Whether you’re building up your 4WD for remote touring through the harsh Red Centre, or just for weekend trips to hit the tracks a couple of hours away from home, storage is one of the most important components that everyone needs in their ute, 4×4 or car. And a set of Titan Rear Drawers from 4WD Supacentre is the best bang-for-buck 4WD drawer system out there. For a few hundred bucks you can get a professionally designed and manufactured set of drawers that will fit straight into the back of your 4WD or ute, and can be installed in an afternoon with a couple of mates to pass you tools and a cold one once the job is done.

4WD Supacentre sell 3 different sized twin drawers; 900mm deep x 1000mm wide to suit smaller wagons including 120 Series Toyota Prados, 990mm deep x 1000mm wide to suit larger wagons including your GQ or GU Patrol, or 60, 80 or 100 Series LandCruiser, or the 1300mm deep x 1000mm wide set designed to fit in the tray of your single-cab or dual-cab ute – the Ute drawers are available with or without wings. Plus, if you’re looking to build a versatile storage system, there’s also a single drawer now, at 500mm wide x 900mm deep, which keeps one side of the back of your rig free to load up with your esky, fridge slide, or even a hard mounted bed frame and mattress so you can turn your 4WD into a camper!

These drawers are built around a strong galvanised steel frame, that has been folded and bolted together, and designed with multiple mounting points, making it simple for you to install into your vehicle without necessarily having to drill any holes. Add to this strong frame 90 heavy-duty roller bearings which ensure the drawers run smooth and quiet every time, before closing with a satisfying clink as the latch locks into place, and you’ve got a set of drawers that will serve you well on all your 4WD adventures. The key-locking latches means you can store valuable gear in the drawers, safe in the knowledge it’ll be there when you get back to your 4WD.

These drawers are so tough, that even when fully extended they can support the weight of an engine, or even Brenno and a couple of 35″ 4WD tyres, so you know they’ll be able to take all your camping gear without a drama!

Every set of Titan Rear Drawers is covered inside and out in hard-wearing, marine carpet. Designed for use in marine environments, you know that marine carpet will stand up to any punishment you can dish out, and won’t rot away no matter how many times the kids spill food or drinks in the back. And if that bottle of soy sauce you chucked in there loses a lid due to all the corrugations up at the Cape, you can easily hose them out so your 4X4 drawers are clean and ready to use again!

Titan Rear Drawer sets feature an included fridge slide which uses the same heavy duty roller bearings as the rest of the drawer system. This strong construction means it’s perfect to load a fridge full of food and drinks onto, and once you’ve tied your fridge down to the spring-loaded tie-down points, it’ll be securely packed into the back of your 4WD. This means you won’t have to worry about it rocking and rolling around the back of your 4WD as you tackle the ruts and rocks into that perfect secret campsite for the weekend.

The side wings that come with your Titan Rear Drawers are designed specifically for a flush fit in the back of your 4WD, which means you’ll have a nice neat finish, and no dodgy gaps like some of the cheap DIY jobs we’ve seen running around. You can barely even buy the materials to build your own rear storage solution for the price of Titan Rear Drawers, so save time and money and order your set from 4WD Supacentre today!

The side wings don’t just look good – they also give you space to store a bunch of gear out of the way. A DIY trick that I’ve used in my set was fitting a set of hinges to the back wings in my LandCruiser, making it even easier for me to access the spare belts, hoses and filters I keep tucked out of sight on long trips.

Some of my mates have even hard mounted air compressors and auxiliary batteries down the side of their Titan Rear Drawers, and then run cabling out to the rear drawers. An extra hour on the tools and you’ve got a mint rear drawer set up for your 4X4!

Once you’ve got the drawers installed, you’ve got all afternoon to work out what you’re going to pack into them and where all your 4WD and camping gear is going to live. Luckily there’s heaps of space in the Titan Rear Drawers, so you’ll be able to fit pretty much all your gear in your 4WD drawer system. The right hand drawer is where I store all my Hercules Recovery (it’s right at the back because I drive a LandCruiser, so I never need it), and my Adventure Kings Bush Mechanics tool kit at the front so it’s easy to access if I need to tighten up anything after a long corrugated road. I also chuck my ratchet straps, a few ropes, some duct tape and cable ties, plus WD40 and silicon spray, in this drawer.

The left drawer (under the fridge slide) is where my camp kitchen gear lives – stove, billy, frying pan, chopping boards, Adventure Kings BBQ Plate, picnic set, rubbish bags (if you take it in, take it out), hand sanitiser, cutlery… all the important stuff to whip up dinner once I get to camp.

Storing all this gear inside my Titan Rear Drawers means that I have the rest of the boot free for my fridge, food box, chair, and a bag of clothes. And as an added bonus, I can still see out the back window!

So save your time and money, and fit a set of Titan Rear Drawers to your 4WD – it’ll improve the way you camp and 4WD forever!

Scott Osborne

4WD Action Team