anyone made a rear table for tailgating or camping

allsierra123

just curious I searched and only came up with the interior westy or carat table. wondering if anyone had devised or installed something for the rear when its opened up
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Steelhead · Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:59 pm Post subject:

good idea. I think I'd incorporate the tow hitch or bumper so that the rear hatch could be closed when the table is set up.
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McVanagon · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:11 am Post subject:

Someone in here made a table mount that attached to the jackpoints.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=192341

This wasn't the thread/photos I had seen before.
This is not behind the van.
This may not be the answer you were looking for.
This may not have helped you at all.
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madspaniard · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:59 am Post subject:

PDXWesty · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:08 am Post subject:

I just use a roll up table. Roll-a-table is the best and most compact you can buy. Mine's lasted 10 years and going. I recommend them highly. Available at most good outdoor stores.
http://www.camptime.net/roll-a-table.htm

Steelhead · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:20 am Post subject:

tschroeder0 · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:04 am Post subject:

yeah roll a table packs up nice, sturdy etc...I've used one for years. Todd

rockfish · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject:

Have a low-rise version of the roll-table, great for the beach, etc.
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tencentlife · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:32 pm Post subject:

I have the roll table, too. It's great when it's set up, but I hate building it and taking it apart. It's awkward, and I always forget to wear gloves so my hands are black with aluminum sleaze just when it's time to eat.

Gotta be careful to tie them down in windy conditions, too; they fly real good! On river trips we have covered 5-gal. buckets for food storage, and those get used as camp stools around the table. Just take the rollup table's stow strap and clip it thru the bail of a loaded bucket, and the table stays put even in pretty high canyon winds.
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Steelhead · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject:

j8 · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:01 pm Post subject:

allsierra123, was there a specific type of table you envisioned? like one that dropped down when the gate was up, or one that attached to a hitch receiver?

we sit in the back under the open hatch sometimes (short awning, sorta) but i sorta dream of a real awning and side table set up. that one that goes into bus jackpoints is awesome, but i don't believe it would work on the vanagon due to jackpoint shape. the gowesty (i am a customer) equiv looks plenty nifty but is just too spendy for me.
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allsierra123 · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:08 pm Post subject:

Well now that I have thought long and hard about it something that would attatch to a swing away spare tire. Due to the fact that we too sit in the rear sometimes with the hatch up. it just seems that when tailgating I guess I do it often enough but never in the van due to know where to put anything mind you it is a passenger van so I dont have the westy interior to rely for tables and what not. I guess I may have to make something.
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climberjohn · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:17 am Post subject:

Check out pg 17 of the "What did you do to your Westy today" thread.

Bird84westy first posted this - he gets all the credit, I am merely publicizing his idea.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=261355

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

It's a brilliant design for a galvanized pipe table mount that slides into your jack stand on the side of the van. You then slides the inside table mount and table on over the top of the pipe. Yep, I know, it's not the back of the van like you asked, but still pretty neat.

For some unfathomable reason,Go We$ty charges $130 for pretty much the same thing!! Robbery!

http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4215...amp;start=

I made one a few weeks back, and it works great. All the pipe was bought at Home Cheapo, and it was pre cut and pre threaded (ie, no custom pipe cutting). Cost was under $20 and took all of 5 minutes to thread together. I did not make /use the wood "footing" for the flange.
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TopBud · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject:

I know this is not a vanagon, but it is a VW. I saw this guy set up in Havasu and he has a table that slides out of the rear when the hatch is popped open. He has a website, I just can not find it now. I believe he lives in Phoenix or Southern Ca. if anyone can find out who owns this bus they can find out more info about his rear table. I looked at it and thought it was very cool. That is where he puts his stove, it is very trick. I will try to get more info when I am home. Here is his bus:
This is from Copperstate

you can kind of see the wood below the pad on the rear of the VW
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TopBud · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 1:01 pm Post subject:

EZ Gruv is a member that frequents the bay forum. he also makes and sells the jack point table for a fraction of what go westy sells. Read the reviews and check this out
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=576723
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madspaniard · Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:45 pm Post subject:

Witless Joe · Samba Member Joined: May 06, 2005 Posts: 460

I had a hazy memory of somebody on Samba building a rear table, with a surrounding tent, for their Vanagon tailgate.

Something like this:

I think I found the right thread, but it looks like the picture links for the Vanagon version are dead now.

Here you go:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=278866

(And now I notice you were even one of the correspondents in that thread, allsierra...)

PDXWesty · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject:

Found this at Cabelas

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/...arch_redir

kirsplat · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:56 pm Post subject:

We sometimes use folding card tables like this:

http://www.target.com/Folding-Table-Black-34/dp/B0..._rd_t=5201

They can be stowed under the rear pad and can even fit in a Westy with cabinets. It's cheap, vinyl cleans easy enough, and has a good amount of room for food and drinks.
When stowed it raises the pad height 1" and you can still sleep comfortably.

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gmoyle · Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 9:14 pm Post subject:

So, how does this attach to the jack stand???


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