saltydawg wrote:As you said it does need support, which is easy enough to do. Have you tried a fab shop as they are just a box, get one made with a door on hinges to your measurements. Then add you own slides and stuff to do what you want it to do.
mtbikernate wrote:Yeah, I've been digging around online and the closest simple "tool box" I've found is made for semi trailers and is waaaaayyyy too wide for what I need. I need something between 46" and 60" wide, around 23-24" wide, and about 29-30" tall.
rjgimp wrote:mtbikernate wrote:Yeah, I've been digging around online and the closest simple "tool box" I've found is made for semi trailers and is waaaaayyyy too wide for what I need. I need something between 46" and 60" wide, around 23-24" wide, and about 29-30" tall.
I spent 25 years in trucking. You should easily be able to find a semi-truck tool box in diamond plate close to those dimensions. I have seen them as small as a 12 pack cooler and as big as an upright piano. You don't identify where you're at but there are truck scrapyards all over the country just like the ones for cars. We have a couple in the Mpls/St Paul area and there is a huge operation in Iowa with multiple locations called Vander Haag's.
aggie79 wrote:Could you keep the fridge in your tow vehicle? It should be a better operating environment - no dust, less temperature extremes, and probably less vibration/movement - than mounted on the tongue.
We always kept our "teardrop" cooler in the truck.
Shadow Catcher wrote:One of the things I have never been able to understand, refrigerators need ventilation why would you put it in a confined space. They are in essence a heat pump, taking heat out of the interior. I went so far as to wrap our in Reflectix.
mtbikernate wrote:Keeping the fridge inside something else that locks DOES meet food storage requirements.
Kim Armstrong wrote:How about getting a box close to what you need and cut the end out and put a cargo door in with slides?
Tom&Shelly wrote:
Makes sense to me. Never knew a bear who could pick a lock!
Sorry, couldn't resist!
Tom
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