Rear door shelf for camping stove?

Hi guys,

I've been looking around and I found a thread through google. (here - http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/boot-storage-units-224374.html)

The post from 'Matacaibo' is very helpful but I would like to make something up to hang off the door to hold a cooker and have the gas bottle on the floor.

Is this something I could do, or would the door hinges not be up to it? Seems no one else has done it, so there must be a good reason!

Thanks in advance, and if you have done it... I would love to see some photos!

Quite a lot of people have done it, google is likely your friend

I think you'll find a camping stove weighs nothing compared to the Freelander's spare wheel and its carrier. Maybe a little more than the dog guard LR sell - but not much. So you have no worries with weight.

Idbe looking at utilising the spare wheel fixings I'd imagine a local engineering firm would charge peanuts to knock something up...

Now prob not big enough for what you want but you can buy tyre steps and I'd say that design just made bigger would work you could maybe even use the hippos wheels or the spare if you modded one...

Good point on the spare wheel, I didn't think of the weight of that.

I'm going to take the trim off later and have a measure up...

GrumpyGel said:

I think you'll find a camping stove weighs nothing compared to the Freelander's spare wheel and its carrier. Maybe a little more than the dog guard LR sell - but not much. So you have no worries with weight.

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Its the 15Kg camping gas bottle you need to worry about

It will be interesting to see what you come up with. Its a pain trying to get my little portable gas stove set up somewhere to cook my morning porridge!



Main meals are usually done in the smoker cooking the day's catch (the stainless 'box')

thequeenscheese said:

Idbe looking at utilising the spare wheel fixings

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But they're on the outside and the stove would be inside with the window separating them.

The Mad Hat Man said:

Its the 15Kg camping gas bottle you need to worry about

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Yeh but he said that would go on the floor. Depends how long the camping trips are - but I'm sure a small bottle would be sufficient anyway.

Cooking inside the hippo I'd say is risky at best it could quickly be a long walk home

Something like this either use as is or adapt it

My cooking shelf is screwed to the back door its just a small folding table from go outdoors

As good as any other idea..

Thanks for the photos and link, very helpful! Not what I plan on doing but it's given me an idea!! thank you

Blacklandy said:

Thanks for the photos and link, very helpful! Not what I plan on doing but it's given me an idea!! thank you

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Pictures MUST be given once you have designed such table! :lol:

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Yeah I will be putting photos up It's going to be a slow progress... but it'll be done before Winter is here!

Spotted this thread during the week and it inspired me to sort out my own storage :
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/members/silentbobt-albums-my-hippo-picture16167-p1240846.jpg

Agreed now i have the rear free from bikes (as they go on the roof) i need to make some better storage in the boot