. I owe him another phone call...I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on the PS drawer :)
 
NorCalDoug said:
Ahhhh...so it was YOURS that he was working on :D

I got a call from Jeff yesterday asking about something drawer related.


Jeff does MIGHTY fine work. I owe him another phone call...I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on the PS drawer :)
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Doug,

He called me too.:) Hey can't say enough good things about Jeff and his work. I love my system and use it daily. Everybody that sees it goes WOW, that is nice.

SS
 
Very fine work! If you had to guess what is the weight of that unit? Do they drawers have slides?
 
For the guys that have these can you tell me how difficult is it to get that thing in and out .
I seriously diggin the hole drawer thing but I would like to be able to remove them if needed
 
450 DUDE said:
For the guys that have these can you tell me how difficult is it to get that thing in and out .
I seriously diggin the hole drawer thing but I would like to be able to remove them if needed
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Can't speak for Jeff's design above but the African Outback drawers are more or less a permanent install; or at least you don't want to be removing/reinstalling them due to the amount of time it takes...
 
Not alot to the installation and removal. The two drawers are modular so they come out seperate of eachother. They bolt to the existing bracket holes on the floor for the third row seats that used to be there. There is also a braket that supports them in the front that you have to roll the second row seats forward to get at.
Maybe 20 minutes once you get it down.
Mine, however, will be staying put.

Cost was $1100 for the whole nine yards.

He also came to my office and installed them. That is not part of the service, he said he was going to be in the area. That was very cool.

He is a great guy.
 
Jeff is a totally good guy and occasionally posts on Mud-Slo60 or something similar. I know he came to Sacramento and installed one for Marty, but I went to the source for the build and the install. He does use the best materials, and if anything overbuilds them in terms of fasteners/biscuits/pocket screws etc.

Regarding taking them out-10 minutes at most.

I love being able to sleep inside, and still have most of my heavy junk stored in the drawer.
 
They bolt to the existing bracket holes on the floor for the third row seats that used to be there. There is also a braket that supports them in the front that you have to roll the second row seats forward to get at.
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Can you post pics on the mounts? Did you use a piece of angle iron?. Thanks
 
SLOwag said:
Can you post pics on the mounts? Did you use a piece of angle iron?. Thanks
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All braces, etc are wood. The only metal on the whole thing are the nuts and bolts.

The runners for the drawers are white nylon or teflon.

I will post some more pics when I get the vehicle out of the shop.
 
ff347 said:
Very fine work! If you had to guess what is the weight of that unit? Do they drawers have slides?
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Weight? Dunno. Not terribly heavy, but not light either. it's all wood...

Here are a few pics from an old thread. you can see the rails that the drawers run on. no conventional drawer slides to get gummed up on the trail from dirt. ;)

the drawers slide very easily on the rails.

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In the following pic, I have the drawer on top of the box, so you can see the groove that that the drawers run on.

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I don't have the cha ching at the moment, but my amex does! :D ...Does he have his own buisness, better yet will he take credit cards? maybe pay pal? How can I reach him, e-mail?
 
I use his drawers as well. Excellent work.
 
How easy do they slide when they are fully loaded? How far can you pull them out when they are fully loaded? Seems like you would want all the heavy stuff towards the front, which would create a lot of leverage when you pull the drawer out all the way. Why doesn't he use a roller system?
 
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