Nice stuff! I'll be looking more into these drawer sets for my 80 in the new year.
AirDownGearUp SS1: Storage, Sleeper and Drawer System for 80 series (1 Viewer)
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Hi Everyone, I am pleased to announce the release of our redesigned Slide Out Table!
The slide out table (SOT) mounts to the underside of the drawer and extends to create a work surface. This is incredibly useful for prepping meals, gear, cameras, you name it! The SOT dimensions are 18" x 23" when deployed, creating ample workspace. It is attached to the drawer with large aluminum brackets, secured with 4 total screws. These will ship assembled, so installation will be simply threading in and tightening the 4 screws. We anticipate most customers will be able to install in under 5 mins.
The structure of the SOT is provided by aluminum extrusions, attached to the Richlite material work surface. The richlite is held in place using 3D printed Carbon Fiber brackets. The assembly glides along its travel with the help of full-length, low-friction UHMW tape and is secured into the stowed position with a spring plunger detent. To keep the system rattle-free while stowed, we utilize a secondary mechanism that wedges the SOT firmly into place under the drawer.
The entire system weighs approximately 10 pounds. The SOT can be used while the drawer is in both the closed and open position, and will not affect the functionality of the drawer itself.
We are offering this with free shipping for the first 50 customers, get yours now!
The slide out table (SOT) mounts to the underside of the drawer and extends to create a work surface. This is incredibly useful for prepping meals, gear, cameras, you name it! The SOT dimensions are 18" x 23" when deployed, creating ample workspace. It is attached to the drawer with large aluminum brackets, secured with 4 total screws. These will ship assembled, so installation will be simply threading in and tightening the 4 screws. We anticipate most customers will be able to install in under 5 mins.
The structure of the SOT is provided by aluminum extrusions, attached to the Richlite material work surface. The richlite is held in place using 3D printed Carbon Fiber brackets. The assembly glides along its travel with the help of full-length, low-friction UHMW tape and is secured into the stowed position with a spring plunger detent. To keep the system rattle-free while stowed, we utilize a secondary mechanism that wedges the SOT firmly into place under the drawer.
The entire system weighs approximately 10 pounds. The SOT can be used while the drawer is in both the closed and open position, and will not affect the functionality of the drawer itself.
We are offering this with free shipping for the first 50 customers, get yours now!
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Reserve Your Birch! Global supply of Baltic Birch, our primary building material, is threatened due to world events. Place your order ASAP to reserve materials for your builds this spring. We have multiple alternative materials, but ALL of them will result in a price higher than current prices.
We have some material on hand, but industry chatter says nationwide supply may be completely gone soon. Lock in your system now while we can hold our current pricing!
We have some material on hand, but industry chatter says nationwide supply may be completely gone soon. Lock in your system now while we can hold our current pricing!
It sounds like the sleeper extension rests on the folded down 2nd row seats. Could a guy use this set up in a rig that had the 2nd row seats removed?
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Absolutely! We sell a 'seat delete' kit that creates a frame to support the sleeper with 2nd row removed. This is a picture of the system installed on a 100, but it would be the same on an 80. Makes for an absolutely rock solid sleeper.
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New product alert! We are happy to share our newest product, the 'Dedicated Kitchen'.
This robust and expansive product allows you to mount a fridge on top, store a stove or other shallow items in the middle and prepare food or set a drink (or twelve!) on the Slide Out Table below.
The Dedicated Kitchen includes three stages with a total of 89" of extension.
Stage 1 (fridge slide): This is intended to house commonly available fridges. The entire surface extends to provide access to your fridge outside of the vehicle. It has 36inch travel locking slides with proprietary Air Down Gear Up stainless steel ball detents to hold the slides firmly in place when deployed. Additionally, the detents sound awesome when being cycled; we haven't yet tired of hearing them! Tie-down provisions are included with 1/4" aluminum rails front and back, allowing common straps, brackets, etc. to secure your fridge to the system. The floor of this stage is made from textured HDPE and is impervious to liquids.
Stage 2 (stove tray): This is a low-profile tray that is intended to house a dual-burner stove. 30inches of travel on this stage provides great cooking space for your favorite camp stove. Proprietary stainless steel ball detents are used to help this stage stay both closed and open. The internal space is 32"x13.25" and accommodates most available camp stoves on the market. Height is 4.25". The floor is made from Richlite with a heat resistance up to 350F!
Stage 3 (slide out table): This is our existing slide out table slightly adapted to interface with the kitchen module. It is 13.75" wide with 23" of extension and made of Richlite with a heat resistance of 350F. This creates an additional work surface, which is hugely beneficial during meal prep, (and any time really!) providing a surface for plates, utensils, etc.
Purchase this Dedicated Kitchen as a standalone item or as an upgrade in place of one drawer in a Premier Package system. In either case, the Dedicated Kitchen mounts to our vehicle specific solid aluminum anchor bars
All of these stages can be used independently, you can use each one individually, extend the entire system out, or any combination as your needs dictate. We put together a video providing an overview of the system, linked below. Some of the pictures below are from a 4runner because it is the same system (and that happend to be our first customer!)
This robust and expansive product allows you to mount a fridge on top, store a stove or other shallow items in the middle and prepare food or set a drink (or twelve!) on the Slide Out Table below.
The Dedicated Kitchen includes three stages with a total of 89" of extension.
Stage 1 (fridge slide): This is intended to house commonly available fridges. The entire surface extends to provide access to your fridge outside of the vehicle. It has 36inch travel locking slides with proprietary Air Down Gear Up stainless steel ball detents to hold the slides firmly in place when deployed. Additionally, the detents sound awesome when being cycled; we haven't yet tired of hearing them! Tie-down provisions are included with 1/4" aluminum rails front and back, allowing common straps, brackets, etc. to secure your fridge to the system. The floor of this stage is made from textured HDPE and is impervious to liquids.
Stage 2 (stove tray): This is a low-profile tray that is intended to house a dual-burner stove. 30inches of travel on this stage provides great cooking space for your favorite camp stove. Proprietary stainless steel ball detents are used to help this stage stay both closed and open. The internal space is 32"x13.25" and accommodates most available camp stoves on the market. Height is 4.25". The floor is made from Richlite with a heat resistance up to 350F!
Stage 3 (slide out table): This is our existing slide out table slightly adapted to interface with the kitchen module. It is 13.75" wide with 23" of extension and made of Richlite with a heat resistance of 350F. This creates an additional work surface, which is hugely beneficial during meal prep, (and any time really!) providing a surface for plates, utensils, etc.
Purchase this Dedicated Kitchen as a standalone item or as an upgrade in place of one drawer in a Premier Package system. In either case, the Dedicated Kitchen mounts to our vehicle specific solid aluminum anchor bars
All of these stages can be used independently, you can use each one individually, extend the entire system out, or any combination as your needs dictate. We put together a video providing an overview of the system, linked below. Some of the pictures below are from a 4runner because it is the same system (and that happend to be our first customer!)
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haha just doing our part to enhance your outdoor experience
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@Kyle Bell What material is used for the face of the drawers? Birch plywood or some type of plastic? These look sweet!
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The drawers themselves are made from baltic birch (at least until the world supply dries up!!) and the faces are a textured HDPE commonly called 'marine board'. It's awesome stuff, really creates a nice finished look.
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We have seen more and more customers interested in our Seat-Delete kit, so I wanted to share a few pictures and a video we put together to describe our offering!
The concept is to allow the use of the sleeper with the 2nd row removed. We offer this in multiple width configurations: Full width, 50/50 and 60/40. The seat delete kit attaches to the platform structure, so it can be retro-fitted to existing systems. The kit can be bolted on without the need to uninstall the platform/drawers from the vehicle, which makes install/removal of the kit simple enough that you can reasonably swap it in/out for weekend trips as needed.
Here's a link to the video with more details:
The concept is to allow the use of the sleeper with the 2nd row removed. We offer this in multiple width configurations: Full width, 50/50 and 60/40. The seat delete kit attaches to the platform structure, so it can be retro-fitted to existing systems. The kit can be bolted on without the need to uninstall the platform/drawers from the vehicle, which makes install/removal of the kit simple enough that you can reasonably swap it in/out for weekend trips as needed.
Here's a link to the video with more details:
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Shop Update time! We are pushing hard to add manufacturing capacity here at Air Down Gear Up, doing everything we can to bring lead times down! We have been heavily investing in capital equipment, optimizing our operations, increasing inventory on hand and are currently in the process of hiring to improve lead times.
By far the most exciting piece of all of this is the new CNC we brought into the ADGU shop recently. This represents a colossal upgrade to our previous setup which is now dedicated to all of our metal work, further optimizing our work flow. The new CNC allows drastically faster throughput of parts, so we can spend more time packaging and getting you guys your systems!
We've also added a second Markforged 3D printer, adding further parts capacity to keep up with the new CNC. We keep both of our printers pretty busy turning out parts! It's very satisfying to walk into the shop in the morning to new parts that have been printed overnight.
It's been through the support of all our wonderful customers that we have been able to keep growing, we will forever be grateful to the 'Mud crowd and all our fellow enthusiasts!
By far the most exciting piece of all of this is the new CNC we brought into the ADGU shop recently. This represents a colossal upgrade to our previous setup which is now dedicated to all of our metal work, further optimizing our work flow. The new CNC allows drastically faster throughput of parts, so we can spend more time packaging and getting you guys your systems!
We've also added a second Markforged 3D printer, adding further parts capacity to keep up with the new CNC. We keep both of our printers pretty busy turning out parts! It's very satisfying to walk into the shop in the morning to new parts that have been printed overnight.
It's been through the support of all our wonderful customers that we have been able to keep growing, we will forever be grateful to the 'Mud crowd and all our fellow enthusiasts!
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We are introducing a new material offering for the SS1 systems! The new material is a Richlite-clad Birch Plywood. We have been using Richlite on our Slide Out Table for a while now, and we absolutely love it. It has a beautiful matte black finish with a slight texture, similar to the feel of a heavy craft paper. It is water (and stain!), scratch and heat resistant; typically found as an industrial kitchen counter top. The Richlite is easy to clean up and wears in nicely.
This is a nice alternative to carpet, which can absorb odors, spills, dog hair, etc. and the Richlite provides even more durability than the prefinished birch on its own. Additionally, and perhaps most importantly, it looks amazing! We recently had a chance to install a full Richlite system into a 200 Series Landcruiser Heritage Edition and a GX470 and couldn't be happier with how the system looks installed. This is also available on the 80 series as well.
This is now our premium material choice and we are looking forward to building out more vehicles with this material!
This is a nice alternative to carpet, which can absorb odors, spills, dog hair, etc. and the Richlite provides even more durability than the prefinished birch on its own. Additionally, and perhaps most importantly, it looks amazing! We recently had a chance to install a full Richlite system into a 200 Series Landcruiser Heritage Edition and a GX470 and couldn't be happier with how the system looks installed. This is also available on the 80 series as well.
This is now our premium material choice and we are looking forward to building out more vehicles with this material!
Hi Kyle - Would it be too late to add the richlite to an existing order?
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Nope! We can upgrade an existing order to Richlite!
I've used Richlite on a couple other projects and it is seriously nice.
Would it be possible to do the standard sleeper setup (keeping the second row) in Richlite?
If doing a half drawer, could the visible side "divider" also be finished with Richlite?
Would it be possible to do the standard sleeper setup (keeping the second row) in Richlite?
If doing a half drawer, could the visible side "divider" also be finished with Richlite?
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Very much agreed on the Richlite, it's really hard to overstate how 'premium' the product looks/feels. The feel is very unique, a little warmer and softer feeling while being incredibly tough.
We can certainly do a standard sleeper with Richlite. We have done a few Richlite sleeper installs to date and absolutely love how they look in the vehicle.
That's a great idea for the divider on a single-drawer half system! We can absolutely make that panel from Richlite to really finish off the look.
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We were mocking up another Kitchen in the ADGU 100 Series Landcruiser and it's just so beautiful we felt compelled to share some pics! This is becoming a very popular offering for us.
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Will you guys be @ the MW Overland Expo?
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Sadly no! We were just like one day too late on vendor registration for that. Which is too bad because the expo is only about 20 mins north of us!
