Fridge slide sorted

[mettisse]

I've had a fridge slide for a few years now but never been totally happy with how it fitted in the back of the 'bruiser. Finally, I've had time to sort it how I think it was meant to be. It's an Engel 40 ltr, sitting on a sprung base, in a Waeco slide. Well, the mounting of the slide is now courtesy of two lengths of 2" x 1" steel tube using the stock seat brackets, all no big deal, but now the sprung base is mounted so that the base is secured onto the slide without using straps ( onto the fridge) enabling the fridge to to rock and roll on the sprung base like it's supposed to. I'm happy. Best regards to all, Billy Westley

 

[StarCruiser]

I'm intrigued Bill as to why there is a perceived need for the whole mass of the fridge to be sprung and waggling around. Just out of curiosity.

 

[mettisse]

Good question! I had the same thought, but in reality it don't move that much, about a quarter of an inch up and down when empty or loaded, like a shock absorber really.
I bought my first Engel in '97, it was secondhand, came with the suspension and the outer cover, cost£500 back then and secondhand! It ran for years and years then it packed up, bought a new one for not much more, kept the protector and the suspender, now fitted properly, it's not something I'd go and buy, but I had it already.Bill Westley

 

[mettisse]

Road test, filled to the top with beer bottles ( full of course, recently liberated from France on a day trip) and I'm well pleased with the result, not waggling about or swaying, also drove along an unmade near us, ( not quite Greenlaning) all good, well pleased