Interrobang Gear Tunnel Slide Preview and Production Update

[COdogman]

Nice job!

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[ndmiller]

Our ICECO GO20 barely fits in the tunnel without the slide- a slide/fridge combo would be awesome, but likely costly. However, if Interrobang can confirm and recommend the fridge that would fit with their slide, that would be the ideal scenario for us and for them.

I've got the Icecogo20 as well, but have been putting it in the bed with a solar panel to charge the bluetti that powers it while I'm away. Will run essentially forever once cold.....12+ hours without running the truck (to charge the bluetti) or charging with solar but that would never happen. Thinking about that slide. for my setup...would be sweet if it all fit.

 

[Cycliste]

Interested. My use case is I have a bag for cycling gear like shoes, bag for phone that fits in a jersey pocket, a spare tube, gloves, helmet, travel pump, and spare clothing. I'd like to slide the bag out for easier access to contents.

The tonneau cover works great for road trips when I don't have a bike in the bed of the truck.

 

[Noplacelikeloam]

Interested. My use case is I have a bag for cycling gear like shoes, bag for phone that fits in a jersey pocket, a spare tube, gloves, helmet, travel pump, and spare clothing. I'd like to slide the bag out for easier access to contents.

The tonneau cover works great for road trips when I don't have a bike in the bed of the truck.

I do the same and would buy a slide just for this!

 

[xinaes]

My main goals were to allow access from both sides on the truck and to waste as little cargo space as possible.

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The design also leaves room on the floor of the tunnel, so there’s some space for smaller items even when the slide is all loaded up.

Glad you're looking at making your design more lightweight/slimmer with access to some of the volume beneath your slide.

The one thing preventing me from buying any of the other companies' slides is just how much space their design (necessarily) takes up beneath the surface of their slides in the gear tunnel. It's be great if a slide design allows access to that volume.

 

[ggood]

interested.........have you figured what the full clearance ht is from top of the platform to top of tunnel opening?

 

[razmataz]

Things are really coming together here at Interrobang. We’ve finally worked through our backlog of tonneau orders, so those are now generally shipping in a day or two. Thanks to everyone that patiently waited for us to catch up.


We’re also just about ready to start shipping our long awaited v2.0 straps. These will be fully compatible with any cover we’ve made and should finally take care of any issues that occurred with the previous Velcro straps. We’ve designed a custom, high quality pull strap utilizing premium fidlock hardware. No more adhesives to melt in the heat. It even loops around and buckles together to transform into a convenient carry solution. More details to follow soon, but we’re pretty happy with how it’s turned out.

The next thing we’re really excited to share is our gear tunnel slide. It's been in development on and off for well over a year now, but I'm finally happy with the results. This is probably the 8th or 9th prototype. My main goals were to allow access from both sides on the truck and to waste as little cargo space as possible. We still need to refine a few details and settle on what we’re calling it (Tunnel Trolley? Gear glide? Schlep Shuttle?). It’s made with the same durable materials and ethos as our tonneau cover, but the real key is that it pulls out of both sides of the truck. Reaching the middle of the gear tunnel has always been a challenge, but this really solves my issues. The current prototype I’m using only weighs 35lbs, and can easily be installed or removed in under 5 minutes by one person. You can still plug stuff in, and we’re considering adding plugs to the slide itself, but I’m not sure it’s needed. The design also leaves room on the floor of the tunnel, so there’s some space for smaller items even when the slide is all loaded up. Yes, there will be a very awesome assortment of modular add ons for it. I built a kitchen last summer, but I'm not actually sure how practical the concept really is. With Rivian apparently abandoning the pull out kitchen, I'm exploring a more flexible and modular approach. Ease of use, storability, and being adaptable to varying situations are the issues I'm most focused on.


We’re interested in hearing anyone’s feedback on what features or modules you might like to see.

one of last year's kitchen experiments:

Have had your cover and its great.... very interested in the GT tray, sign me up!

 

[RalphB]

Definitely want a solution to this problem. The "other guys" that make one of these seem to have done a good job but it does limit the height of items that can go in, therefore costing more psae than we'd like and is failry pricey and also expensive to ship. Please we just need a simple, practical solution that doesn't require a bank loan.

 

[Armeniandave]

Interested in the new strap version for the Tonneau cover. Any pics or timeline?

 

[CBRacerX]

Interested in the Tunnel Trolly Table

 

[Bf3]

Yes, more pictures would be helpful.

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[Bf3]

Interested in the new strap version for the Tonneau cover. Any pics or timeline?

We've been held up by Fedex losing half of our hardware, but I've gotten some replacements and we should have all the details ready in the next couple days.

 

[Bf3]

Definitely want a solution to this problem. The "other guys" that make one of these seem to have done a good job but it does limit the height of items that can go in, therefore costing more psae than we'd like and is failry pricey and also expensive to ship. Please we just need a simple, practical solution that doesn't require a bank loan.

That's definitely the goal. It would certainly be easier and cheaper to only come out in one direction, but that's just not what I want personally. We're working on sourcing all the hardware and bits to bring the price down. It's crazy how much things like nuts and bolts can add up. I realized the nuts I had picked out were like $1.50 each and there are a million of them...

 

[Bf3]

interested.........have you figured what the full clearance ht is from top of the platform to top of tunnel opening?

I don't have a final answer for this, but currently its around 15".

 

[TampaR1T]

Interested in a manual version

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