Contributor I
Hello Overland Bound,
Awhile back I started looking to better organize the cargo area of my 3rd Gen to make getting ready for camping trips a little easier. There is a lot of great build threads here on Overland Bound as well as some other forums, but coming from a cabinetry background I wasn't a total fan of an all wood build. After doing some research on different materials I landed on Aluminum Extrusions and set out to design a drawer system for the 3rd Gen. I knew it needed to be as light as possible, able to hold several hundred pounds and 'mission configurable' to a degree.
So I dusted off my CAD skills and went to work. But a funny thing happened as the months ticked by I realized I was designing something that took minimal tools to assemble, didn't require an advanced skillset to construct and had a lot of possibilities for adding additional features (ie, sleeping platform, anchor systems, etc). Here's what I came up with.
Awhile back I started looking to better organize the cargo area of my 3rd Gen to make getting ready for camping trips a little easier. There is a lot of great build threads here on Overland Bound as well as some other forums, but coming from a cabinetry background I wasn't a total fan of an all wood build. After doing some research on different materials I landed on Aluminum Extrusions and set out to design a drawer system for the 3rd Gen. I knew it needed to be as light as possible, able to hold several hundred pounds and 'mission configurable' to a degree.
So I dusted off my CAD skills and went to work. But a funny thing happened as the months ticked by I realized I was designing something that took minimal tools to assemble, didn't require an advanced skillset to construct and had a lot of possibilities for adding additional features (ie, sleeping platform, anchor systems, etc). Here's what I came up with.
