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I am looking for suggestions on my hatch. I would like the hatch to fold down and then i'm not sure about the spot where my cooler would go. I would prefer it to be a seperate door from my hatch door but i am just lost on ideas of how to do it. If you have any suggestions it would help a ton! Thank you!

If you don't mind having a divider or even just a stile, you could do mini barn doors on the lower face, perhaps with a slide out tray on heavy drawer extensions. This seems to me to be the easiest/most efficient way to seal and latch the lower section, and would allow either door to open independently (as opposed to doors that overlap).

The upper hatch could be extended just enough to act as a drip edge for the lower doors, but would seal independently so that you don't necessarily have to open it to allow either of the lower doors to open.

How did you intend to seal the hatch along the counter edge? I don't see any provision for that in your current arrangement, unless you planned on having an angled lip on the lower edge of the upper hatch so that there is a spot for a weather seal to land on the upper edge of the counter rail.

KCStudly wrote:If you don't mind having a divider or even just a stile, you could do mini barn doors on the lower face, perhaps with a slide out tray on heavy drawer extensions. This seems to me to be the easiest/most efficient way to seal and latch the lower section, and would allow either door to open independently (as apposed to doors that overlap).

The upper hatch could be extended just enough to act as a drip edge for the lower doors, but would seal independently so that you don't necessarily have to open it to allow either of the lower doors to open.

How did you intend to seal the hatch along the counter edge? I don't see any provision for that in your current arrangement, unless you planned on having an angled lip on the lower edge of the upper hatch so that there is a spot for a weather seal to land on the upper edge of the counter rail.

That was my idea, Put a bit thicker Counter top on it and have it the same angle as my back hatch with weather seal attached to the hatch itself so when i close it, it will seal it. If that makes sense?

If your cooler is going stay in that arrangement how about accessing it through a sidewall door instead of the hatch? To get to the contents, you could put the cooler on a slide-out drawer.

seems pretty simple to this ole chuck wagon cook

the space you are proposing to keep the cooler would be called THE BOOT on a chuck wagon as seen behind the deputy's legs (discussing going <35mph on US 380... )



heavier items were carried in the lower compartment for obvious reasons

when opened up the the tailboard/work surface would extend behind the door of the boot which becomes another shelf to keep stuff off the ground



just another way of skinnin a cat...

btw, this Ford TT truck based chuck wagon, powered by 4 of Henry's gasoline drinking horses, was not uncommon for units beginning in the mid > late 1920's

sw

We have the same cooler location, drawer slides (full extension) were used to make access easier. Just a simple shallow box, which allows the cooler to sit & be held in place when travelling, then it slides out for access to food.

It's a lot easier to have a hatch lift up & provide shade when cooking than have it drop down in actual use. A bit more work & planning, but worth the effort when it's done. Just sayin'....

swoody126 wrote:(discussing going <35mph on US 380... )

That'll learn you for trying to drive against the wind

Though were they thinking you were trying to spot UFOs/Secret aircraft or something?

JaggedEdges wrote:

swoody126 wrote:(discussing going <35mph on US 380... )

That'll learn you for trying to drive against the wind

Though were they thinking you were trying to spot UFOs/Secret aircraft or something?

we were just west of Roswell, in Lincoln, when that pic was taken

sw

swoody126 wrote:the space you are proposing to keep the cooler would be called THE BOOT on a chuck wagon as seen behind the deputy's legs (discussing going <35mph on US 380... )

I go less than 35mph on US 380 all the time (on a bicycle). Did you actually get a ticket?

no coupon this tyme we bribed the deputy w/ a fresh cuppa cowboy coffee

actually it was all staged @ OLD LINCOLN DAYS where we were doing old west/cowboy/trail drive cooking presentations

sw

swoody126 wrote:seems pretty simple to this ole chuck wagon cook

the space you are proposing to keep the cooler would be called THE BOOT on a chuck wagon as seen behind the deputy's legs (discussing going <35mph on US 380... )



heavier items were carried in the lower compartment for obvious reasons

when opened up the the tailboard/work surface would extend behind the door of the boot which becomes another shelf to keep stuff off the ground



just another way of skinnin a cat...

btw, this Ford TT truck based chuck wagon, powered by 4 of Henry's gasoline drinking horses, was not uncommon for units beginning in the mid > late 1920's

sw

That is a cool looking rig you got there.

steve cowan wrote:

swoody126 wrote:seems pretty simple to this ole chuck wagon cook

the space you are proposing to keep the cooler would be called THE BOOT on a chuck wagon as seen behind the deputy's legs (discussing going <35mph on US 380... )



heavier items were carried in the lower compartment for obvious reasons

when opened up the the tailboard/work surface would extend behind the door of the boot which becomes another shelf to keep stuff off the ground



just another way of skinnin a cat...

btw, this Ford TT truck based chuck wagon, powered by 4 of Henry's gasoline drinking horses, was not uncommon for units beginning in the mid > late 1920's

sw

That is a cool looking rig you got there.

THANKS, just thought i'd stir the pot since the OP has a BOOT already in place

sw