[Benjamin]

New Drawers!

Back to the back of the truck. This was a super simple project, the hardest part was uncovering my table saw so I could use it.

The drawers are just 5-sided boxes made from 1/2 plywood and 2x12 ripped down from 11.25" to 10.25"

No tracks, no slides, just plywood sliding on steel.

Each drawer is 6 feet long with a divider at the midpoint, and about 21.25" wide inside of each drawer.

The length of the platform, length of the drawers, and dimension from the end of the platform to the edge of the tail gate when it is down allow me to pull the drawers a few inches shy of clearing the platform and the midpoint still not being beyond the edge of the tailgate. If I have more weight in the far compartment than in the near compartment then the drawer should balance nicely. In the last photo I have the drawer pulled pretty much all the way out and it balances fine.