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The Knape and Vogt 6500 series is a 26 inch full-extension side-mount ball bearing file drawer slide rated 125 lb per pair, built for the heavier demands of file and lateral drawer applications where a standard 100 lb cabinet slide falls short.
File drawers filled with hanging folders, letter or legal-size paper, and binders routinely push past what a 100 lb cabinet slide is sized for. The 6500 series addresses that with a 125 lb per-pair rating and a 26 inch length that suits the deeper box required by a standard lateral file cabinet. Full extension means the back of the drawer comes all the way out to the cabinet face — the rear folders are reachable without digging. Because the motion is standard with no closing mechanism, the drawer stays wherever it is pushed, which suits open-office installations where drawers are left out for extended periods of filing work.
Steel members carry the load, and the zinc finish provides indoor corrosion resistance without adding visual weight to a product that sits beside the open drawer box. Zinc is the working standard for side-mount ball bearing slides in this class — a durable functional finish, not a decorative one. This SKU ships as a Bulk-Pack, which means it is packaged in trade quantities for cabinet shops and office furniture builders ordering at volume rather than by the individual pair.
The 6500 series is the right call when the drawer is deep, the load is files, and the build is frameless or face-frame. The 26 inch length and 125 lb rating cover full lateral file cabinets comfortably. It requires 1/2 inch of side clearance per side, so the drawer box is built 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening. In a face-frame cabinet, rear mounting brackets are needed to support the back end of the slide — brackets are sold separately and must be matched to the KV 6500 series. The non-handed format means one line item covers both sides of every drawer in the job.
No. 26 inches is the closed length of the slide. Because this is a full-extension slide, the drawer travels approximately its full length, bringing the entire box clear of the cabinet opening — but slide length and drawer travel are separate specs.
Standard motion means no closing mechanism at all — no soft-close damper, no self-close spring, and no hold-in detent. The drawer stays in whatever position it is left. If a closing feature matters, look at other 6500-family variants with soft-close or self-close.
No. The 6500B 26 is non-handed, so both slides in the pair are identical and fit either side of the drawer.
Yes, but face-frame installation requires rear mounting brackets to support the back of the slide. Brackets are sold separately and must be matched to the KV 6500 series — not all rear brackets are interchangeable across slide lines.
Bulk-Pack quantities are stated on the product listing. This packaging format is intended for trade buyers ordering in production volume rather than individual pairs.
When the build calls for deep file drawers with a real load capacity behind them, the KV 6500 series 26 inch slide delivers the length, the rating, and the full-extension travel to get the whole drawer out where it can be used.
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