My Tuff Stuff Fridge slide out setup in R1T bed

[Leonbmx]

I bought a Dometic CFX35 fridge and I wanted to mount it under the cover with some sort of slide.

the Dometic slide is too tall, but I noticed @EVLander using a Tuff Stuff Overland slide, so I ordered one of those.
Tuff stuff slide

It fits perfectly between the ridges on the bed, so that keeps it low enough for the fridge to fit under the cover.

I also ordered an EcoFlow Delta 2 portable battery to power the fridge via 12v, when I’m at camp.

I wanted the battery to “ride along” on the slide, so I built a little platform with some 1” casters to support the platform.

I had some leftover bits of L-Track (or S-Track, depending on the vendor), so I use that with some Frontrunner Stratchits to hold the Delta 2 in place.

Basically I used a bunch of leftover stuff to make a slide mount, used countersunk fasteners as much as I could, to keep things low profile.

The one condition I had was not to modify the truck by drilling holes in it, or any other modification that couldn’t be undone.

I’m pretty pleased with the result!

And if I want to take it out, I only have to undo 2 nuts at the cab wall Builtright Molle panel and it all comes out.

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[EVLander]

Good stuff! Way to go on thinking outside the box for mounting options!

 

[Sattman69]

Well done! I love that Fridge. And I have a Jackery power generator with solar panels. It’s in my 4Runner now, but going to the R1T once delivered. Great setup!

 

[aw113sgte]

Only place I've seen those shovel covers used is wildland firefighting

 

[Joints4Sale]

Thanks. Currently on sale. Saved $46

 

[Leonbmx]

Really well done! Can you give a bit more detail into how you attached the Mount to the Builtright panels? And modifications done to the slide itself?

I used some of these:
https://builtrightind.com/products/molle-nuts-threaded-molle-pals-fastener

No modifications done to the slide, other than countersink the holes in the attach flanges, so I could flush mount the fasteners. This way there are no fastener heads that potentially could indent the bed with a fridge on there and going over bumpy stuff.

One detail to note is that, in order for all of this to work, the fasteners between the slides and the straps that connect the slides to the molle panel need to be low profile, as to not interfere with the slide movement.

I looked into double countersunk fasteners on McMaster-Carr, but they got spendy real fast.

I had some leftover 1/4” thick steel pieces from a Jeep project and they already had countersunk holes on them, so I put countersunk holes in the bottom of the sliders and the countersunk fastener comes in from the bottom up, and then the nylok nut is installed upside down, so it nests better in the countersink on the steel strap, making it nice and low profile.

 

[Olsonsolar]

I bought a Dometic CFX35 fridge and I wanted to mount it under the cover with some sort of slide.

the Dometic slide is too tall, but I noticed @EVLander using a Tuff Stuff Overland slide, so I ordered one of those.
Tuff stuff slide

It fits perfectly between the ridges on the bed, so that keeps it low enough for the fridge to fit under the cover.

I also ordered an EcoFlow Delta 2 portable battery to power the fridge via 12v, when I’m at camp.

I wanted the battery to “ride along” on the slide, so I built a little platform with some 1” casters to support the platform.

I had some leftover bits of L-Track (or S-Track, depending on the vendor), so I use that with some Frontrunner Stratchits to hold the Delta 2 in place.

Basically I used a bunch of leftover stuff to make a slide mount, used countersunk fasteners as much as I could, to keep things low profile.

The one condition I had was not to modify the truck by drilling holes in it, or any other modification that couldn’t be undone.

I’m pretty pleased with the result!

And if I want to take it out, I only have to undo 2 nuts at the cab wall Builtright Molle panel and it all comes out.

Now if Rivian would just put a 12v outlet in the bed.

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