engel fridge slide/ transitbag
Submitted: Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 13:05
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I have bought the engel transit bag and fridge slide, comes with 4 brackets to mount on fridge and turnbckles. Do I need to cut slits in the transit bag to make the brackets come through the bag, or is there another way.
Reply By: Shaker - Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 16:44
Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 16:44
If it is a genuine transit bag, I think you will find that they have like a pre-sewn button hole that just need a slit put between the 2 lines of stitching.
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 16:46
Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 16:46
Just looked at
mine, funnily enough they only have that on the front.
Anyway, I just tie
mine down with hooks over the handle.
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Follow Up By: geocacher (djcache) - Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 19:34
Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 19:34
Mine only had the button holes on the front. I had a local bloke stitch a square of leather over
the spot on the back and a button hole in that. Cost a tenner. Took 5 minutes. Now the turnbuckles hold it down just great.
I know lots of people who use the handles as a hold down but you stand a good chance of increasing their angle. They aren't designed for it.
Dave
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Reply By: VK3CAT - Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 17:34
Saturday, Dec 17, 2005 at 17:34
I found that tying the fridge down using the standard handle simply bent the handle. The brackets wouldn't work without cutting the Transit bag (good one Mr. Engel). In the end, I bought a Transit lock and screwed this to the slide. This has worked
well for may years. To remove the fridge from the trasit lock you just pres a button to release it & then lift it out.
Note that my Fridge is the 39 litre model & is a 1997 model as is the bag.
Hope that this may help.
Cheers Tony.
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Reply By: pafc - Sunday, Dec 18, 2005 at 10:57
Sunday, Dec 18, 2005 at 10:57
Thanks for your responses, the way I overcame this issue was to make small holes in the transit bag with a nail to accomodate the screws . Then I screwed the brackets to the outside of the transit bag. I kept the handles on the fridge but needed to buy longer screws, this way it looks neat and the holes cut in the transit bag are covered and can't fray and are protected. Hope this helps someone else.
Alex.
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