porta boat storage *UPDATE*

JEBar wrote:
when we had a Porta Bote we went through the same "how are we going to take this thing with us" thought process .... we decided against mounting it to the side of our camper due to slide configurations .... installing a carrier and bracket on the back of the camper to carry it vertically but ours would have extended to far above the roof .... for me the roof was out, too much effort involved in putting it up there and taking it down .... that only left under the camper .... as with the one pictured above, that ended up doing OK .... biggest problem was the amount of road grime that builds up on the boat required a great deal of cleaning .... a Porta Bote is a great idea but for me, it proved to be way too much work for what I got out of it and I was most happy the day it was sold

Jim

I don't have an issue with dirt. The bote is very durable any dirt just comes right off.
The bigger issue with carrying the bote underneath is getting my less than limber body underneath the trailer to crawl around and load and unload the bote.
Securing the bote requires shimming and sliding along the ground, which may be wet,muddy,sharp,rocky etc. depending on campsite.
Don't get me wrong carrying bote underneath works well, but it requires effort to secure and remove bote.
The good part about underneath storage is the bote stays beneath the trailer the entire camping season. I don't load and unload the bote when I get home. I leave bote underneath the trailer at all times. Some trips I use it some I don't however the bote is never in the way. You really can't tell the bote is beneath the trailer.