Preparations & Progress

Just gthought I'd show you lot how hard I've been working on keeping things nice and neat and tidy in the back. I found a post by a Mud Club member who is preparing for an overland in Africa. I have borrowed his ideas and am really please. It uses Really Useful Boxes and takes a grand total of 432 litres of boxed storage with space for loads of other stuff.

Anyway... here are the pics.

The base


t'Other End


Problem using MDF


Upholstering the Lid


Top Box


Internal Structure of Top Box


The End Result

WOW looks great frank thats what id like to do in the back of my truck

just havent got round to it yet and with the time i have left... well i'll try

oh were did you get the black carpet stuff from

Nice work Frank!!

You'd pay a fortune for "off the shelf" stuff like that!

I'm using the same boxes, just mine will be held in by.... other boxes.

Bloody helllol: how much kit are you taking, I thought we where tootling over to Germany for a jolly couple of days not doing the Paris Dakar. Is everyone taking loads of kit, I was thinking minimilist, certainly far less than I take greenlaning (apart from the Tent). Is there going to be long stretches where we can't get juice, do we need Jerry cans etc. Do I need to bring splicing kits, tyre repair kits strops shackles ropes etc, Can't fit nowt int 90 anyway.

Nicely done Frank!
I'd show you pictures of mine but it is just similiar boxes stacked on more similiar boxes!!!

Jack wrote:

oh were did you get the black carpet stuff from

Fab stuff... B&Q budget carpet tiles... held down by EvoStik Impact spray glue & carpet tacks

Noce and cheap.

Thanks for the comments guys... happy to share the drawings, though not making any promises about accuracy... had to solve a few problems along the way.

As for how much kit...?

Well... 10 days worth of clean clothes for 2, spares, recovery, fluids etc, cooking kit, camping kit. It soon adds up.
Skibum

Willy Eckerslike wrote:

Bloody helllol: how much kit are you taking, I thought we where tootling over to Germany for a jolly couple of days not doing the Paris Dakar. Is everyone taking loads of kit, I was thinking minimilist, certainly far less than I take greenlaning (apart from the Tent). Is there going to be long stretches where we can't get juice, do we need Jerry cans etc. Do I need to bring splicing kits, tyre repair kits strops shackles ropes etc, Can't fit nowt int 90 anyway.

Pete, I was going to have loads of room in my car for your spare kit, but Iain's reserved it for San Miguel. Very religious is our Iain, won't go anywhere without that venerable Spanish gent onboard.

How about I carry the beer, you carry the spares

Heres the start of my list



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i like it has PAGE 1 on it meaning there is possibly more...

Yewp the next page is the list of things I haven't done

Pete, if you want to suggest that to Iain be my guest