Basement rollout trays

Thanks for the feedback guys. I went ahead and removed two of the rollouts today and will do the third one tomorrow. Can already tell I am glad they are gone. Will give me the blank slate for me to design the space in a more efficient way and accommodate the table saw and miter saw I want to put in there. I am more interested in space than convenience at this point....but completely understand others desire for the benefits of the rollout trays.
Thanks,
Phil

I WILL NOT be without slide outs. My present coach has 3 of them that slide both directions. They are very convenient. I just have to figure out the best way to load them properly, but then again we are just getting started. Don't take them out. Build the cabinets so they fit in the slides and still work nicely. You could even have full height cabinets outside the frames with lower cabinets behind for those less often used items, and have a way to swing the full height cabinets out of the way to get at the smaller rear cabinets.

Fire Up, thanks for the pictures. You just shared some good ideas. :D

No way I would remove

I solved my problem. The big bay has one and the small bay is without.

If you bay doors are under a slide out, you might think they are priceless. I sure like mine. I have one that slides in both directions. Love it. Coach didn't come with them, but bought Kwiki and installed myself.

I wouldn't take them out of ours for nothing. It is a pain already bending under some of the bay doors. But trying to lift and manuever a thirty pound grill or 15 pound recliners etc to the back of the storage bend near or lying on the ground?? I would rather seee trays that will extend beyond the bay doors. There is a loss of space because the trays are several inches tall though. I wonder if someone doesn't do modifications allowing the top hinged doors to swing up more or near vertically?

ferndaleflyer wrote:
I wouldn't take mine out for nothing-----if something is loaded in the back and you need it how do you get it??? Unload everything in front of it. Some thing I have got used to after having this thing for 15 years. Sliding trays, lights in every compartment, Frig/freezer in the basement, lots of little things its hard to find now days.

Loaded in the back? U simply open the door on the other side of the motorhome? any motorhome i have owned or seen has a door on either end of the slideout

Goatee wrote:
Huh! And here I was thinking about having a couple installed. Are they really a problem?

Goatee,
No, they're not a problem. As you can tell by the responses here, they are of value to some folks but, not all. Yes, they do take up some room in terms of Total Cubic Feet. You, (or anyone) must determine what is of value in terms of total cubic space and, what you plan on storing in and around your compartments. There is no doubt that the mechanism of the drawer and its slide components, take up room. In some cases, quite valuable room.

A slide out tray is really of quite value when large, or even small, HEAVY items are stored in the rear or, inner sections and, one would compromise their back trying to remove or install heavy items that were in the back of a compartment. Slide out trays simply allow for deep storage items to be retrieved or put back without the possible risk of injury to ones body.

They also have a secondary value of being able to store items that would be hard to get to without the removal of many items in front of them. It is a simple matter of choice. If you feel, as the OP might, that he could create better and more user friendly storage without the use of, space taking slide out trays, AND YOU HAVE A PLAN, (for storage items and their arrangement) then by all means, remove them or, don't install them.

But, if you have heavy or bulky items that you use only once in a while, and you know that they will fit in a tray and, more often used items will remain in the front of the trays. Then, install them or, keep them in place if you have them.

Setting up a compartment or, series of compartments takes a bit of time and, if done properly, you can have all your possessions and still have quite a bit of room.
Scott

We just traded a coach without slide out trays for one with trays. At this point, I really like them. I agree you have to watch the height of items on the trays if you want to pull them in either direction. I used large plastic storage tubs to organize the stuff on the trays and I am pleased with it.

I do agree the better arrangement would be to have two trays that meet in the middle.