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ohseedee
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Great video. If the price holds, it's also the one I'm going with. I am signed up. I was a little skeptical about the bin design but seems to be pretty useful for everyday use cases. I'd love to get a diagram of the space as I am still worried there is a cost with the design over the flat plank.
Also, the shims shown in this video is probably what EVBase needs to fix some of the issues that have been posted here. Glad BoxGods is including them in the box.
I know the symmetrical drawer design I went with seems counter intuitive because it isn't quite as wide at the base as the plank designs are. "If the base is an inch and a half narrower on your design--doesn't that mean I'm losing storage space?". It really comes down to how you define "usable space" and "usability".
If the item you want to transport is two inches or less tall then that "lost" space might come in handy. Except of course we gain back six inches between the rails that plank style slides lose which gives us more usable height. On the usability front it is hard to beat tossing your grocery bags or "stuff" into a drawer and heading out. No need to tie anything down. Nothing to fall off a plank and hide in the gear tunnel.
Also, more than half the people I talked to were worried that a plank would block access to the 120V outlet in the gear tunnel. If you want to add accessories down the road like totes, a gun case, a water tank etc. a symmetrical drawer design makes that a lot easier and more practical. Not to mention how good it is for loading/unloading your camp kitchen--I designed the kitchen and the slide tray at the same time just so getting the kitchen in and out would be easy and fast enough for older people to manage it without having to ask for help.
If you go to the thread on our forums you will see that I originally started out with a custom extruded plank. after many iterations it was pretty obvious--to me at least--that the drawer makes more sense for most users from a day to day usability stand point.
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And personally I prefer the ‘shoulders’ the symmetrical drawers provide to allow customizations to sit at either a ‘low’ (narrower), or ’high’ (wider) level in the drawer. This allows for one of my use cases (tools) to have upper and lower storage areas. For example have a custom ‘lid’ (sitting on the ‘shoulders’) that covers tools in the lower storage area while leaving the upper, wider area available for larger tools or supplies.
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Great info in this thread everyone! We are running a labor day sale on our slide right now, 20% off
https://range-industries.com/products/r1t-gear-tunnel-slide
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Luvolbikes
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Did I miss any?
Edit: Updated with Thunderbolt Adventure Supply's option (Thanks for the note below!). It's really great to see all the options we have for the R1T which is a bit surprising considering it's a pretty low volume vehicle. Also edited the above to include some of the other inputs from various posts on this thread.
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Anyone heard of Hansshow? I just ordered their gear tunnel slide. $790 (with labor day 20% sale discount) total including shipping, no tax added. Looks like they make lots of products for Tesla. Gear tunnel slide may be new? Slides full distance both ways. Looks standard. No innovation but just fine for me. I'll strap my Craftsman tool box on one side and a floorjack on the other with pucks and cleaning supplies etc scattered.
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Luvolbikes
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I'd just noticed that also. I'll read through the comments about ev base. Thanks.No, but appears to be the same manufacture/ company as EVBase. people have had issues with the fitment of the EVbase slide.
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The EVBase slide does come shipped with a Hansshow label and booklet so it should be identical.
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Luvolbikes
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Did you deal with EVBASE? If so how was your experience?
Phatman113
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Aren't they the ones that tried to sue Branden Flasch because he reviewed their steps and they didn't like his review? That's not the only negative I've heard about them...
Luvolbikes
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After I used PayPal (thankfully) I read other negative reviews. So far this company Hansshow has been fast to respond and already claims to have initiating shipping the next day ,although it appears with one of those shipping partner type companies that can be quite slow. If there are minor fitment issues I have no problem doing minor modifications. The price was certainly right and It appears to fit my needs. I did read they make returns difficult and seem disagreeable with the process. As long as I receive the slide within a few weeks, intact, and it is workable, that's all I expect. I'll leave a review here when it comes, and is installed.
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As an FYI for anyone considering the Hansshow slide. “Megawatts” gives you a little better discount. $771.42 shipped. It was another 20 bucks lower than the labor20 rate.
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Anyone heard of Hansshow? I just ordered their gear tunnel slide. $790 (with labor day 20% sale discount) total including shipping, no tax added. Looks like they make lots of products for Tesla. Gear tunnel slide may be new? Slides full distance both ways. Looks standard. No innovation but just fine for me. I'll strap my Craftsman tool box on one side and a floorjack on the other with pucks and cleaning supplies etc scattered.
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From the EVbase description it seems this only slides one way (passenger side). This is a big negative for me as it seems silly to walk around the truck to use it.
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