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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:37 pm 
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Wasn't too sure where i should post this, i basically want to turn the back of my ute into an esky for a birthday party and wasn't too sure how to go about it. anybody done it, or know of a way to do it without screwing up the ute?

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:44 pm 
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you can do what we did and drop a tarp in and gaffer tape it all round, the just keep opening and closing the hard lid.

Or the best esky for a party we've had yet. We just went to the dump and picked up an old chest frezzer. Cut the cord off, disenfected it all, sprayed it up to our liking. and hey presto. the ice lasted 5 days in the backyard in that thing with no power. ITs holds a s**t load of beer too and you dont have to worry about the moisture or the weight of all the ice and water in the tray of the ute.

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:48 pm 
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just drop in a tarp boy....

then when ya finished jus open the tailgate and let the s**t out pull tha tarp out and hey presto.... back 2 normal

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:49 pm 
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no hard lid, juss a soft cover, i've left it out in the rain without a cover once, and it seemed ok, but yeah i don't know how its gonna effect it l8r. only needs to last a day, after that i'll juss dump the ice(if any's left)

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 4:57 pm 
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yeah go for it, When we did it by the end of the day we were lying in the ice water colling off drinkin beers as they floated past.

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:12 pm 
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put a tap in to keep the water in so u can paddle around... im sure fresh water wont harm it in anyway other wise itd fall apart in the rain...

how much beer u got bro... im gonn ahve a stab and say you will need.... 300l of ice.. min

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:16 pm 
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Go to the local ice works in the morning, otherwise your up for like 40-50 bags of ice

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:22 pm 
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two options

1. close the tray and fill with ice

if you want to fit more then ice in the back

2. cut a 44 gal drum in half. get the welder out. proceed to weld in. fill with ice

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:54 pm 
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 5:57 pm 
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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:18 pm 
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what you should do, is fill the tray with water, the figure out a way to dump it out of the tray at 100 or so, thatd look cool. :)

 

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Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:55 pm 
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yeah, i thnk i'm gonna do the whole tarp thing.

I've collected water in it before n dumped it(collects in the cover pretty bad), it juss makes a big splash, not really too impressive.

yeah nick i traded the explorer in a month ago, it really was gonna blow up, and yeah bought a brand new BF XL ute. No i didn't pay retail, dad gets discounts for family since his company ships all fords into the country. pretty standard ute. but yeah the stereo is supposed to go in tommrow morning, so that should b interesting. bye bye hearing, i figure 140 db in the explorer, yeah gonna break something in the cabin of the ute

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:45 pm 
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put a baby pool in the back and fill it with ice or put a tarp in there...
and get paro...

 

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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:26 pm 
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If the ute cant handle water in the tub, its not a ute!
Theres drain holes! its what they're for!
fill it with crap and hose it out (or broom)

My old datto boot liked being turned into an esky we just siliconed some gaps and plugged the drain holes and cheers nissan for the vertical fuel tank! 'so thank-you very much sorrento xmas parties!'

tarp it... fill it... empty it... clean it and wait a few hours b4 driving it (drunkeness reasons)!

 

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