Fridge hanging rail installation help advice

[Westley78]

Hi,

I have just purchased a secondhand Foster PRO 600 LT R404A commercial fridge and would like to know the best way of fitting a rail or rails to hang fallow and muntjac please. Internal dimensions are 560mm wide x 700mm deep.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

TIA

 

[wytonpjs]

 

[baguio]

Put the rail pegs in at the top height. Cheap way is to cut a couple of bits of 2"x2" wood that sits on the pegs. Drill holes through the middle of each bit of wood. Cut a broom handle to the correct width and put each end in the hole on the 2X2 and you have your hanging rail. A swivel S hook from Butchers Sundries through the pelvis and it will take fallow with ease.
A more expensive way is a stainless frame that sits on the pegs. Just don't go drilling holes in your fridge. Theirs just no need.

 

[liongeorge]

I have exactly the same fridge and a double one . What you want is a couple of these wall flanges , use big stainless rivets to fix with a bit of hand rail between. V cheap strong and hygienic.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153034946254?hash=item23a197f6ce:g:Q3wAAOSwqYZbBr8T&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMs08B3%2BtZutlnJNIGs5pkDG4FVfEV%2BK9qki0PcowspW0aJ8fExd9Gll%2B7rYl8cdbpjSOpW1z2yLBhcRw3pymLhF3%2B9PWLVyKeIensYf4CeLe6JfUisowgYS%2FNX4CZvGmkurPd7Y9mx6rbMpmvg8IBEHsc18dzIyRpHze4aJKaA5cSWbuw2EsnDBQUF8rcbVMUmkEvA7DJOnf06yDlNfrQpqLbLfjuQUBmil2Z4dc1cqwXyoNI9d%2FsFahTpD8fivPA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR9y5_dr0YQ

 

[Johno2486]

I have double stainless Foster, I bought galvanised 32mm scaffold poles, and fittings, does the job well, all removable for deep cleaning etc.

Centre support foot plate just sits there, not fastened to base of fridge, only to the pole itself.

Whole thing was under £50 cut to size & delivered.

 

[Westley78]

Thanks for the info guys, all very helpful

 

[nic531]

i agree, no need to cut, so i have a stainless frame bolted together, but the scaffold way is easier.... also while designing it, look if you you can have a removable extension to reach out of fridge like the Landig system.... makes life far easier

 

[wytonpjs]

Thanks for the info guys, all very helpful

Westly, think about your access for getting a beast into your chiller and how you are going to do that possibly single-handedly. That's why I have 2 rails systems in my chiller - the width-wise one takes munties and roe, the front-loading one for fallow/sika. There's a reason why all commercial game fridges have rails facing out and thats for ease of loading. I'm getting on and have back issues. Trying to manhandle even a 36 kg fallow into the width-wise rail with the assistance of my 19yr old was emotional given its size and the limited grip on hooks/gambrels. Whilst mine is overly complex for roe/muntjac, I can lift a fallow out of my plaster's bath using an electric hoist, slide it along the top rail, open the chiller, add the rail extension and then lower the animal onto the hanger trolley before sliding it into the chiller. Extension off, door closed, job done with virtually no effort and no risk to my back!

Just saying..........................................

 

[Westley78]

Westly, think about your access for getting a beast into your chiller and how you are going to do that possibly single-handedly.

Good advice thanks

 

[Tim.243]

Good advice thanks

It took 2 of us and my elderly Dad to get a 66kg Fallow buck in a drinks chiller. I had got it in my truck on my own (tip don't cut the head off as they make great handles to pull on)
66kg is a lot of weight to punch up in the air at an angle and land a hook halfway in a chiller on a rail as I found out.

Medium size Fallow are not heavy but holding a 30-40 kg of wet floppy deer at an angle with your arms at full stretch is not easy. You can bear hug one in but it means you and the deer getting under the rail in your chiller, shoot 2 and 3 is a crowd lol

How I got over it before having my small walk in chiller and winch was to use a step ladder and a length of key clap 34mm tube with it resting on the rail and step ladder on a downward angle so bear hugged the deer on the tube and shuffled it down the tube and wiggled it on the rail.

When deer are cold and stiff they are easy, wet/warm and floppy they are not easy.

 

[liongeorge]

I have double stainless Foster, I bought galvanised 32mm scaffold poles, and fittings, does the job well, all removable for deep cleaning etc.

Centre support foot plate just sits there, not fastened to base of fridge, only to the pole itself.

Whole thing was under £50 cut to size & delivered.

Exactly what I did, although I have no support pole so you can slide the carcasses along. I've easily had 200kgs regularly on mine with no problems.

 

[liongeorge]

So there's been a bit of discussion about the trouble with loading carcasses into upright chillers. I think Iv'e found the perfect solution. It's a gadget I've made using a 12v quad winch. If anyone wants to know the details please PM me

 

[Monarch Country Products]

Pot-rivet uni-strut sections into place, then use galvanized wiring conduit for hanging rails...

 

[Westley78]

Pot-rivet uni-strut sections into place, then use galvanized wiring conduit for hanging rails...

Impressive thanks

 

[Westley78]

So there's been a bit of discussion about the trouble with loading carcasses into upright chillers. I think Iv'e found the perfect solution. It's a gadget I've made using a 12v quad winch. If anyone wants to know the details please PM me

Ingenious

 

[75]

if you’ve got the headroom then fit a cheap electric hoist well above the height you need to get them too. The higher the better and with the cable/wire as close to to front edge of the chiller as possible. Swinging them onto a hook from above (and then lowering onto the rail) takes a fraction of the effort of lifting them up to the rail from below.

 

[willowbank]

Hi,

I have just purchased a secondhand Foster PRO 600 LT R404A commercial fridge and would like to know the best way of fitting a rail or rails to hang fallow and muntjac please. Internal dimensions are 560mm wide x 700mm deep.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

TIA

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Hi,

I have just purchased a secondhand Foster PRO 600 LT R404A commercial fridge and would like to know the best way of fitting a rail or rails to hang fallow and muntjac please. Internal dimensions are 560mm wide x 700mm deep.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated

TIA

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A quick search on here will give you all the answers, lots of posts on it. I have a Fosters (dilly dilly) double door chiller myself and touch wood it’s been great

Willowbank

 

[4616Oxon]

I have double stainless Foster, I bought galvanised 32mm scaffold poles, and fittings, does the job well, all removable for deep cleaning etc.

Centre support foot plate just sits there, not fastened to base of fridge, only to the pole itself.

Whole thing was under £50 cut to size & delivered.

Do the screws just go through the metal sheeting to the insulation?

 

[Johno2486]

Do the screws just go through the metal sheeting to the insulation?

Hi, yes screws only go though the side wall metal sheeting by only about 5mm.

 

[Malxwal]

Using the original shelves and pegs, two bits of angle and a bar drilled and tapped. Bolts through the vertical of the angle into the ends of the bar. I countersunk the holes and used countersunk head socket caps. Some of the original shelf can be cut away for access onto hooks if reqd. No need to do any drilling into the walls.