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Clips onto your steering wheel with no tools for a flat, steady surface
Everything we stock has to make sense for real work days spent in the cab.
We describe our gear plainly so you know what you're getting before you buy.
We pick products for people whose ute or van doubles as their workplace.
A cleaner cab makes the rest of the day a bit easier to manage.
Roadnook makes a tradie grade steering wheel desk for blokes who run a ute or van as their office and are sick of eating a pie off their lap and doing quotes on a cracked phone.
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The DeskMate gives you a surface on the steering wheel for food when you're parked up.
Quotes, dockets and laptop admin get a spot of their own instead of sliding off your knee.
The ClearView Magnetic Phone Mount gives your phone a dedicated place in the cab.
The TidyGo Car Bin keeps wrappers, receipts and cups in one place.
Most chosen(172)Roadnook DeskMate Steering Wheel DeskA steering wheel desk that gives you a flat spot for lunch and paperwork when parked.$59.90Club price $47.90
(28)Roadnook Work Ready DuoOne each of DeskMate Steering Wheel Desk and ClearView Magnetic Phone Mount.$82.90Club price $65.90
(28)Roadnook Clean Desk DuoOne each of DeskMate Steering Wheel Desk and TidyGo Car Bin.$43.90Club price $34.90
(27)Roadnook Mobile Office BundleThis set includes the DeskMate Steering Wheel Desk, the ClearView Magnetic Phone Mount and the TidyGo Car Bin.$103.90Club price $82.90
Parked outside the first job, you hook the desk on and check the day's list. Your notes sit flat instead of sliding off your knee.
You sign off the morning's dockets on a flat surface. Your coffee has somewhere to sit while you do it.
The servo pie goes on the desk, not your knee. You head to the next site without sauce down your shirt.
Before you drive home, you knock over a quote or invoice on the laptop. The evening stays yours.
Most people start by balancing a laptop on their knee. The DeskMate Steering Wheel Desk gives you a flat spot right where you park.
One each of DeskMate Steering Wheel Desk and ClearView Magnetic Phone Mount. Start at your next stop.
Roadnook Club price $65.90.
Shop the Work Ready DuoMembers pay $47.90 for the DeskMate Steering Wheel Desk instead of $59.90, and 20% less on every order after that.
To help people who work out of their vehicles turn the cab into a tidier, more usable place to eat, work and get through the day.
Yes. The tray is a rigid ABS panel built to hold a 15 inch laptop steady without flexing or sagging in the middle. The two documented weak points on cheap imports are snapping clips and a surface that bows under weight. This tray is made to answer both. The clips are reinforced to grip the wheel firmly, so you get a level, solid base rather than a bouncy one.
Plenty. The recessed cup holder keeps a coffee or drink upright, the raised lip around the edge stops pens, phones and paperwork sliding off, and the narrow groove along the top holds a pen or props a tablet or iPad for reference. It works just as well as an in-vehicle food tray for lunch on the go. The flat area measures 425 by 285 by 25 mm.
It is designed to clip onto a standard steering wheel, so it suits most utes, vans, cars and trucks with a normal wheel. If you run a thicker aftermarket or heavy-duty wheel, measure the rim first and check it against the 425 by 285 by 25 mm dimensions so the clips seat properly. Reach out to us if you are unsure and we will help you check before you buy.
No, and you should not try. It is made for a parked vehicle only, on a steering wheel that is locked in position. Use it during work breaks, between jobs or deliveries, or whenever you have pulled up and need a stable surface to write a quote, answer emails or eat a meal. Always take it off the wheel before you drive on.
The matte ABS surface wipes clean with a damp cloth, so a spilled coffee or lunch crumbs take a few seconds to deal with. There is nothing to charge and no moving parts to maintain. When you finish, lift it off the wheel and store it flat in a door pocket, seat-back pocket or the gap between the seat and centre console. It sits low and flat, so it takes up almost no room.
It clips over the top of your steering wheel and rests against the rim, so the tray sits flat in front of you at chest height. No tools, no screws, no permanent fitting. Turn the wheel so the tray sits level, clip it on when you park, and lift it off in a second when you are ready to drive. Small feet underneath keep it stable while you work.