Outer Limits 4x4 Board

can we get some info up on storage ideas for all your camping gear and so on?

Ive bought a ht zook and just want to see what other ppl are doing to store all their stuff for weekend or longer trips away.
(drawers, nally bins, etc..)

can we get some pics of the back of your rig next time its set up?

spacecases, stacked to the roof...

you learn to pack lightly

Gonzo wrote:spacecases, stacked to the roof...

you learn to pack lightly

Have to agree with you there, plus also make sure there are a few larger cars in the group, give your stuff to them, they will feel sorry for you when your face is stuck to the windscreen like one of those toys with the suction pads on thier hands.

Get a Milford cargo barrier, it will allow you to stack $hit up to the roof.
LM.

Put in a few eskys and jerry cans and when i take the back seat out i have bolts with nuts welded sideways on top of them that screw back in where the rear seat was to use as tie off points.

I had a Moke for 20 odd years before the zook. Zook feels like a luxo barge with huge space compared to that.. We used mainly hiking gear, light and small, and only packed stuff that had more than one use.
On extended trips we shared around the carrying of the less used spare parts.
Things like a few small bottles of water, instead of one big container helped with jig saw type packing, and was also good if youy busted a bottle, didnt lose the lot.
In the zook I always have left over room, till I bobbed it and put the tank in the tub.
PS, if room is tight, never take a woman, unless you have 2 trailers and a roof rack
christover

Stick all the heavy stuff under the floor where it can do no harm, swags etc on top.

Half sized cargo barrier wouldn't hurt though

deck chairs fit nicely on the top of bullbars. i used to have a big 200mm pvc pipe on the roof of my feroza that i used to put the tent, airbed, chair ect in. water storage is easy, make up a belly tank under the floor with a bilge pump to pump it to a tap on the bumper or bullbar. as for spare parts i had a small toolbox bolted in place where the jack is suposed to go to put nuts'n bolts and tools in. never go to hot . took it out to put in a 2nd battery.

My Vits got a false floor similar to Roadrunners rig.Use a couple of nally bins underneath and you can easily replace em although they are a lot tuffer than clear bins anyway.
RegardsCharlie

if you consider that they are really only meant for 2 people then I think the load space is comparable to bigger vehicles that are designed for carrying 5. The thing with a zuke is its essential to pack light. Ive found when going high country full with a weekends supply of fuel, food and equipment the zook struggles up rock steps etc. also the front unweights more easily due to all the weight in the back

I built a set of draws for mine, work great. Spare tyre attaches to the top, and there is plent of space to pack other stuff around the sides or infront of them. Never realy have had trouble fitting stuff in.
Layto....

got any pics layto?

what materials made of.

cheers

All the stuff I used to pack in My Zuk for two people to go camping I now pack into the GQ and it takes up a similar amount of space.

The biggest trick is making use of all available space. Don't buy stuff that doesn't fold or roll up or is weird shapes. Pack everything small and fiddly into stackable boxes. Don't take any unneccesary gadgets or bits and pieces.

I have never had to slum it camping, always been comfortable with everything I wanted to bring available.

Will try to get pics. My missus has just left, so things are a everywhere and i havent got much interest in the zook at the moment. Sorry Nic bout the time it taking for the BL, i just have had so much crazy stuff that it has been the last of my worrys. If i can get a digi camera i will post. As for materials, just used marine ply. If i can get a digi camera today i will try to get pics.
Layto....

I have been camping for many years now and the best bit of advice I can give is muti task as much as posible, ie, taking a saucepan and a kettle is a waste of space when a billy (or similar) will do both jobs, use the lid of your camp oven to wash up and save taking a basin, buy plates that fit inside the camp oven and cups that fit in the billy and so on.
pack everything in boxes wth lids or waterproof bags if you don't wan't it to get wet, and most importantly "tie everything down", firstly if stops your gear from getting damaged, secondly it stops your gear floating down the river in a deep river crossing and thirdly it stops your head from being caved in and your brains splatered all over the cab if you have a mishap
Peter.

lay80n wrote:Will try to get pics. My missus has just left, so things are a everywhere and i havent got much interest in the zook at the moment. Sorry Nic bout the time it taking for the BL, i just have had so much crazy stuff that it has been the last of my worrys. If i can get a digi camera i will post. As for materials, just used marine ply. If i can get a digi camera today i will try to get pics.
Layto....

Ahh bugga. No worries.

I have made up a box setup with two lids that all recovery and tools go underneath and flat floor on top that the eskys go and get tied sortoff.

thanks

Nic

Just put storage in mine on the weekend, just have to line the drawers with carpet and they are done. Its so much better coz it takes the wheel arches out of play. I tried to attach pics but i couldnt, must be doing something wrong.(dont laugh i'm new)
If you want to see pics, send me an email and i will send them to you.

chop29@optusnet.com.au

Chop

Simply put--pack like a bushwalker! Consider size with everything. I do and can fit recovery gear, big toolbox, compressor, chainsaw and associated gear and my camping stuff as well as a heap of photographic equipment. Consider a rear bulkhead also--behind the front seats. It will allow you to store heaps of small spares and stuff and they will not stray and will be readily accessible.

mmmm.

chainsaw.

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i was thinking of getting a roof basket for my tent, poles, tarps etc, but after a trial pack, i have a lot more room than i thought.
a ghetto cargo barrier is on the cards tho. i might just get some mesh and 1" box tube. anyone else made their own cargo barrier? is this the easiest way?
i wish i had a rollbar to mount it off.. anyone in bris who can bend me up a rollbar for cheap?

munga wrote:i was thinking of getting a roof basket for my tent, poles, tarps etc, but after a trial pack, i have a lot more room than i thought.
a ghetto cargo barrier is on the cards tho. i might just get some mesh and 1" box tube. anyone else made their own cargo barrier? is this the easiest way?
i wish i had a rollbar to mount it off.. anyone in bris who can bend me up a rollbar for cheap?

I made both my cargo barrier and roof rack.

Made the cargo barrier in two pieces so I can still have a 3rd seat by removing half if I want take the kids out with me. You don't need a roll bar to attach it too either just make a bracket like mine and the bottom mounts back to where the seats bolt too.

CHOPS1 wrote:Just put storage in mine on the weekend, just have to line the drawers with carpet and they are done. Its so much better coz it takes the wheel arches out of play. I tried to attach pics but i couldnt, must be doing something wrong.(dont laugh i'm new)

Chop

here you go chop

The plastic boxes are great because you can pull them all out easy when you need to carry something bigger in the back. The other cool thing I've seen in to use cargo nets on either the roof section, or the sides to hold light stuff and keep it more out of the way on the sides and that. Things like towels, sleeping bags or roll up mattresses work well stuffed in there, and with a stretchy bungy cord type net, you can really fill it up. Now mounting it, that's up to you...

Use bungy cords on the cargo barrier if you have one to hold bits and pieces up too.

By doing this, it's not all stacked up from the bottom. You can get to more stuff easier.

munga wrote:

CHOPS1 wrote:Just put storage in mine on the weekend, just have to line the drawers with carpet and they are done. Its so much better coz it takes the wheel arches out of play. I tried to attach pics but i couldnt, must be doing something wrong.(dont laugh i'm new)

Chop

here you go chop

I'm putting anchor points down for esky and gas bottle
so that i can use tie dows to strap them down. And i may
put plastic hooks around the outside for elastic net to stop any of the
other stuff.

Chop

How have ya secured the lid and drawers to the zook in case of rollover or tip overs.

i bolted my floor down with the old seat belt bolts.

thanks

nicbeer wrote:How have ya secured the lid and drawers to the zook in case of rollover or tip overs.

i bolted my floor down with the old seat belt bolts.

thanks

Ive bolted it down also, the top(or lid) is screwed to the uprights and backing plate. the carpet on top is velcro'd down so that i can access the screws on top to pull it apart if i want to. The drawers wont go anywhere
coz they are snug fit(no rattles or noise). It helps being a carpenter.

Chop