And I just took it out for my first weekend camping trip with the
new box. It was Awesome! It was easy to lug around myself, even with stuff
in it. I loaded it into the back of my van and was able to access it at
the last minute to load it with food. It was a snap to set up by myself.
It was great having the easy to use work surface. And I liked being able
to close it up when not in use. The polyurethane inside was very easy to
clean.
Here's a picture:
I still need to replace the thin rope with a chain. I also think now that making it 30" wide instead of 36" would have been more convenient for my purposes. It would be a little less weight and bulk for short trips. For longer trips like pennsic, I would just make 2 of them! I'm also thinking that maybe the shelf should be inset a little bit i.e. make it something like 12 3/4" wide or something like that.
The depth is perfect. Everything I needed fit just fine. I still think
that adding partitions would be better, that way I can stack stuff in each
little cubbyhole and also so that stuff doesn't shift around during transport.