- Location
- East of Cincinnati
Something a little different than the norm. Not much, just a little.
My old setup sucked. I had the spare tire right behind the front seats, and all my tools and parts in boxes behind it. But since everything was trapped under my surco rack, I couldn't get into anything without pulling everything out on the trail, then carefully repacking it all.
So I decided to rearrange. A little sketching in WindowsPaint (yes, I know it's like PhotoShop for retards) and I came up with this:
(It looked better as a bitmap)
The cabinet is about 12"Dx18H"x45"W. It's mostly 1/2" plywood. I used 1/8x1" angle and 1/4x1-1/2" flatstock to fab simple brackets to mount the whole thing to the old seatback mounts.
I cannibalized the top of my Craftsman chest, removed the lid, and mounted the box behind the driver's seat:
All four drawers open fully, without having to slide the seat forward:
I rescued a parts bin from the dumpster at work, and built a larger drawer to carry it.
I didn't get a pic, but I used extra-long slides to let the drawer pull ~6" beyond the cabinet. There's a 4" deep space in the top of the craftsman chest, and pulling the drawer that far out lets me access that space.
My old setup sucked. I had the spare tire right behind the front seats, and all my tools and parts in boxes behind it. But since everything was trapped under my surco rack, I couldn't get into anything without pulling everything out on the trail, then carefully repacking it all.
So I decided to rearrange. A little sketching in WindowsPaint (yes, I know it's like PhotoShop for retards) and I came up with this:
(It looked better as a bitmap)
The cabinet is about 12"Dx18H"x45"W. It's mostly 1/2" plywood. I used 1/8x1" angle and 1/4x1-1/2" flatstock to fab simple brackets to mount the whole thing to the old seatback mounts.
I cannibalized the top of my Craftsman chest, removed the lid, and mounted the box behind the driver's seat:
All four drawers open fully, without having to slide the seat forward:
I rescued a parts bin from the dumpster at work, and built a larger drawer to carry it.
I didn't get a pic, but I used extra-long slides to let the drawer pull ~6" beyond the cabinet. There's a 4" deep space in the top of the craftsman chest, and pulling the drawer that far out lets me access that space.