BigBrokenZJ
Active member
Been looking into building a drawer and tray for the back of the truck. I’m obviously looking for that happy medium between strength/durability and weight.
It seems like most drawers are made of 3/4 ply, but I wonder about the long term durability. I’ve had work trucks with truck vaults and they always seemed to hold up great, but they weigh a ton.
My next option was a light gauge steel box tubing/and angle iron frame wrapped in sheet metal. This seems to come out in a similar weight and aside
From rust I feel has a very long term durability.
Then I stumbled onto overlandunderbudget’s Tacoma build and saw he used bonded aluminum or aluminum composite sheets for the skins on his camper.
Didn’t find anything with a search, so does anyone have experience working with this stuff? Would 6mm hold up to being the skins on a drawer system?
It seems like most drawers are made of 3/4 ply, but I wonder about the long term durability. I’ve had work trucks with truck vaults and they always seemed to hold up great, but they weigh a ton.
My next option was a light gauge steel box tubing/and angle iron frame wrapped in sheet metal. This seems to come out in a similar weight and aside
From rust I feel has a very long term durability.
Then I stumbled onto overlandunderbudget’s Tacoma build and saw he used bonded aluminum or aluminum composite sheets for the skins on his camper.
Didn’t find anything with a search, so does anyone have experience working with this stuff? Would 6mm hold up to being the skins on a drawer system?
