Sliding Trays In Bays

[Curt Sprenger]

Good advise, Don. Thanks. The 48" and 42" will work in the bay and a lot
less work on my part. Thanks again.

Curt Sprenger
1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
Anaheim Hills, Calif.



Don Bradner wrote:

> It would be a major remanufacturing job to modify depth. Getting one
> 48 and one 42 would be an option.
>
> I'm not unhappy - the narrow slide still fits Rubbermaid Roughnecks
> side-by-side, and I've got room alongside the narrow slide for my
> collapsible ladder, which wouldn't fit if there was full width.
>
> Another option would have been to stagger the two slides, both wider
> than the one narrow one, but both not full width. I debated and went
> the way I did.
>
> On 4/3/2007 at 6:04 PM Curt Sprenger wrote:
>
> >Don,
> >Thank you for sharing the pictures, descriptions, etc. This needs to be
> >uploaded to the site.
> >
> >I can cut and weld. Is it possible to shorten the length of one slide to
> >retain the max. width? Or will that cause other issues?
> >
> >Maybe tweetys.com will make us a group deal...
> >
> >Curt Sprenger
> >1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"
> >Anaheim Hills, Calif.
> >
> >
> >
> >Don Bradner wrote:
> >
> >> I installed a pair of Kwikee Super Slides a couple of weeks ago.
> >> Bought them from http://www.tweetys.com, which had the best price I could
> find.
> >>
> >> Super Slides are the rails only, with you supplying the platform
> >> (3/4-inch plywood). You have to cut the steel front and back pieces to
> >> fit the width.
> >>
> >> I chose to use 2 48-inch rail sets. That turned out to be longer than
> >> could be fitted in the space, even though measurements said it would
> >> work. The problem is that there is a latch on the right rail of each
> >> that extends another inch or so, and that latch turns out to be right
> >> where the right-hand strut on mine (non-gas side) comes down, forcing
> >> the rail to be set back in a couple of inches.
> >>
> >> My "solution" was to inset one tray on the other. The narrow one is
> >> full depth, and the wide one is full width but a couple of inches
> >> shorter, front to back.
> >>
> >> I had been planning to put up a pictorial, and your question got me to
> >> complete it, here:
> >> http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/superslide.cfm
> <http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/superslide.cfm>
> >> <http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/superslide.cfm
> <http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/superslide.cfm>>
> >>
> >> On 4/3/2007 at 5:04 PM truitt44@...
>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hank Hannigan,
> >> > I seem to remember you having sliding trays put in your bays. If so
> >> where
> >> >did you get them and were you satisfied. And anyone else that has done
> >> >this jump in and tell me about it.
> >> >Howard Truitt
> >> >Camilla, Ga.
> >> >86 PT40
> >>
> >> Don Bradner
> >> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> >> Eureka, CA
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
> Don Bradner
> 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder"
> Eureka, CA
>
>