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Fitting a K9 TL1 Drawer Unit & Sliding Boot Floor
Having recently purchased a used K9 TL1 drawer unit for the D3, I thought I would combine it with a sliding boot floor (I don't use the rear seats and have removed them for storage space). Here is the item and how they are usually mounted - http://www.transk9.com/index.php/storagesingle/TL1/ And thanks to K9 Rob- here:
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Thoughts - firstly the drawer unit is a quality item - well made and robust . The company are also supremely helpful - mine did not come with keys but they have a record of the numbers (for the first owner) so replacements can be ordered. Furthermore - the email response is impressive Sharon seems to monitor it at all hours!
For this installation the hook attachments for the drawer (to the rear load eyes) won't work as the unit is wider than the track for them on the sliding floor so I will just bolt it straight down. To reach the handle for the sliding boot floor I will add a webbing strap - its spring loaded so will work ok. Finally the access to the spare wheel winch is always a problem. I have a socket glued to the but head in the floor, and a hole cut in the sliding floor to put in a socket extension and a ratchet - but this wont work in future. However, the floor half lifts out ok onto the tailgate and then the winch can be accessed from inside the car - saves unloading drawers etc. I might consider the small electric winch mod that has been done elsewhere on the forum.
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As the drawer unit is sitting a little higher its quite a tight fit against the full-size dog guard so I may swap to the Travall one that is only half height.
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15th Feb 2015 9:56 am
Robbie
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I'm not sure how you would do it with an OEM sliding floor but I have seen a similar combination to yours with a homemade floor built deliberately to overcome the spare wheel access.
This built-in the option of unlocking the floor so it could be pushed further into the vehicle over the the lowered middle row. This solved the spare wheel issue and gave him more access to the space available underneath with the third row removed.
The 'fully floating floor' looked so neat I am surprised that K9 have not designed a bespoke option to fit below their drawer unit so that it can slide in both directions. Clearly this ultimate option attracts a 'Robbie's Patent Design'. Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
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There are numerous ways, unfortunately it was never the best design from Landrover!
Todays thinking is that I might well drill a 3/4" whole in the top of the K9 unit and the base - then at least you just pull the drawer forward and use a long extension on the 1/2" ratchet all the way through. That way its only a case of unloading the top of the shelf.
15th Feb 2015 10:31 am
DiscoJake
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I like it a lot
Doesn't it put a lot of extra load on the sliding floor fixings though as you are extending the fulcrum?
15th Feb 2015 10:34 am
JDB
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I did think about that, but the installation instructions for the floor has a load of 100kg rating when fully extended and 150kg when partially. The K9 unit is not that heavy so I suspect I won't be over stressing anything in normal use.
15th Feb 2015 10:42 am
DiscoJake
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Simple maths. If you are doubling the length of the arm then halve the weight so should take 50kg with the draw fully extended (don't sit on it!)
Or maybe I need to go back to school
I had this setup on my draws and with the sliding floor, but when I checked it after a few weeks the sliding floor was bending with the weight on it. I decided it was not strong enough so removed my floor and sold it.
I got round the spare wheel access by fitting a electric motor from a seat back to winch my wheel up and down, it work's great and with all my gear in the back of mine it weighs a lot...
You also have to watch when the draws are fully open that they don't tip out from the sliding floor. I have now fastened my draws to the car so they can't tip up.
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15th Feb 2015 12:40 pm
JDB
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I rarely have over the 150kg max rating in mine, so should be ok. If I need to carry anything heavy it is essy enough to take the floor out.
Robbie of course you wouldn't expect anything else would you?..
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15th Feb 2015 1:34 pm
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15th Feb 2015 1:53 pm
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Flack wrote:
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Robbie of course you wouldn't expect anything else would you?..
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