In addition to being heavy duty capable and highly durable, the drawer slides offer versatility and practicality for everyday use. If you want to disconnect and remove your unit, simply slide out the drawer to its full extension and raise the nose to a 45-degree angle. This will allow you to lift and remove it from the slides. Note: the 227 series is not disconnectible due to its rigorous reinforcement to allow for extra weight bearing. Size ranges When choosing the right drawer slide, you should take three main factors into consideration: Vehicle cargo space There must be no rubbing of the fixing against the moving slides. This will cause failure of the slide. Heavy duty drawer slides allow you to make the most of your vehicle’s space. This often means that compact spaces in your caravan, ute canopy or four-wheel-drive will incorporate slides that will hold a fridge, stove, barbeque or some other accessory. Due to the nature of camping and four-wheel-driving, and the weight that is required for the slides to hold, it’s important that your slides are heavy duty and durable to be able to cope with the weight. How much should a drawer slide hold?

Dunn and Watson’s slide drawers come in a number of lengths and sizes to suit all sorts of applications. The heavy duty size ranges from 356mm to 2,007mm; the medium duty ranges from 356mm to 1,016mm; and the light duty ranges from 250mm to 700mm. Each size offers full extension for complete ease of use and accessibility as well as zinc plated coatings. The 45mm option also comes in stainless steel on request specifically for marine or related applications. Choosing the right drawer slide for you This means the base mount drawer slide is perfect for use in environments with a lot of sand and/or dust. In the rare event that mud or sand does build up along the slides, impacting the accessibility to the drawer, you can simply hose them out with water and have them working as efficiently as new. The Dunn and Watson base mount drawer slide is the ideal custom solution for all manner of outdoor applications. Also known as soft rollers, these drawer slides run off a completely sealed bearing that ensures no clogging with debris or outside material. Our heavy duty drawer slides have the ability to provide slide our condiment trays and even the strength to hold power generators which are an important tool in the mobile catering industry as in many locations traders will have to provide their own power. One customer has hooked up our slides to a generator on a pull out shelf. A common use for our heavy duty drawer slides within the trade industry is through installing our long slides to make tool stowage. Installing these drawers allows tools to be concealed away in the van and also allows more organisation for a qualified professional to get their jobs done more efficiently. Take a look at this image below of one of customers (Mark Harris) who sent us proof that slides are fit for his job!

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Please note that drawer slides support approximately 30% less weight capacity than indicated by their nominated rating when at full open extension. Please consult the weight load chart for further details. Installation There are certainly benefits to using undermount drawer slides in your vehicle fit out. In general, there is less dust and dirt accumulation with undermount slides and spills are often easier to clean up. It’s important to consider the weight bearing capacity of any undermount drawer slides you’re considering to ensure they are compatible with what you need it to do. Are heavy duty drawer slides hard to install?

While just about no utes, four-wheel-drive or other vehicles are equipped for drawers and slides that exceed 450mm in length, different vehicles offer different sized cargo spaces. It’s important that you have a look and measure of your vehicle so you know the sized drawer and unit that will fit best. Extension preferenceFrom slide out solar panels to fridges, toolboxes and barbeques, there’s a ton of amazing applications for the 100-kilogram capable base mount drawer slide. Slide features This top quality product has been tested in the Australian environment. Please note a few things to consider during installation. The inner rails DO NOT separate from the outer casing for installation – must be marked through screw holes for affixing