Adventure Van Pull-Out Tray

I’ve been doing battle with my van's garage for five years. The tray allows me to place two bikes opposing in the space of one & still have easy access to both. The tray captures melting snow, ice, water, mud, etc. & keeps it from infiltrating my floor & build—my advice: Fit the bikes to the tray first. Fit the tray to the van second. Don’t mount the tray permanently until you have tried different bike placement & tray placement. By mounting a 2x4 to both ends using the 4 holes, you maximize the tray space lengthwise & keep lots of options open for fork mount placement without drilling & compromising the tray.

Just finished installing tray. Took a few days of thinking through how to install ended up using combination of 3/8" bolts and 5/16" bolts. Had to drill through my sprinter van floor and 2 people needed to tighten locking nuts. One set of holes were blocked by cross beam of the frame so used 3/8" bolts without nuts through the 5/16" drilled hole. Not optimum, lots of silicone and rustoleum and auto paint, and should hold since only 2 out of the 12 holes. The tops of the bolts slightly scrape the underside of the tray but it's just a noise and doesn't affect function. Handles are tight and entire track needed a good coating of silicone spray for lubrication. Looking forward to using and abusing the tray!

I got this for the garage of our Grit Overland GO/AT adventure van. I mounted it to the 2 L-tracks that we have in the rear. I was told this would not support the full 500 lb rated capacity, but that isn’t a problem. It will be primarily used for bikes.

I had to drill holes because existing ones didn’t line up with our L-tracks. It is aluminum, so that was easy to do. I used L-track studs to connect them. I had to use shorter nuts than the lock nuts that came with them to keep them from scraping the bottom of the tray. I installed them with locktite in hopes that it will keep them in place.

I installed 1 piece of L-track in the front and one in the rear to use with Freedom Coast L-track Fork-mount bike mounts. They are pricey, but the adjustability was important. The L-track holes on the front and rear of the tray do not fit the double-width L-track mounts on these tracks. Also, they are too far forward in the trays for drop bar bikes because the bars extended beyond the trades. I am able to get 2 drop bar bikes to fit within the 20” wide tray by putting one facing front and the other facing the rear. The wheels fit on the outside of each bike in the space created by the handlebars. Our bikes just barely fit under the bed in our van.

The only negative is that the screws holding the trays to the sliders vibrated lose the first time we used it: there are no lock washers and they were not installed with locktite. I reinstalled them (a little tricky since the rear is not accessible for several of the screws).

Overall, I love the arrangement. It slides very easily and fits perfectly in our space. It is a lot easier to get bikes in and out with this tray than trying to position them inside the van directly on the bike mounts attached to the L-track. When we aren’t using them for bikes I think it will be very convenient for hauling other stuff.

Very easy to install.
Still researching install of bike mount Thule and rocky mount require drilling

Well crafted.

A must have for the garage area to keep everything in place. This tray is nicely built and perfect for storing your bikes. Love the detail and all the slots for L tracks mounts around the tray.