Rear drawer storage and sleeping platform built (1 Viewer)

[Outsane]

The week of Thanksgiving our family of 4 is doing a trip from San Diego - Las Vegas - Death Valley - Yosemite - San Francisco. The last couple of trips we slept in a tent. I missed sleeping in back of the 4runner. This seemed like a great option. 1/2 birch plywood. Drawers slide great, no rails more storage space. Aluminum edging were needed.

I took a gamble and did not add the wings, we inflated the mattress and tried it out. We don't think the wings are required.

next week I am getting a cnc to cut plywood panels. Couple of weeks short.

 

[Marine7]

The week of Thanksgiving our family of 4 is doing a trip from San Diego - Las Vegas - Death Valley - Yosemite - San Francisco. The last couple of trips we slept in a tent. I missed sleeping in back of the 4runner. This seemed like a great option. 1/2 birch plywood. Drawers slide great, no rails more storage space. Aluminum edging were needed.View attachment 1571631 View attachment 1571632 View attachment 1571633 View attachment 1571634I took a gamble and did not add the wings, we inflated the mattress and tried it out. We don't think the wings are required. View attachment 1571635 next week I am getting a cnc to cut plywood panels. Couple of weeks short.

In the last photo, with air mattress, are your 2nd row seats folded forward, or are they removed? Looks good!

 

[mct75]

Beautiful and inspiring!

 

[Outsane]

Seats are folded forward, going to need them to hold the kids.

 

[Marine7]

Seats are folded forward, going to need them to hold the kids.

What size mattress is that? Sorry for all the questions, but I tried putting a full size in mine, but with rear seats in it was too long. I prefer seats in also. Looks good! Mine is currently in pieces as I’m re-building my framework with aluminum angle to replace all the wood.

 

[Outsane]

No problem, seats are folded from the top half only. It's a Coleman-single Queen.

 

[Outsane]

What size mattress is that? Sorry for all the questions, but I tried putting a full size in mine, but with rear seats in it was too long. I prefer seats in also. Looks good! Mine is currently in pieces as I’m re-building my framework with aluminum angle to replace all the wood.

No worries on the questions

Let me know if I can clarify anything else.

 

[Marine7]

No problem, seats are folded from the top half only. It's a Coleman-single Queen. View attachment 1571671

Ok... I’m tracking now! I’m going to have to grab a queen mattress now! Thank you again.... keep posting the build pics!
*did you put anything down for the drawers to slide on? I didn’t and I have zero problems opening and closing them..... empty, full, sideways, on a hill, ..... never had a issue.

 

[Outsane]

Ok... I’m tracking now! I’m going to have to grab a queen mattress now! Thank you again.... keep posting the build pics!
*did you put anything down for the drawers to slide on? I didn’t and I have zero problems opening and closing them..... empty, full, sideways, on a hill, ..... never had a issue.

The Build is pretty much done! maybe some tweaks.
I didn't use anything on the drawers for sliding, I used a paste wax to seal and slide.

I did put a couple of holes in the back, I was getting some air suction, slowing down the movement.