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This is a 10 inch full-extension side-mount ball bearing drawer slide from Fulterer's 5501 series, rated 550 lb per pair in a zinc-finished steel build. It brings industrial-class capacity to compact drawer applications where every inch of extension counts.
Most heavy drawers are also deep drawers, but not always. Dense material storage, tooling trays, parts bins, and shop carts regularly pack serious weight into a short footprint. A 10 inch slide at the 550 lb class handles a compact drawer loaded with metal stock, hardware inventory, or machined components without any compromise on extension. Because the slide is full extension, the entire drawer clears the opening — nothing stays buried at the back even in a shallow run.
Standard motion is the right call for these environments. There is no spring or damper to conflict with a firm push or a hard stop, and the drawer holds its position at any point in the travel. That behavior suits shop benches, service carts, and utility cabinets where the drawer often stays open during a task.
The slide is cold-formed steel with a zinc electroplate — the workhorse finish for side-mount ball bearing slides used indoors. Zinc protects the steel members through years of daily cycling in a shop or utility space without adding the cost or complexity of a decorative coating. It is a functional surface built for the environment these slides typically live in: benches, carts, and cabinets that work hard and stay inside.
Cabinet shops and shop outfitters building low-profile tool storage or parts drawers are the core buyer. So are contractors fitting compact service compartments, and facilities teams maintaining equipment carts where a short but massively loaded drawer is the configuration. The non-handed design makes it easy to stock one SKU and pull pairs for any position. If the installation is face-frame construction, plan for rear mounting brackets — those are series-specific and sold separately.
550 lb is the per-pair rating — both slides together carrying the load, which is how load ratings work in this category. Do not double the number by counting each slide separately.
Slide length and travel are two different specs. This is a full-extension slide, so the drawer member extends approximately the full 10 inch slide length and the entire drawer clears the opening. A 3/4-extension slide of the same length would leave the back of the drawer inside the cabinet — this one does not.
Side-mount ball bearing slides in this class nominally require 1/2 inch of clearance per side, so the drawer box is built 1 inch narrower than the opening. Confirm the exact tolerance against the Fulterer 5501 specification sheet before building the box.
No. This is a standard-motion slide with no closing mechanism. The drawer stays wherever it is left, which is often the right behavior for a work surface or parts tray that needs to stay open during a job.
No. The slide is non-handed, so both pieces in the pair are identical and either one fits either side of the drawer.
When the drawer is short but the load is not, the Fulterer 5501 in zinc covers the application — full extension, 550 lb class, standard motion, and a non-handed pair that installs the same way every time.
Sold In: 4 Set
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Sold in: 2 Set |  FTFR5400-12BRKT Mfr# 5527 | Fulterer 12" Side Mount Bracket, Unhanded Zinc - 5527 |
