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I figure some of you guys might be interested in a new way of showing/recording which states you've visited. Check it out!

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...t-eye-morale-patches-glow-in-the-dark.419610/

 

Where did you source your VHMW-PE? I haven't been able to find any on the internet. I have bearings bought to do drawers but you're making me rethink this and go with a PE instead for the sake of simplicity. I just don't want to spend $60 per drawer in UHMW-PE. What thickness did you go with? I was thinking 1/8", but it probably could be as thin as is practical to mount.

 

I gotta go hang out with you guys.

 

I got it from Tap Plastics in Portland when I was down there last. All 8 pieces ran me ~$60. That's actually more per piece than it would have cost me a lot of other places, but the shipping and/or tax savings made up for it.

 

Done:



Added felt to the top and scored some black Formica for the drawer fronts from a friend. Ready for the first serious trip in just about a month from now, except rooting through my gear and figuring out what's still good that is.

 

Looks great man! youll love it. you planning on sleeping back there? either way its extremely handy and versatile.

 

There's room for one adult to lay diagonally (hooray 5 ft bed!), so I'll very likely sleep back there when out solo. I have a couple of downright decent tents for travel with the family.

 

ohhhhhhhh i didnt see the shortbed. yea im barely able to lay straight in my 6ft. my toes hit the latch sometimes and the back glass pops up and scares the piss out of me haha

 

My wife and I used to sleep quite comfortably in my old '93 on a similar platform. Now that we've got a kid (5), cramming all of us in the back just seems like it'd be a disaster, even if we had the length. Plus I prefer the shorter overall length and didn't even consider a configuration without a manual trans. Tents are good. I miss my old truck...

...and being childless...

 

hahaha yea a kid and yall would really be stretching it. a dog and us two are pushing it. especially when the "dog" decides to start letting them rip

 

Nice work! The drawer fronts look awesome laminated with Formica.

 

Kid sleeps in the bed you guys sleep in a tent around the front of the truck, win win.

My girlfriend has asked me what i thought about having kids in the future. She doesnt like it when i say ill consider it when i turn 40

 

I have to sleep corner to corner in my 5 foot bed as well. My girlfriend and I have slept in the back on random occasions and it was slightly uncomfortable but this past weekend it was the 2 of us and our 80 pound dog! It was too cramped, I really need to look into better sleeping options with the truck.

 

Finished up my fridge slide this weekend. Removed the rear passenger seat and built a base platform and slide. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Still have a few more bolts/spring nuts to add to the unistrut that's bolted down to the truck to support it and level the base. Other than that, it's complete.

 

Nice work, man! I like it.

 

Where's the slide from?

 

Which one of you broke expo? I went to list the Flippac there yesterday and for some reason can't pull it up.

 

From what I put together, they banned a member that was deleting his threads and erasing a lot of valuable info, so they banned him. Next thing ya know, site goes down from a DDoS attack.

 

And while I'm at it, going to post a shameless plug for those that may have missed it.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/death-valley-–-saratoga-springs-to-eureka-dunes.419951/

 

Thanks, wonder who it was that threw a fit.