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Time for another update… The parts are back from powder coating and everything is textured black. Here’s what it looks like bolted into the back of the Sprinter.

And when it’s extended…

The L-Track slots take any of those kinds of attachments, but I’m most interested in using the tie down points like this.

I also inserted nutcerts into all of the perimeter holes, and might do more later, but those allow us to bolt things to the tray. The idea is that if there is something that needs to be mounted to the tray securely we can make brackets or something and bolt them down.

Since I have almost 40″ of height and there are a lot of things that don’t need anywhere near that kind of space, I am really interested in designing a bolt on second level or something. First I need to decide what is going to go on it, but for example I have a little travel grill. That could easily be elevated, and that’s what the nutserts will allow.

Anyway, that’s probably the final update unless anyone has questions or suggestions. We could make this tray system available as a DIY kit, but not sure if anyone else would really want it, so for now this project will just kind of be parked.

John P.
Texas Metal Works
Founder