Why do you need heavy duty drawer slides?

Heavy duty drawer slides allow you to make the most of your vehicle’s space. This often means that compact spaces in your caravan, ute canopy or four-wheel-drive will incorporate slides that will hold a fridge, stove, barbecue or some other accessory. Due to the nature of camping and four-wheel-driving, and the weight that is required for the slides to hold, it’s important that your slides are heavy duty and durable to be able to cope with the weight.

How much weight should a drawer slide hold?

Different heavy duty drawer slides hold different amounts and have different weight bearing capacities. It’s important that you consider what you’re planning on putting on your slides and check the weight capacity. As a general rule, standard heavy duty slides can hold roughly 120 kilograms but once again, it really depends on the model, size and make. If you’re not sure what sort of weight capacity your drawer slides need, have a chat with the helpful team here at Dunn and Watson.

How thick should a drawer slide be?

Once again, in a similar vein to the weight a pair of heavy duty drawer slides can hold, when it comes to the thickness of the drawers it does depend. As a rough standard, slides generally are about 1.27 centimetres in thickness. In addition to the thickness of the drawer, consider the material they are made out of. For example, the drawer slides manufactured by Dunn and Watson are all made from the highest quality of materials including high grade aluminium or stainless steel. This gives your heavy duty drawers as much strength and durability as possible.

Are undermount drawer slides better?

There are certainly benefits to using undermount drawer slides in your vehicle fit out. In general, there is less dust and dirt accumulation with undermount slides and spills are often easier to clean up. It’s important to consider the weight bearing capacity of any undermount drawer slides you’re considering to ensure they are compatible with what you need it to do.

Are heavy duty drawer slides hard to install?

No – just like regular drawer slides, our heavy duty slides are easy to install. You can do it yourself or ask our experts to give you a hand. Either way, these high quality accessories are designed for simple and effective application so you can get your campervan, four-wheel-drive or ute kitted and fitted as quickly as possible.

Is there a range of options?

Of course. Dunn and Watson boasts the largest selection of drawer slide accessories, including heavy duty drawer slides, in Australia! With a wide range of carrying capacities, sizes, and customisable options such as locking versus non-locking, there’s bound to be the perfect accessory for you. If you’re not 100% sure which model or size is right for your application, don’t hesitate to contact our team today. We’d be more than happy to help.

Base Mount Drawer Slides – 100kg

Price range: $80.00 through $290.00

Buy Now, Pay Later options available

Base Mount drawer slides also known as soft rollers are ideal for outdoor applications as they run off a sealed bearing with no chance of clogging. Should these slides have a build up of sand or mud you can simply hose them out. A popular application for our base mount drawer slides is our our slide out solar panels, this is a great example of how well these slides work in the weather.

Weight capacity: 100kg (Based on 500mm square drawer system as you go longer and wider carrying capacity reduces)
Material made from: high strength cold rolled steel.
Cycle tests in manufacture: 50,000 cycles.
100% extension: 75% extension
Each Purchase Contains THE PAIR
Drawer Slides weight approximately 510 grams per 100mm

Please Note: Refer FAQ Tab for common drawer slide related questions

Base Mount Drawer Slides - 100kg's

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Base mount drawer slide

The Dunn and Watson base mount drawer slide is the ideal custom solution for all manner of outdoor applications. Also known as soft rollers, these drawer slides run off a completely sealed bearing that ensures no clogging with debris or outside material.

This means the base mount drawer slide is perfect for use in environments with a lot of sand and/or dust. In the rare event that mud or sand does build up along the slides, impacting the accessibility to the drawer, you can simply hose them out with water and have them working as efficiently as new.

From slide out solar panels to fridges, toolboxes and barbeques, there’s a ton of amazing applications for the 100-kilogram capable base mount drawer slide.

Slide features

Each purchase includes a pair of slides for either side of the cargo drawer.
Availability in a wide selection of lengths ranging from 500mm to 1,000mm.
Galvanised steel coatings for durability and longer lasting use.
75% extension capability means you’re able to access what you want when you need it.
Simple installation makes for an easy and quick application.
Sealed bearings and dust and dirt resistant design to ensure no clogging.
The base mount drawer slide is perfect for all manner of vehicular cargo drawers.

Additional features

Weight rating

These heavy duty and completely galvanised drawer slides are rated to hold 100-kilograms at 500 square millimetres. All base mount wall slides from Dunn and Watson come with a weight rating which allows you to know how much weight it can bear per 500 square mm when equally and universally displaced. Our range of products include slides designed for any weight between 45kg and 227kg. If you’re looking for a drawer slide to suit a particular weight loading, make sure to speak to our team today to find the perfect product for you.

4WD application

The 100kg base mount drawer slide is particularly beneficial for use as a fridge or barbeque slide as part of the vehicle drawer system in a four-wheel drive, caravan, ute, van or camper trailer unit. The soft roller drawer runners are designed for heavy and repeated use and are fitted with sealed bearings on each end to ensure that no dust, dirt, sand, or mud can get stuck inside and mess with the runner mechanism.

Practical for everyday use

In addition to being heavy duty capable and highly durable, the drawer slides offer versatility and practicality for everyday use. If you want to disconnect and remove your unit, simply slide out the drawer to its full extension and raise the nose to a 45-degree angle. This will allow you to lift and remove it from the slides. Note: the 227 series is not disconnectible due to its rigorous reinforcement to allow for extra weight bearing.

Size ranges

Dunn and Watson’s slide drawers come in a number of lengths and sizes to suit all sorts of applications. The heavy duty size ranges from 356mm to 2,007mm; the medium duty ranges from 356mm to 1,016mm; and the light duty ranges from 250mm to 700mm. Each size offers full extension for complete ease of use and accessibility as well as zinc plated coatings. The 45mm option also comes in stainless steel on request specifically for marine or related applications.

Choosing the right drawer slide for you

When choosing the right drawer slide, you should take three main factors into consideration:

Vehicle cargo space

While just about no utes, four-wheel-drive or other vehicles are equipped for drawers and slides that exceed 450mm in length, different vehicles offer different sized cargo spaces. It’s important that you have a look and measure of your vehicle so you know the sized drawer and unit that will fit best.

Extension preference

Extension functionality is important for ensuring maximum reach and easy accessibility to the contents of your drawer. While we recommend 70% extension as a minimum (this means that 70% of the drawer can be pulled out and cleared off the top) there are benefits to shorter drawer extensions to reduce costs and offer greater weight carrying capacity. The longer the drawer the weaker its carrying capacity.

Application and use

Remember to consider what sort of items you’ll be using your drawer slides for. Lots of little boxes or compartments will require greater extension, while longer or bigger items may need greater strength and less accessibility.

Locking or unlocking drawer slides?

Dunn and Watson’s drawer slides come in both locking and unlocking models. The locking slides keep the extended drawer locked in place making it the perfect solution for camping barbeques or pull-out fridges. Unlocking drawer slides do not lock out and offer a practical solution to drawers that are front facing lockable that aren’t compatible with side tabs.

Our large selection of runners, units, drawers and base mount drawer slides offers the perfect solution for all applications (including zinc, galvanised and stainless steel coatings). For more help finding the right product for you, get in touch with the Dunn and Watson team.

Base Mount Drawer Slides - 100kg - 7

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FAQs

Is the advertised length extended or closed?

The sizes noted are the length of the runners from nose to tail in a closed position.

Does Base Mount I can fit these to the floor?

No, these runners still require a vertical wall to fit to. If you don't have access to side walls you can fit angle bar to the floor and use the vertical side of this extrusion as your side wall for installing the runners. The term base mount is used for these slides as you can drop your drawer into the base of the runners.

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