mmaattppoo
Adventurer
After ogling over several drawer and cargo slide systems I designed and built my own cargo slide for a 2010 JKU Sport.
The slides are 30" long, 400 lb capacity, and double locking. I sourced this hardware from Lee Valley, but I believe Accuride also sells this style of heavy duty double locking style slide.
The slides are mounted to 1/4" thick 2"x 2" aluminum angle through the floor using 1/4-20 3/4" stainless steel hex head bolts and 1" stainless fender washers (on the underside). A blob of black RTV sealant was placed on each of the fender washers to act as a weather seal with the fender washers acting to spread the 1/4" bolt point loading (i.e. to prevent the nut/bolt from pulling through the sheet metal of the floor.
The black cargo surface is 3/4" Baltic birch plywood cut to fit. The plywood was bedlined using Duplicolor Bed Armor, but any rough textured bedliner will work. This cargo surface was attached to the slides using a second set of aluminum angles and appropriate bolts and threaded wood anchors.
The sliding cutting board/food prep surface under the cargo slide also makes use of heavy duty cargo slides (24") but mounted in a horizontal configuration to achieve a low enough profile to fit under the cargo slide without catching on things. The white cutting board surface is 1/2" thick sanalite plastic cut to fit. Sanalite is a plastic similar to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHWMPE) but is food grade and commonly used in the restaurant industry for cutting boards and counter tops.
NOTE: 400 lb slides were used for the cutting board as these slides are rated at <25% of their rated capacity when mounted horizontally as compared to vertically.
The slides are 30" long, 400 lb capacity, and double locking. I sourced this hardware from Lee Valley, but I believe Accuride also sells this style of heavy duty double locking style slide.
The slides are mounted to 1/4" thick 2"x 2" aluminum angle through the floor using 1/4-20 3/4" stainless steel hex head bolts and 1" stainless fender washers (on the underside). A blob of black RTV sealant was placed on each of the fender washers to act as a weather seal with the fender washers acting to spread the 1/4" bolt point loading (i.e. to prevent the nut/bolt from pulling through the sheet metal of the floor.
The black cargo surface is 3/4" Baltic birch plywood cut to fit. The plywood was bedlined using Duplicolor Bed Armor, but any rough textured bedliner will work. This cargo surface was attached to the slides using a second set of aluminum angles and appropriate bolts and threaded wood anchors.
The sliding cutting board/food prep surface under the cargo slide also makes use of heavy duty cargo slides (24") but mounted in a horizontal configuration to achieve a low enough profile to fit under the cargo slide without catching on things. The white cutting board surface is 1/2" thick sanalite plastic cut to fit. Sanalite is a plastic similar to ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHWMPE) but is food grade and commonly used in the restaurant industry for cutting boards and counter tops.
NOTE: 400 lb slides were used for the cutting board as these slides are rated at <25% of their rated capacity when mounted horizontally as compared to vertically.
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