sleeping platform builds please

[MANUCHAO]

Are you making these aluminum drawers?

No. I'm sorry I'm not..
I had these made by local metal shop...
They are 18.something wide by 42" long...
3/16" thick.

 

[60Works]

LandShark makes some nice, light weight draws.

Land Shark Outfitters

Mud vendor, easy to work with. Aluminum extrusion system is easy to customize. I would definitely buy from him again.

 

[Skniper]

LandShark makes some nice, light weight draws.

Land Shark Outfitters

Mud vendor, easy to work with. Aluminum extrusion system is easy to customize. I would definitely buy from him again.

Their website doesn't mention products for 60's.

 

[60Works]

The single drawer fits fine. I suspect the double does too. The 80 wings do not fit but its easy enough to customize if you have a few basic wood tools.

 

[megolfer]

Bring this back. How high are you building your drawers.

 

[g-man]

How high are you building your drawers

I built my drawers so the top board is just over the wheel wells. Any higher and you lose headroom. Any lower and you can't get the wings to sit level. Just made the most sense for a sleep platform.

 

[ntdb]

I built my drawers so the top board is just over the wheel wells. Any higher and you lose headroom. Any lower and you can't get the wings to sit level. Just made the most sense for a sleep platform.

This is how I want to do mine but I’m not sure how to store fluids at this height. Smaller bottles?

 

[JHE4601]

Here’s what I did

 

[megolfer]

That's very nice. I like

 

[JHE4601]

That's very nice. I like

I also made a fill in piece when the back seat is folded in. Then the platform extends all the way to the back of the front seats. More storage too underneath that.

 

[Surfy]

We already has some threads about, too at ih8mud. Here I did collect a lot of links about 4x4: howto sleep inside with a lot of pictures and examples

But here are too a lot of beautiful setups showed!

Surfy

 

[pumbaatx]

I know Land Shark was brought up a while back, but here is my setup. Meets my needs for storage, sleeps a queen mattress, and I can still put the rear seats up.

 

[WSOPgold2012]

Do you guys notice the weight if the wood? Big impact on MPG? thanks!!

 

[JHE4601]

Do you guys notice the weight if the wood? Big impact on MPG? I’m already getting bad gas mileage. Lol but I don’t notice any difference.

 

[WSOPgold2012]

I know Land Shark was brought up a while back, but here is my setup. Meets my needs for storage, sleeps a queen mattress, and I can still put the rear seats up.
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love how the back seat is still functional. great set up! do you notice the weight of the wood? affect MPG much? thanks

 

[Spike Strip]

No. I'm sorry I'm not..
I had these made by local metal shop...
They are 18.something wide by 42" long...
3/16" thick.

Frank, can you share the name of the shop, please? I like that set up!

 

[megolfer]

No. I'm sorry I'm not..
I had these made by local metal shop...
They are 18.something wide by 42" long...
3/16" thick.

Did u ever sell the second drawer?

 

[MANUCHAO]

Frank, can you share the name of the shop, please? I like that set up!

No shop in particular...
I had Patton metals do the bends, and a random shop do the weld.....

Here are the blue prints for the drawers...
The fit on the rear cargo area at floor level is spot on...
I would double check measurements to be sure.....

Did u ever sell the second drawer?

No I didn't...

 

[megolfer]

Frank, you interested in selling the drawer.

 

[rhah]

Guess I cheat, but usually spend weeks at a time like this