Thank God!!! I was gunna push it off the boat half way across Bass Straight mate!!! Bloody Hell!! Just dragged the whole team down!! Looking much better.
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Reconfigured the old family wagon this afternoon since removing the Titan 85kg drawers a month or so ago now.
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Managed to squeeze in so far:
80L Waeco old fridge
26L Engel freezer
2 x 20L HDPE water jerry cans
1 x camp stove
1 x camp table
1 x 120W Waeco old solar kit
&
4 x Expedition boxes up top.
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Will fill in all the leftover nooks and crannies tomorrow now with bits and bobs and reckon sleeping bags and self inflator mattresses should jam up on top of 3 x Expedition boxes to the ceiling before dropping in the final fourth awesome box!
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Approximately 1.5 sheets of ply used, and is relatively easy to install/remove if need be as long as you have the left barn door aftermarket bracket to open wider than stupid GU OEM design!
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Forgot to add that I needed to extend forward 80mm this specific brand GU cargo barrier to fit the second rear row of Expedition boxes.
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They fit like a pair of good gloves now [emoji106][emoji106]
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FWIW: The ply box outer dimensions today were:
1125mm Wide x 930mm Deep x 540mm High and used 3 of the 6mm OEM bolt holes in the floor to secure down.
(There is a niggly notch on the floor sheet test first before building that needs to be cut out located on the right side pictured below)
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Nice work! What sort of weight saving do you think you've achieved? There'd still be a bit of weight in the ply setup.
Not exactly sure Ben mate but I’d say 50kgish difference between Titan drawers and ply.
I’ve added that back in and then some more now with heaps of gear though :-)
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Decided to give the little Engel freezer some better heat release holes as its motor is on the rear exhausting upwards unlike the Waeco exhausting to rear barn door gaps.
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Perfect gap found between the two rows of Expedition boxes and directly above the Engel exhaust.
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Some 12mm x 12mm aluminium angle from Bunnings seems to stop the slide left and right.
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Sleeping bags jammed hard on top of the first row and against the rear cage seem to negate the need for strapping down.
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All packed ready for an adventure, my Gq looks like an expedition box touring advertising festival bonanza lol
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