This week I made a coffee table. Materials were some 1/2" flat stock from Home Depot, and the biggest cheapest butcher block cutting board Walmart had to offer... also some weld nuts and gussets taken from stock, I already had the paint. So I think I'm into this for $20..
There are some side channels on those jerry can holders I bought, so I zapped the weld nuts to them outside the existing holes.
Here's the table frame all welded up...
And the cutting board top.
Put those two together and I've got a little coffee table. it is stable enough to hold up a beer as long as no one bumps into it, but on grass or dirt I can just spear those legs down into the earth to gain more stability. I don't mind it being a little on the shaky side, keeps the weight down and I didn't want to build a chair or stepstool, this is a coffee table.
Not sure how much it'll get used in deploy position anyway... as the whole point was to add it to the jerry can side of the swingout. the legs slide down into those channels on the sides of the jerry can holder, and some thumb screws go into those weld nuts to hold it in place- gravity and friction already does that, but just in case I get crazy I don't want to lose my table out on the road...
Good spot for some carrots and hummus when out on the trail, great height for standing or sitting on the tailgate. And when closed, it doesn't really stick up into the window, or stick out any further than the tire.
I made something similar for the 100, and used it a lot- great platform to boil water in the morning, great surface for signing waivers, to snacks at break time, making lunch, then happy hour. Set up time is 0, as it's always there, but if I remember to keep some wipes with me it's better if you clean it off first... and of course this will be central when the awning is deployed.