purple headed warrior Member 33 Member For: 19y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Toowoomba, QLD Posted 01/05/08 12:45 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 12:45 AM (edited) Hi guys,For my buck's night last November I used the tray of my T as the esky If you are interested in doing something like that, this is how we went about it.1. Purchase 20 cartons of your favourite beverages. Best to buy the grog in cans.2. Find somewhere to cool them before putting in the ute. We used 2 fridges and a 250L esky. This reduces the amount of ice you need, time required and maximises the amount of grog.3. Run some garden hose through the front drain holes so the melting ice water drips out directly onto the ground rather than the tray floor.4. Do the same through the corners of the tail gate and tape down the hose ends so they are level with the tub floor.5. Used gaffa tape to seal the tail gate and any other holes in the tub liner.6. Go to ice factory and get 300KG of ice.7. Race over to the pre chilled grog stockpile and unload ice.8. Put a thin layer of ice on the tub floor.9. Put one layer of cans on the tub floor and cover with some ice so you can't see the cans.10. Put in rest of cans.11. Put in rest of ice.12. Take photos.13. Close lid.14. Drive to party and enjoy.Some other tips, we found it handy to be parked on a slight forward decline (front lower than the back). This way the melting ice drains out the front holes away from the drunken party goers. This way there are minimal pools of slippery water near the high traffic areas.Get about 4 helpers, it makes it much quicker to transfer the grog from the chillers to the tray.Wear gloves, the ice gets pretty cold very quickly.Total cost was roughly $1,000 and was a mountain of fun.PS Guiness World Records won't accept it as the world's fastest esky. Edited 01/05/08 12:50 AM by purple headed warrior Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghia Member 191 Member For: 22y 6m 2d Gender: Male Location: Aus.Vic.Melb Posted 01/05/08 12:47 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 12:47 AM purple headed warrior said: 12. Take photos.Sooooo, where are the results of point 12? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 11m 19d Gender: Male Posted 01/05/08 12:50 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 12:50 AM what was the faster esky!!??! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668385 Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple headed warrior Member 33 Member For: 19y 2m 10d Gender: Male Location: Toowoomba, QLD Posted 01/05/08 01:00 AM Author Share Posted 01/05/08 01:00 AM XR06T said: what was the faster esky!!??!Not sure, I think I got some crappy letter saying they don't recognise the category but that would have to be garbage with some of the other ridiculous records there are out there.It was supposed to take 6 weeks to process the record request but they took 3 months or so in which time the esky had past, maybe that's why they would not accept it.Pics below, before and after final layer of ice. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668389 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slymeat Team Kickass Donating Members 1,926 Member For: 21y 4m 14d Gender: Male Location: Albion Park, NSW Posted 01/05/08 01:04 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 01:04 AM I'll take the just the top layer of Bundy thanx. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 11m 19d Gender: Male Posted 01/05/08 01:06 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 01:06 AM got a coupla cans in there that's for sure!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 21y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 01/05/08 01:15 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 01:15 AM Nice. There'd be a fair bit of weight in that! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcl Toughest BA Turbo Lifetime Members 3,408 Member For: 22y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 01/05/08 01:23 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 01:23 AM Good work, and it sounds like a good party.This was reported here 3 years ago.ref http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14301Brian Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668408 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exarsixturbo Dr. Speed Member 784 Member For: 17y 10m 10d Gender: Male Location: The land of Politicians, Public Servants, Porno & Pyrotechnics Posted 01/05/08 01:47 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 01:47 AM Nice! I like it - alot! Too bad I don't have a ute, maybe I will do it in the back seat of the sedan.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 22y 5m 18d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 01/05/08 02:05 AM Share Posted 01/05/08 02:05 AM How good is that Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/45039-making-a-ute-esky/#findComment-668430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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