back in the wild west on the wagon trains they had these big
wardrobe-like boxes in one of the waggons, where the chef
prepared the food for the travellers when they camped out
so to camp in style once in a while, I figured I could make
my own version of such a chuckbox for my pickup truck
the web, of course, is full of DIY examples (click pic to
find a nice link) so all that's needed really is to do some
planning what I wanted and do the necessary calculations
so first I did a couple of drawings and went to the DIY -
store to get the fir plywood boards cut, nice and squarely
then it's just a matter of assembling everything according
to plan - I used glue and screws to make sure it's solid
in my version, there's a lid and a front flap that doubles oooooooooo
as a sort of table, held together by these two latches ooooo
this is how my chuckbox opens up - on the top there's room for a two flame cooker, to
the left there's going to be a water canister, and below there's room for storage boxes
oooooooooooooooooooo two pieces of string hold the top lid
checking how much to remove from that left storage box that came with the truck
it's also a good moment to clean that truck bed and restore the wooden interior
working in front of father-in-law's fancy garden flat in the rich neighbourhood
add some beer labels and here's the final result - my own removable chuckbox
the cooker is run on spirit because I didn't want a gas bottle inside
add a simple canopy and we're ready to go camping
there are storage racks above the windows and curtains to keep out the cruel sun in the morning
oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool camper