Drawer slides!

What heavy duty drawer slides have you used for building bed drawers in your truck? They’re pretty pricey, and the cheaper ones on Amazon all have bad reviews that say they break after awhile. Anybody got good recs? Thanks

 

Accuride. I've used them in industrial applications many times and have never been disappointed. My fridge slide is on them--overkill, but great.

 

How long have you had it?

 

Fridge slide--a few years for the slides. They've been on a couple different slide out things, so I'm not sure exactly how old they are, maybe 5 years? FWIW, the reason I have those is they were left over from prototyping a piece of flight line equipment that needed to have a slide out battery tray for access. We ended up using them for the final design, and there are a few hundred of those systems working outside now, without issues. Of course any piece can have issues, including price. My experience has been solid with any time I have to slide something on a rail and I don't usually look anywhere else anymore.

 

Thanks good to know. I imagine it ain’t gonna be cheap to get 4 of em that are 6’ long

 

Nope. Worth a look though, if you want full extension. They other great route is using camrols and angle or architectural channel. If you can fabricate, they’re bomber. Look at a cargoglide or bedslode and you’ll see that design. Carr Lane should have the rollers, and from there you can find all of the other brands.

 

Another option is DIY with square tube and skate bearings:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-bed-drawer-platform-v1.716914/#post-25513439

Here's the megathread on DIY platform/drawer/storage systems:

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...eping-platform-drawer-storage-systems.424709/

 

Depending on what you are after....
I built a homemade backboard with a couple runners underneath. My truck bed is padded with piece of carpet laid over it. I lash my 85L fridge to the board via a handhold and simply slide it in and out onto the tailgate or a bit further. Plenty of access plus I have a functioning backboard in the unfortunate event I might need one. I lash a tote with recovery gear, i.e. heavy and not accessed a lot on the forward end of the backboard to use as a counter weight. Not really needed but it provides ability to slide the fridge out a bit further.