Fridge Slide for ARB Elements Electric Cooler

Video Transcript for ARB Elements Cooler Fridge Slide with Tie Down Kit Review

Hey there, it's Evangeline here at etrailer. Today, we have our ARB fridge slide for your ARB Elements fridges. This is gonna be a heavy duty 75% extension slide that gives you easier access to your fridge. So if you have your fridge stored inside of, let's say your vehicle, on your truck bed, or in your trailer, or on your trailer, using this fridge slide makes it easier to both mount your fridge but also, (metal clangs) get easy access to it. The ARB Elements cooler is designed to be exposed to the elements. It is their only cooler line that you can keep in your truck bed or on your trailer outside in the rain and sunshine.

If you are already getting this large, heavy duty cooler, then it is worth considering also getting this slide. If you are storing your cooler inside of your vehicle, it doesn't make as much sense to go all the way to the Elements unless you like its unique design. But if you have it inside the vehicle, that's when having that slide becomes extra, extra helpful. This does extend out 27 inches and a 16th of an inch. It is not a full extension, but rather a 75% extension because it handles or is designed to handle that much weight.

You have a 265 pound of weight capacity. So given how heavy the cooler is, if you want to load this up with all kinds of food, ingredients and things, then having that heavy weight capacity makes a lot of sense. I, personally, have found maybe a little bit more issues with deciding where to mount this fridge slide where it makes sense on the truck or on the trailer. You have to think ahead of time your mounting spots and how your fridge is going to mount to make sure that this will be the most effective and the most helpful for you. The first thing I consider is the latch.

The slide has this small latch that when the fridge is in the extended position may be a little tricky to reach over and get access to. The good news is, is if needed, you can reposition that latch. (metal clangs) That latch comes back on the right side of your slide. You can move it to the left side, but it does require a little bit of work. You have to loosen some nuts and some bolts in order to get it on over there.

You also have to dodge around different bearings on your fridge slide. The bearings is gonna be a little interesting in design compared to some other fridge slides you may have seen. We have a bunch of different roller bearings and while they look like they are exposed, they're actually sealed to keep dust from getting into them. You can also adjust them very easily. It's simply a matter of an Allen key and then you can adjust your guide bearings to make for a more efficient slide. Now, these are some heavy duty bearings though. You have one, two, three and four just along the corner, plus a bunch of other bearings along the bottom so that you, even with your heavier fridge, can slide this out properly. (metal clangs) The next thing you have to consider to get the most out of your fridge slide is where will we even put it A lot of people mount this fridge slide to their truck bed, put on a piece of plywood like what I did here, and that little extra lift allows a lot of them to be able to slide this out onto their tailgate and also, gives them a little bit more versatility with where they put the entire system. They're not limited to the four holes on the fridge slide that are required to mount this pretty much permanently. So what I did is I found a piece of plywood that matched the size of my fridge slide and then I drilled some holes, one, two, three, four, and then I put down some bolts. Hardware is not included with this, so I did use a bolt, two flat washers and a locking nut underneath to secure everything. And just like that, I have my fridge slide all set up. I can now secure the piece of plywood to different parts of my trailer or into the truck bed. As for your cooler, that can actually permanently mount to your fridge slide. It already uses the bolt in the legs and that secures to the holes in that slide. Pretty helpful, but I personally would actually recommend taking a look at these tie-down kit for the ARB Elements cooler. That's gonna be a lot easier to attach. It goes to the front of the fridge slide by these holes and then you don't have to lift that cooler and deal with bolts underneath. And that's about it for the ARB Elements cooler. If you're already dead set on getting the cooler, getting the fridge slide along with it is honestly, very helpful, especially with how it is designed to handle all that extra weight with all those rollers and all those bearings, this gives you a smooth slide out to get you better access to your cooler. The main things to consider are where are you gonna put it and how are you gonna mount it there. And hopefully, this video just showed you how I did it and guided you along that process. This fridge slide is designed for specific sizes for the ARB Elements. So double check our product page to make sure you're getting the correct fridge slide for the correct cooler. But today, this was a look at the ARB fridge slide for your ARB Elements coolers, right here at etrailer.