Trolatron 2009 GU Mods

roof console with over head speakers.

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Originally Posted by Trolatron

Ebay intercooler and Playtime exhaust both fitted up perfectly.

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It's very satisfying when aftermarket things fit perfectly :D

Some more mods.

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Made a place to house compressor and 3rd battery.

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WOW, you are a very clever guy, great display of skills with these mods. What brand of fridge is that? Is it a freezer drawer with fridge section above? What capacity is it please?

@Trolatron Interesting. But what do you see as the advantage of the drawer within the drawer instead of just 2 simple drawers? Does not appear to be much benefit and wastes some space.

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Originally Posted by PeeBee

WOW, you are a very clever guy, great display of skills with these mods. What brand of fridge is that? Is it a freezer drawer with fridge section above? What capacity is it please?

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It is an Evercool. It is all in one section with a basket separating top and bottom. 68L l think. They don't make them any more.

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Originally Posted by Brissieboy

@Trolatron Interesting. But what do you see as the advantage of the drawer within the drawer instead of just 2 simple drawers? Does not appear to be much benefit and wastes some space.

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My cooker lives in the bottom draw and the middle draw is my food/ utensils draw. If I am using the pull out chopping board at the bottom l can still open the middle or top draw. It works perfect for how l use it. There is also a large pull out table under the fridge that l cook on.

Thanks I am now running a 60L Engel from the 1980's - still kicking aftr a heart transplant in 2000, and more recently a Bushman 15L as a freezer. The combo will work well, however if a unit could be configured like you j=have with the same performance I am seeing, it would be very efficient use of the volume.

Air compressor installed. It was to long with the handle on it so l removed it and came straight off the head. Thought heat might be a problem but it's not. Also installed pressure switch and blow off valve wouldn't do it again tho as there are much better bought options now.


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Originally Posted by PeeBee

Thanks I am now running a 60L Engel from the 1980's - still kicking aftr a heart transplant in 2000, and more recently a Bushman 15L as a freezer. The combo will work well, however if a unit could be configured like you j=have with the same performance I am seeing, it would be very efficient use of the volume.

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If i had to change the set up l would run two draws that way if something goes wrong with one l would have backup.

My water tank is 43L and is fed to a pump and also a gravity fed tap. The pump can draw from a bucket or river tho l havnt installed filters yet but will soon.

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Originally Posted by Trolatron

My cooker lives in the bottom draw and the middle draw is my food/ utensils draw. If I am using the pull out chopping board at the bottom l can still open the middle or top draw. It works perfect for how l use it. There is also a large pull out table under the fridge that l cook on.

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I still don't get this one.
Obviously a lot of really good work has gone into this build and I am genuinely not trying to criticise in any way or cause any friction; just trying to get my head around why this particular design.
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If you open the outer/main/top drawer the inner one comes with it which does not make sense to me.
You can open the bottom without the top, but not the top without the bottom.
The weight of both drawers is hanging off the top drawer slides, which may be a problem with both drawers fully opened when heavily loaded - unless you are looking for that double extension.
With 2 simple drawers you could even remove the upper and keep large/tall items in the bottom one utilising that empty space - keep those long-necks standing up.
I just can't see any advantage in that design.

I wanted 3 draws because l hate sifting threw deep draws trying to find stuff, I had deep draws in my last build and it's a pain so l like to keep things separated.
I made the bottom draw move with the middle draw so l can use it as a table top with the bread board on top and can still open and close middle draw thats also why l didnt want a drop down table on the barn door.. The bread board is full length of the drawers. The 90kg draw slides are plenty strong enough, l only had 4 days to build the whole thing as l was going on an 8 day trip and that's all l could get but they seem fine so they can stay. I have done two 8 night trips on Tassie West Coast and it's all still as good as new. I did up the fridge slides to 125kg I wanted to use 227kg ones but l didn't realise they are wider.

The middle row platform l made has been very usefull with the draws in each end. The driver side has a section missing to allow my dog to climb up in and on top of the platform. The draws utilise the whole area and no space is waisted, there's a long section that runs along the back 140mm wide. The slides are push to open and most people don't even know there are draws there. It was pure fluke that the water tank fitted perfectly behind the passenger seat.
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