pull-out trays for pass-thru storage?
Our "new to us" 1999 Damon Intruder has pass thru storage in the baggage area but no pull-out trays. I called my local rv salvage guy to see if he had any but no luck. I did a little online shopping...
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I have had one without and one with full X slides.Although I would not remove them from the rig I have now I would not pay to have them installed on the next rig (if there is one) Here are some things to consider.
Good stuff
If you have health or mobility issues they are a must. I'm lucky as I can crawl in an RV belly all day.
They make it easier to access the basement stuff when the slides are out.
Bad Stuff
You lose 3 inches of storage for slide clearance and the tray. May not seem like much but if your basement is 8 ftx16 ft that's 128 sqft so you just lost a great deal of storage
There is gap between the trays depending on the coach and door spacing. You can store things there but whatever I put there always seems to catch the tray on one end or the other. You also lose the space between the slide and the walls. Not huge but space is space.
Most rigs also have a center frame rail in my coach it's a little over 2 ft and hangs down 16 inches. So on either side you can't place items higher the center rail or the stuff will hit and not allow the cargo slide to move to the opposite side.
On my last coach we had a flat floor in the basement, used clear containers that allowed for different ceiling heights and found this method not only gave us more storage but it was easier to find stuff.
jsayin
Good stuff
If you have health or mobility issues they are a must. I'm lucky as I can crawl in an RV belly all day.
They make it easier to access the basement stuff when the slides are out.
Bad Stuff
You lose 3 inches of storage for slide clearance and the tray. May not seem like much but if your basement is 8 ftx16 ft that's 128 sqft so you just lost a great deal of storage
There is gap between the trays depending on the coach and door spacing. You can store things there but whatever I put there always seems to catch the tray on one end or the other. You also lose the space between the slide and the walls. Not huge but space is space.
Most rigs also have a center frame rail in my coach it's a little over 2 ft and hangs down 16 inches. So on either side you can't place items higher the center rail or the stuff will hit and not allow the cargo slide to move to the opposite side.
On my last coach we had a flat floor in the basement, used clear containers that allowed for different ceiling heights and found this method not only gave us more storage but it was easier to find stuff.
jsayin
