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heyfish said:
So I finally mostly finished my quarantine project for a kitchen in the back of my F150. We added a shell last year so I thought I would give a slide out kitchen a go. It's still a work in progress since we haven't been able to get out camping but hopefully we can do that soon. I've been scrolling through every post on kitchens for a year trying to figure out a layout. Hopefully it works once we take it out.
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How has the kitchen been working out for you? Looking to do something similar in my truck.
 
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How has the kitchen been working out for you? Looking to do something similar in my truck.
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Overall it's working pretty well. There are some minor tweaks I would make but otherwise I'm happy with it. The one major downside is that it's definitely not easily removable. It's in there until I decide to do something completely different. It limits the "truck" use of the truck but I can make it work most of the time.

Here are some more details on the build if you're interested.

I have a 15 gallon water tank up against the cab as well as a 100ah lifepo battery along with the renology DC-DC charger. Having running water is really nice. I didn't think about putting in a water level sensor at the time so I would change that if I did it again. I have a water pump that hooks up to a hose with quick connects and runs out near the kitchen. I have a garden hose sprayer on the end for rinsing off after the beach and then I can disconnect that and hook it to the kitchen sink pretty easily. The kitchen faucet only has one input so you get cold water but you could hook up a joolca or similar water heater if you really wanted hot water coming out.
I used 5' long slides in a 6.5' bed so that left room for the rectangular water tank up front. The construction was plywood since that's what I had available. I'm sure you could get lighter with 80/20 but that was out of my price range.
I used self adhesive vinyl tiles for the "countertop" area around the sink and under the stove slide out. They look cool but the adhesive gets soft in the sun so I definitely wouldn't do that again.
I don't have a great place to keep the propane tank. I have a 1 gallon tank that I just pull out and hook up when needed. It would be cooler to have the propane and water hooked up all the time. Maybe on the next build.
I keep all of our camp dishes and pots/pans in the back part of the kitchen so it's one less thing to load up for the trip.
The fridge is great. Definitely a luxury. The slide for the fridge was originally going to be for a large yeti cooler so you could go either way. I have panels that I can put in if I take the fridge out to make a completely flat bed area.
I put the felt trunk liner type material on top of everything. It's cheap and easy to work with but not that durable. It's holding up ok but I would do something like a indoor/outdoor carpet if I did it again.

Let me know if you have other questions. The forum was a great resource for me so I'm happy to help.
 
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heyfish said:
Overall it's working pretty well. There are some minor tweaks I would make but otherwise I'm happy with it. The one major downside is that it's definitely not easily removable. It's in there until I decide to do something completely different. It limits the "truck" use of the truck but I can make it work most of the time.

Here are some more details on the build if you're interested.

I have a 15 gallon water tank up against the cab as well as a 100ah lifepo battery along with the renology DC-DC charger. Having running water is really nice. I didn't think about putting in a water level sensor at the time so I would change that if I did it again. I have a water pump that hooks up to a hose with quick connects and runs out near the kitchen. I have a garden hose sprayer on the end for rinsing off after the beach and then I can disconnect that and hook it to the kitchen sink pretty easily. The kitchen faucet only has one input so you get cold water but you could hook up a joolca or similar water heater if you really wanted hot water coming out.
I used 5' long slides in a 6.5' bed so that left room for the rectangular water tank up front. The construction was plywood since that's what I had available. I'm sure you could get lighter with 80/20 but that was out of my price range.
I used self adhesive vinyl tiles for the "countertop" area around the sink and under the stove slide out. They look cool but the adhesive gets soft in the sun so I definitely wouldn't do that again.
I don't have a great place to keep the propane tank. I have a 1 gallon tank that I just pull out and hook up when needed. It would be cooler to have the propane and water hooked up all the time. Maybe on the next build.
I keep all of our camp dishes and pots/pans in the back part of the kitchen so it's one less thing to load up for the trip.
The fridge is great. Definitely a luxury. The slide for the fridge was originally going to be for a large yeti cooler so you could go either way. I have panels that I can put in if I take the fridge out to make a completely flat bed area.
I put the felt trunk liner type material on top of everything. It's cheap and easy to work with but not that durable. It's holding up ok but I would do something like a indoor/outdoor carpet if I did it again.

Let me know if you have other questions. The forum was a great resource for me so I'm happy to help.
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Thanks for the input. Gives me some ideas. It's going to be a while before I get around to that part of the build but if I have any questions I'll be in touch.
 
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Nice. What spigot is that and how did you secure it to the end cap? Thx
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Just choose a random spigot. Used the PEX adapter as the jam nut. Had to cut the end off of it. The red caps are from Amazon. Drilled a 3/4 hole in the center of the cap and treaded everything together.
 
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Here is my Yoke Outdoors chuck box, in use. The stove is a Coleman 425E I picked up off ebay, cheap. It was labeled as "not working, needs parts". Being pretty familiar with these, from my youth, and other stoves of the era, I figured, for the price he was selling, the part I may need, if any, would not break the bank, and STILL be a steal. My real concern was the gas tank, as a new one would be more than what I paid for the stove.
But, got the stove, pulled apart the pump-replaced the pump cup in there (which was a later version, the stuff similar to wetsuit material) with a leather pump cup, put it together-and it fired up!!
I LOVE this stove. For me, its nostalgic, and brings me back to camping as a kid. The stove looked barely used-the gas tank was almost pristine. I think this was used for a season, then put away and forgotten.
I love using the chuck box. ALL kitchen gear goes in there, its the size of a tote, and fits perfect in the back of the truck. Quick setup and takedown.

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My buddy and I designed a custom drawer system for the back of my 4Runner. It turned out pretty cool, all Baltic birch with some heavy duty drawer slides.
 

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My buddy and I designed a custom drawer system for the back of my 4Runner. It turned out pretty cool, all Baltic birch with some heavy duty drawer slides.
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love it!
looks very well built and definitely loving the drawer in a drawer...excellent use of space
 
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love it!
looks very well built and definitely loving the drawer in a drawer...excellent use of space
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Thanks so much! It's been really useful, I've been enjoying using it the last few trips. Really nice to have all of my stuff in one place.
 
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oldsoldier181 said:
Here is my Yoke Outdoors chuck box, in use. The stove is a Coleman 425E I picked up off ebay, cheap. It was labeled as "not working, needs parts". Being pretty familiar with these, from my youth, and other stoves of the era, I figured, for the price he was selling, the part I may need, if any, would not break the bank, and STILL be a steal. My real concern was the gas tank, as a new one would be more than what I paid for the stove.
But, got the stove, pulled apart the pump-replaced the pump cup in there (which was a later version, the stuff similar to wetsuit material) with a leather pump cup, put it together-and it fired up!!
I LOVE this stove. For me, its nostalgic, and brings me back to camping as a kid. The stove looked barely used-the gas tank was almost pristine. I think this was used for a season, then put away and forgotten.
I love using the chuck box. ALL kitchen gear goes in there, its the size of a tote, and fits perfect in the back of the truck. Quick setup and takedown.

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Love the vintage Coleman, bigtime nostalgia for sure. I still have/use the one from my childhood. Sometimes, I'm tempted to replace with a modern one, but nostalgia keeps me from doing that...
 
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