On March 10, 2019 at 13:15, Ranger Home said...
After having drawers, doors, boxes than can slide out and open, i have ZERO desire to something like this.
Agree with 3p, looks like WAY to much wasted space.
I disagree, I have both TSTAK and Tough System in my van. The TSTAK is sat on custom built (to size) aluminium rack shelving that runs the length of the van. In order to get the TSTAK boxes out I have to leave enough space to lift the box up and over the 25mm lip that stops them bouncing off the shelf. This translates to about 75mm of space required above the box to the next shelf above.
The tough systems swing arms are mounted to a custom frame on the the other side of the van between the rear and side doors. The frame is pre-drilled with multiple locating holes, the same as off-the-shelf the deWalt unit, so that it allows the arms to be re-positioned at various heights so as to fit the intended Tough System box. Since the box slides in and locks, the boxes can be arranged with almost zero clearance vertically between them. You probably need around 60mm between them horizontally - just enough room to lift the side handle to unlock the box from the arm, and then slide the box out forwards.
The real plus point though is that if you need to re-purpose the van at the weekend (i.e. so you can get the dirtbike in) you just slide out the boxes and then fold the arms on the frame flat.
Unfortunately I invested heavily in TSTAK boxes first (TBF the folding van mounting arms weren't available at that time), but given the choice now I would go with with the Tough System.
The Tough system boxes are also more rugged which also means they are inherently heavier, but if you have the cart to wheel them around with its just not a problem.
