DIY STORAGE TABLE for Overlanding | Front Runner Wolf Pack Box Storage
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2022
- I built this DIY storage table (bar height) for my overlanding adventures. I needed to get a system that was better than bins from Home Depot. So, I made this out of 1x3’s and Front Runner Wolf Pack Boxes. This may look insane, but for me it is an EPIC storage solution! This will get your gear up, and off the ground. This is especially awesome if you have a Jeep and you sleep in it while car camping. Let me know if you have any questions in the comments. (Episode 25 - 12/11/22)
LEGS:
1”x3”x4’ = need 4 of them
SUPPORTS UNDER BOXES:
1”x3”x40” = need 2 of them (as shown), but go go up to 53” if desired.
PAINT
2 cans of black spray paint
2 cans of clear protectant spray paint
HARDWARE:
12 washers, suggest large
12 screws approx. 1 1/8” long (Just make sure that they fit tightly through the washers and that they are not so long that they go all the way through the supports under the boxes. Do not over tighten, you could crack bottom of box.)
CARRY CASE:
1 old sock, or two (One for each end 😂)
NOTE: Also doing this with just 2 of the Front Runner boxes would be a solid option as well. 😊
Amazing! No more buying system drawers….
Right on! So glad this helped! Since this video, I’ve actually reduced my combined boxes to two sets of two connected Wolf Pack boxes. I think that’s the sweet spot. They’re featured in several of my more recent videos! Thanks for commenting and for watching!! 👊🏼😀🙌🏼👏🏼😃
Relaxing music...this video goes on every night before bed. Im out before you start yakking away. Thanks. Thanks for your service.
Hahahah!!! Yesssss! Glad I could help! 🤣🙌🏻👊🏼👏🏻 I can picture it now: “And now, sleep noises with TrailNewbie. I know normally you’re accustomed to white noise like the sound of TV static or a fan, but tonight we have a special selection from TrailNewbie’s early sleep-easy collection. We call it, ‘Setting up DIY Storage Boxes in a Winter Rainstorm With Piano’. We hope you’ll enjoy. Fall asleep faster, with TrailNewbie.” 🙌🏻👍🏼🤣😃
What an awesome mod! Saves tabletop space on the typical campsite picnic table. Thanks for sharing!
No problem! I’m glad it helped! Ya, it’s really been an awesome part of my setup. It’s solved so many problems. 😊
Brilliant. Surprises me frontrunner didn’t come up with something like this already.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the comment and compliment! 👏🏻👏🏻
What a great idea! Thank you so much for posting!!!
So glad this was helpful for you! Thanks for watching and for the comment! I really appreciate it!🙌🏼🙏🏼👊🏼😃
Cool, I have a bunch of those boxes - have been a stacker in the past. Definitely will be trying this out.
Ya, they really are a great option for storage!! Thank you for watching and for your comment! 🙏🏼 I really appreciate it! 😀
Awesome🎉 will use
So glad you found this video helpful! 😄 Thanks for watching and for the comment! I really appreciate it!🙌🏼🙏🏼👊🏼😃
Great solution. Also consider putting hinges on your boxes for the lids. I did it to all my fronrunner boxes because those clattering lids drove me insane ...
Oh wow!! That sounds awesome!! Do you have any pictures of the hinges perhaps you could share with me to my Instagram? I’d love to see that! I’ve been wanting to add hinges!! 😃😃
Awesome and simplistic design! I was already considering buying these but now I’m even more stoked for this!
Ya man! Hope this works well for you! It’s so easy, and really was a game changer for me. Even though it’s so simple as you said. 😁😁😁
Awesome DIY!! 👍
Thanks Raul! Appreciate it! 👊🏼😀👏🏼
Thank you Greg, this is a great idea to have this off the ground can also use it as a table, this is going to be very useful
Thanks Martin! Appreciate it! Ya, getting stuff off the ground was priority 1 for me. I’m 6’4” so stuff on the ground is the worst also having to get down low and dig around for stuff. Second priority was just the overall storage organization.
Genius..simple and useful ..thanks
Love it! Hope it is something that you can put to good use!! 😁😁😁
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
No problem! If there are any details you need - feel free to message me on IG or comment here. 👍🏻👍🏻
Nice video Greg! Those boxes with the legs are the bomb and took some abuse on our last trip! 👍
😀😀 thanks Mike!
Very cool!
Thanks! It’s sort of either thought of as crazy, or like you said, ‘very cool’! 🤗🤗🤗 Thanks for the comment and for reaching out! 👏🏻👏🏻😁
Excellent idea thanks
No problem! So glad that this video helped!! 😀😀😀🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👊🏼👊🏼👍🏼👍🏼😄
🐨 Nice one m8 outside the box thinking pun intended the
mother of invention great idea
Gibby🙃💂
Thanks so much! I really appreciate the comment and your kind words! 😃👏🏻👊🏼
Love this video! You did a great job with this setup, and I appreciate the ingenuity! Well done, Greg 👏
Thanks Ed! Legit, I had to go back to your video to see where people even saw it, and I found a couple quick drone shots 😂 but somehow it intrigued them enough to track me down! 😀😀
@@TrailNewbie ok, I know what we’ll talk about in a future interview video with you on our next trip 😉😁
That would make a great slide out! Great table too.
Thanks buddy! Ya, it was fun and easy to make. Hope you guys are doing well! Saw your pics of the San Rafael Swell! 👊🏼😀
@@TrailNewbie ya just wanted to throw some pics together. Gotta get back to real content soon😩. All this aviation work is getting in the way of my Overlanding 😆.
Awesome idea. Inspiring me to use this with some sort of drawers. Thnx
So glad this was helpful..! Ya, getting some sort of storage in there has been really helpful. Also, HIGHLY recommend those SideStashers. So much storage!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😃😃😃
I have a video of my whole rig if you haven’t happened to watch it yet - it’s called Minimalist. Check it out - as I have some other awesome storage options there to check out. 😃😃
I got to see this awesome storage/table setup in person! If you put silicone on those holes on the inside, they’d definitely be weatherproof but i do understand the ventilation part of it too if that was the intended purpose of those holes. Aside from that, the lids seem to do the job keeping water from rain, snow, ETC. *ding* out of the bins.
Ya, these are great boxes, even if just for regular storage. Gotta get back out on the trail with you Mark!!! 👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼
Great idea . Thank you
Thank!! I’m so glad it was helpful for you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 thanks for watching and for the comment! 😃😃
Will think of creative name; in the meantime, super creative Greg!
Hahahahaha, thanks! Ya, we need a unique name along the lines of my elongated bowl trail crapper…. The TrailPoopie
That’s pretty genius🎉 super rad!!!
Thanks buddy! It’s working out great on trips. And will be really good with the new DeepSleep solo mat I got that is just one side of a mattress.
@@TrailNewbie awesome !
I just subscribed because you sir a genius
Hahahahahah! Love it! Thanks for the good chuckle and appreciate the sub! 😃😀
Great idea!
Right on! Glad you liked it! 😁😁 it has really helped me on my recent trips to stay organized and compact with all my stuff. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@TrailNewbie I'm new to your content too and have really been enjoying your videos, bit jealous haha as we don't have the big mountains where we are in Australia 😁 Or snow, that's way down south.
@@ChaseTheWeekend Right on! Love it! Really appreciate the support! Ya, the mountains here in CA are amazing 🏔️!!! 😁😁😁
Great idea instead of having single boxes laying around.
Thanks! Glad this helped you! Also, suggest just connecting two as well. That could be a great option. 😀👊🏼👏🏼
Quick to the point. Was that Tchaikovsky in the intro? I'm very relaxed now because of it hahaha
Hahahahahhahah, no, not sure what artist that was - but was going for the chill-vibe. 😁😁
I bought the Wolfpack front runner pro. They seem to be very close, but I noticed a few differences. They don’t have the big holes on the outside to put the corks in. They don’t have holes on the inside of the boxes for drains to put the screws through so I hope to drill those. Do your legs fit a little loose? Mine seem to be loose and I didn’t have to shave off a corner. Maybe the holes are bigger now
So awesome that you are building them with the new Wolfpack PRO boxes! My legs fit pretty snug in the original Wolfpack. They don’t necessarily need the corks to hold them in, but it’s a nice-to-have to keep them secure. Thanks for watching and for the comment! I really appreciate it!🙌🏼🙏🏼👊🏼😃
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Hahahahhah! Love it! 👊🏼 thanks for the sub! Hope you enjoy the channel! 😀👏🏼
Can you also this with the”Pro” model
Great question. The Wolf Pack Pro’s do have a ‘slot’ similar to the original Wolf Pack boxes, BUT I’m not sure of the size of the hole. I believe there is a way, but I have personally not built one with the Wolf Pack Pro boxes, so I can’t guarantee your success.
Which Front Runner boxes do you have? I don't see any on their website with holes in them. thanks
Well, they just discontinued them on their store. All the sell now are called the Wolf Pack Pro storage boxes. The original Wolf Pack storage boxes is what I used. They can still be found on other websites, but just not on Front Runner’s site. I believe the Wolf Pack Pros are similarly constructed where you could put legs on, but you’d need to drill the holes for corks. To be safe, I’d try to buy the old version online somewhere. 👍🏼
Are the boxes have seals on the lits?
No, they don’t really have an airtight seal. The lid just sort of clips on. They are not 🐻 proof or anything.
Are these wolfpack boxes interlockackable? How did you put 3 together?
Hi 👋🏼 for this specific build, I just attached 2 1x3s on the bottom. Did this with screws and washers. I show that later in the video. Around the 8:20 mark. 😃👊🏼👍🏼 hope this helps!
seams a bit high, unless you bring bar stools with you.
Yes, your a re 💯 correct. The 1x3’s that I used were 48” right from Home Depot. I didn’t cut them yet, but I’m going to take them down to 42” I think. I’m 6’4” tall, so a little taller is better, but these can be modified to any height - if you make this: make it perfect for you. 😀👏🏼🙌🏼👊🏼 Thanks for the comment and for reaching out! 😀
Whoo, first!
You are always so quick! 😂👊🏼
@@TrailNewbie 😂😂🤣🙌
It’s like you have a computer pre-programmed with an algorithm to watch instantly!
😂😂😂
@@TrailNewbie I’ve gotten that before 😂. Trust me, it’s just me, my notifications, and my fingers haha
That’s awesome! 🎉😂
Does anyone know if the pro version of these boxes have the same receivers on the outside that will accept the wooden legs as shown here?
It’s a great question. I looked at the Wolf Pack PRO last year and I think they do. The size of the opening is different. Let me look a little closer online and I’ll message/reply back here with additional info. 😃
Ok, I went online to their website and if you scroll through the pictures, the 7th picture shows the Wolf Pack PRO upside down. It has similar cavities on each corner like the original Wolf Pack boxes. I don’t know the size of those openings, but I think/hope it would work the same. If you have Instagram, feel free to message me there anytime for more info. 😃
So I blew it. I waited too long and now the OG Wolfpack boxes are nowhere to be found. Any insight on a similar box that I could fashion legs for like these?
You know, I think the Wolf Pack Pros have a similar ‘cavity’ at each corner where a leg could be put in. I don’t know the dimensions, but I think there is a solution there. If you can find one in-person check it out. I’ve thought about re-doing mine with the Pros, but TBD if I will or not. Thank you for watching and for your comment! I really appreciate it! 😀
I hope no wine was harmed during the making of your table 🤷🏻♂️
Hahahahhahah, unfortunately 4 bottles of wine were…. Harmed. 🍷
@@TrailNewbie They died heroes, then 🍷🍷🍷
@@brettferguson6954 I will celebrate their life by drinking a bottle tonight. 😂🍷🍇🧀
I like it what a good idea 👍 just got a sub.
Right on! Thanks for subscribing and for the feedback! Happy New Year! 😀👊🏼
@@TrailNewbie your wecolme and a happy new year to you 🤜🤛👍
Good idea - well executed.
Wouldn't it be handier/less of a PITA to have used a box that is hinged rather than having 4 latches? Seems like having to unlatch & revoke the lid will get really OLD after a stretch...
Ya, you’re 100% right. It would. The thing is: getting legs on other boxes like a Roam or something else would be a bit of an engineering feat (no pun intended 🤣). I’ve thought about trying to hinge these lids, I just haven’t figured it out yet. I’d say the main reason I’ve stuck with the Front Runner boxes, is because they ‘nest’ on each other (stack really well interlocking). I’ve now actually reduced the design down to two sets of two that stack in the back of my Jeep. The other main reason I used these boxes is because they are so cheap. $30 each and the 1x3s + hardware were very inexpensive as well. Long-winded answer to your question … the answer is yes, a hinge would be an absolute +++. 😃👊🏼 Thank you for your comment and kind words! Cheers! 👏🏻👊🏼😃👍🏼🙌🏻
The slots on the side do make it very handy to add legs .
Didn't"t know FR boxes was so inexpensive - But over the long run (years) paying $30 or $100 per box makes little difference In the long run especially when it adds to ease of use & a pleasure to use kind of thing. (the Getting Old Real Quick is the way I analyze whether I would consider a new product)
@@TerryManitoba agree!! Ya, I’m going to figure out a hinge solution. Just in due time. 😃😃
Great idea! Thanks for sharing.
No problem! Glad you liked it! 😀😀 I hope that it works well for you if you build - reach out with any questions you might have! 😀👊🏼👏🏼