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Posted by: Carls_jeep
« on: December 09, 2013, 02:46:42 PM »

Years ago when we did a lot of tent trailer camping I found an Army Officers Mess Kit. It has all the knives, forks, spoons, plates, saucers, cups, coffee pot, sugar pot, etc serving for four. That and a Coleman stove, a dish wash pan and a skillet was all we needed for cooking.
Posted by: ZekeD
« on: October 15, 2013, 11:31:17 AM »

Thanks,  I read the cook box thread and saw how they travel.   Great concept, super execution.   I may steal your idea when I get "Rex" on the road.

Thanks,
Zeke
Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 14, 2013, 05:15:21 PM »

It is made to be on the fender so the bed area is available for more gear. It goes on a table at the camp.
Posted by: ZekeD
« on: October 14, 2013, 04:40:00 PM »

Does the cabinet ride on the rear fender? Or do you put it there after you get to the campsite?


ZekeD
Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 03, 2013, 09:20:26 PM »

Holey Moley. I am a flatlander here in Florida, we only have overpasses and golf course bunkers for anything high. I am about 24' above seal level
Posted by: duffer
« on: October 03, 2013, 02:16:57 PM »

My kitchen:

As far as pack stoves go, the MSR Dragonfly has been the best of the half dozen I've used over the last 50 years.� It too will burn just about anything from Coleman fuel, JP4, gasoline, kerosene to diesel.� Never tried ethyl alcohol though.� It does have a few o-rings.
Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 03, 2013, 01:37:07 PM »

It's an Optimus 111 stove which came from here but he sold out fast

http://store.oldgrouch.biz/reop111hist.html

They are all neat stoves. I got it because it could burn alcohol and meant only 1 fuel needed for both cookers. You have to buy a separate nipple to make it work. I have tried it with kerosene, alcohol and coleman fuel and it works best with colemans. 3 dogs would cause storage problems for sure in a jeep.
Posted by: duffer
« on: October 03, 2013, 09:31:55 AM »

Wow, do I see an Optimus 8R in there?  I still have one of those someplace.  It would be nice to have room available for something like that but with two packs that take up the bed and then a plywood deck and carpet for the three dogs, just no way to do it.  My kitchen and pantry is just the backpacking stuff.
Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 02, 2013, 07:40:09 PM »

No I understood what you were saying. I do dutch oven cooking and sometimes travel with my stuff to cook. A customer gave me a bottom of a rubber storage box he fished out of a canal and was going to pitch it. I took it and made a table that fits in it and is also a top for the box. I have all my gear in it so I can grab it my ovens and food and hit the road without forgetting anything. I like to tinker and I live where Thomas Edison had his winter home and laboratory so it must be in the water or something.
Posted by: F Bill
« on: October 02, 2013, 02:57:01 PM »

Didn't mean to sound like I preferred the Rubbermaid tub...Your setup has a lot going for it. For one, you don't have to take everything out to find the one small can opener that made its way tot he bottom of the tub.

I like that table too. I was carrying a table during the best of the outdoor cooking season, a tailgate isn't quite enough to hold two stoves and a cooler and your chopping board. I had a set of flea market metal tubing sawhorses and a piece of plywood I stole out of a dumpster. It doubled as a workbench when I was working on the truck.
   I know what you mean about carrying the whole house with ya. BTDT.
 :)
Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 02, 2013, 01:41:23 PM »

The pantry has other stuff. I wanted something to have a period look and plastic tubs didn't make the grade. 1 thing this does is increase the floor space inside jeep and allow for items to be stacked up. I believe it makes about 18 cu ft for gear inside back of jeep. Florida has a lot of nice little parks and we have quite a few 75-100 miles from me. The goal is to load up and camp nicely on a weekend but not bring the whole house. The more room you have the more you bring I have found out so carefully limiting space can make you a smart picker/packer.
Posted by: F Bill
« on: October 01, 2013, 09:34:28 PM »

Looking pretty good there.. We cook out often after work, and I have a large Rubbermaid tub that carries all my supplies, most of which are also packed in ziplock baggies. What I have found carrying stuff in the truck, is that if stuff can fall or slide to the bottom of whatever I am carrying it in, it will. I have to keep the largest stuff and the heaviest stuff in the bottom of my box.

Do you keep foil somewhere? seems we can't cook without using a bunch of foil.

Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 01, 2013, 08:50:04 PM »

Here is paint job, original plans were to paint my jeep Pickett Gray so this is what I did for box. I painted the doors white inside for some visibility and keep moisture away MDF is fine but water can cause trouble eventually



Red wheels so you need red knobs right? Notice the flat wood along upper doors this seals the gaps when it's closed and it is the pine trim used to put around screening on windows



Here it is loaded and pretty much have not changed anything. I have a little cookset from Bass Pro that works well with copper bottoms on the pots and pans and the white objects are Swedish with bowl, plate and cups along with the plastic shoebox for utensils and a couple more Swedish cups



It's deceptive how much room it has and you could have anything up to 9 1/4" width inside



I decided to just use rope handles as any type of permanent wood will just add to width and I didn't want that. I can be handled by 1 person and 2 people are a snap.

Pantry later.
Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 01, 2013, 08:34:28 PM »

Here is the start, I wanted to have it so I could use it still on the wheel housing. I built the lower part and then a bottom just clear of the rail. I forgot about the footman loops so on mine it won't work anyway and I also forgot about the spare tire blocking it on passenger side so I would suggest forget about trying to use it that way.


Here is upper shelf and material is minimal



Here is lower partition and I have a Swedish mess kit with alcohol burner and an Optimus 111 stove for my cooking, on left is supplies for stoves



Here it is on housing, it looks really tall but it is not



Front view with footman loops. It barely clears then with door built



What kind of doors was a careful consideration and I decided I wanted a little shelf but didn't want a full drop down do I split the front like this



Some brass chain for bottom and full piano hinges for doors



metallic catches for the top doors and they hold fine



more later
Posted by: SteveW
« on: October 01, 2013, 08:21:23 PM »

Here is a little rundown on what i chose to use. The panels are 1/4" MDF and all the interior wood is 1x1 that I cut. I didn't worry about full pieces in some places as other supports did the job. I also just used scrap lumber to help with costs and everything was assembled using gorilla glue and brads. One thing not to do and I even made notes to myself and still did is have the top be over the sides so you don't have exposed seams. I messed up and have to be careful about water getting on it. If you look at the pics you will see that and it is a little deeper than needed. The correct dimensions that for me it should is 10 1/4" deep, 23 1/2" long and 22 1/4 high