Ah, gotcha. That makes way more sense. Thanks!
There is only one real bottom sheet. The second one is just an inch wide. I added it to keep the drawers from sliding forward under repetitive braking. I also added a significant amount of sound deadening and insulation under my carpet, so there was a generous rise after the steel retention plate that holds down the carpet. Without that strip there, there was this really strange looking overhang. Its primarily cosmetic, but the lip helps hold the whole thing in place.
I started to plan the new cargo box for the 100 series and have been perusing this thread for a hile now. Really ingenious stuff and i took some of the ideas for this new build. I also thought that I'd share a little view of the sketchup model I created. PM me if you want the base file to build out your own cargo system. Its far from perfect but I scaled the interior dimensions to match up with some critical overalls that I know I need to hit. (Between the wheel wells, wheel well height, overall interior inside of tailgate to back of set in upright position @ wheel well height, width of opening at tailgate, max width interior @ storage areas, etc.)
My plan is to have a kitchen drawer and a tool drawer:
The kitchen drawer (from furthest into the compartment to most extended) will house a deep bin for cooking fuel, coffee supplies, kettle, and other items (zip lock bags, coffee filters, emergency dry foods, etc) the upper bin will have utensils, a cast iron pan, spices etc) and will have a simple food grade surface that slides horizontally or just covers the bin when you want to have a surface to make a sandwich etc. The bottom drawer will be on a separate set of slides (to get the cooking area away from the tailgate/fridge) and will hold a dual burner stove with a flexible hose to connect to a 16oz propane tanks back in the deep bin and a slide out food grade surface on the bottom of the stove slide for cutting at a lower height.
The tool bin will be largely as it is in my current configuration... a big long bin with some dividers and rubber floor to hold all of my tools (ratchet set, wrenches, breaker, hatchet, hammers, collapsable shovel, drill, etc.) on the top of this I'll have a non-food grade but very durable surface for small repairs etc that can stay in its closed position or slide out over the tool drawer to have a surface.
On top of the tool drawer, I'll have the dometic cf50 on a DIY tilt slide made from an ironman 4x4 slide that has a set of hinges and a limiter strap on it. The Dometic PLB40 will sit on the back of the slide and power the fridge and get it's 12v charge from the rear 12v outlet. I'm trying to get a simple 12v or hand pump system for a pair of standard 7gallon water cans (the ones you can get from REI for $15) but haven't found the solution there yet. Any help would be appreciated! The rest of the rear will be for 2 small go boxes for me and my lady and whatever other gear needs to fit. The puppy will be relocating to the middle seat with a belt for the foreseeable future
Any advice, reactions, tips, etc would be very much appreciated! Let me know if anyone wants the skp model. Happy to share what I have.
