2016 JKU Rubicon Hard Rock - Jolene

[brien]

Hi Brien, can you share how you secured the slide to the floor of you JKU? That would help me out immensely! TIA

I used a bolt on base plate made by Black Forest Gear: Black Forest Gear Jeep Wrangler Cargo Base Plate 5012362C (11-18 Jeep Wrangler JK 2 Door)

I also have a couple of friends who just slapped a piece of plywood in there, screwed that into the floor, then screw their sliders/drawers to the plywood.

 

[maxboxa]

Thanks Brien! I was going the plywood route But think this might be a better alternative. For me anyway.

I used a bolt on base plate made by Black Forest Gear:

 

[brien]

I really need to do a full walkaround update of our setup, but here's some quick pics.

Here's the current setup. The core has remained basically the same for the past few years with a few upgrades here and there


One major change we've made is that I removed our old galley from the back of the jeep and built a new one to fit a bigger fridge (Snomaster CL56D). The new galley is still a work in progress but here's some pics of the build and the current state. I'll hopefully be doing a video about the design/build process soon over on my YouTube


mocking up some ideas for the desired "look and feel"



cutting out some basic drawers for the time being. I have some ideas for making at least a couple of the drawers wildly functional/modular, but for now I just want it i a usable state to buy me time to design the ultimate drawers!

I found that fancy aluminum full extension ~32" drawer slide pair at my local airline parts surplus store for $16!!!



mocking up some ideas for the placement of our little bistro stove

deep in drawer box making:






the QA department doing some final inspection.


our mini-chupacabra checking out the new galley.

 

[brien]

I have all the parts I need to finally swap out the compromised suspension on our trailer. I assembled one swing arm today and hope to do the other one tomorrow. I still need to take the new rims to the tire shop to get my tires mounted early next week but after that I should be able to do the actual operation and then be back on the trails!