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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: UIZ733 on September 17, 2012, 01:24:45 PM

Title: Cargo Storage System
Post by: UIZ733 on September 17, 2012, 01:24:45 PM

What minimum thickness aluminium would be considered tough/strong enough for the carcass of a drawer system. Note: I am not referring to the actual drawers just the carcass.
I should have initially stated that I was referring to something like this:
http://www.ironman4x4.com/html/drawersystems.html (http://www.ironman4x4.com/html/drawersystems.html)

Regards

Title: Re: Cargo Storage System
Post by: Burnsy on September 17, 2012, 01:57:01 PM

I made the one in my 80 out of 3mm x 20mm square tube, I think there is photo somewhere on my Jayco Dove build thread, I will try and find it.  Anything else is pretty difficult to weld and the cost and weight difference in ally is not that much.  I also infilled and with aluminium mesh scrounged from screen doors that had been chucked out so that added strength.

Title: Re: Cargo Storage System
Post by: Burnsy on September 17, 2012, 02:03:57 PM

Alloy cargo barrier and storage system build begins here:
http://myswag.org/forum/index.php?topic=4626.msg254054#msg254054 (http://myswag.org/forum/index.php?topic=4626.msg254054#msg254054)

Title: Re: Cargo Storage System
Post by: Bird on September 17, 2012, 02:31:28 PM

Some people use cubelok from Carpal aluminium
worth looking at...