Awesome!
When you started this project I was inspired to copy it, but never did put the top piece on --I used rollers on the bottom as I could find the full length rollers slide bars to attach to the side so mine has the rollers on the bottom but does not work great now. I used to be able to pull it out and push it back in but the rollers about shot and so am I,ha At 80 years of age my strength is just not there. I plan on doing a search for the side mount slides --I love my Avy (2003 WBH 1500) and carry a lot of tools and a floor jack ,tire tools and impact tool but I don't know why as I doubt I could change a tire now if I had to. Three back surgeries and a spinal simulator has slowed me down a lot- but I still dream,ha.Well after all this time I decided to put the slide on a diet it was just too heavy for me to remove by myself. So I cut the sides down to 6 inches and removed to tops altogether. Now it's way lighter.
Sometimes mods are good in your mind, but just not practical in real life.
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When you started this project I was inspired to copy it, but never did put the top piece on --I used rollers on the bottom as I could find the full length rollers slide bars to attach to the side so mine has the rollers on the bottom but does not work great now. I used to be able to pull it out and push it back in but the rollers about shot and so am I,ha At 80 years of age my strength is just not there. I plan on doing a search for the side mount slides --I love my Avy (2003 WBH 1500) and carry a lot of tools and a floor jack ,tire tools and impact tool but I don't know why as I doubt I could change a tire now if I had to. Three back surgeries and a spinal simulator has slowed me down a lot- but I still dream,ha.
JASKIN
Yea I weigh 156 lbs but I hauled and delivered freight for 34 years so I was in good shape then but things seem to go downhill in a hurry,haI'm a bit behind you age wise, but it was weighing over 300 pounds with the top on. I weigh about half of that and it was a struggle getting it out and in. I still have to put the white edging back on and make so new front doors on it.
The ride quality is better with a couple of hundred pounds in the back.take it out if you cannot handle weight of stuff you put on it s then you might gain 1-2 mpg just due to not hauling around all that extra weight.
Yes you are correct but my Grandson has solved the problem and has agreed to take the Avy. I offered to give it to him and he has accepted it. So one less worry.Yea I weigh 156 lbs but I hauled and delivered freight for 34 years so I was in good shape then but things seem to go downhill in a hurry,ha
Good for you keeping the avy going and in the family...and I was talking about weight in the back to you since you have a 1500 and gas is expensiveYes you are correct but my Grandson has solved the problem and has agreed to take the Avy. I offered to give it to him and he has accepted it. So one less worry.
JASKIN
$3.96 per gal here -- we are lots luckier than someGood for you keeping the avy going and in the family...and I was talking about weight in the back to you since you have a 1500 and gas is expensive