We brought our new Denali 293RKS to our new home in Green Caye RV Park in Dickinson, Tx. yesterday. Today, while loading her up, it occurred to me that although a rear kitchen was to our liking, it might not have been the best place for a kitchen because of bouncing while being towed. After all, the kitchen is at the other end of the fulcrum. Has anyone here with a rear kitchen, experienced any problems while on the road, in the way of pots, pans, dishes, etc. flying out of control?

We have a rear kitchen and did experience cabinets opening and some pots, etc. leaving their shelves. I added shocks to the trailer and that has improved things quite a bit. We still put a hand towel under the round glass tray in the micro and we lay hand towels over the silverware just to make sure they stay in place.Good luck!

One of our prior TTs was rear kitchen. Did not have a problem but we also used containers for everything including what was in the drawers and cabinets. Used the line of plastic boxes from Sterilite.

Too late now....don't worry about it. Load it up, get on down the road and enjoy yourself.Rear kitchens are a common floor plan. You will learn how to pack stuff to overcome any problems if any. All RV's are a compromise is some way or another.Congrats on the new rig.

Every make rear kitchen is different and you won't know how it will act until you have towed it a ways. We had a Golden Falcon 5er rear kitchen that we towed all over North America, from central Mexico to the Yukon and never had a problem with things falling or doors opening. But, know friends that had nothing but problems with their rear kitchens, different models act different.

We stuff rolls of paper towel wherever we can. Protects everything and is always handy.

Rear Kitchen Questions | Good Sam Community

25 Replies

tnscoutr
Explorer
May 22, 2017
We love our RK. Have never had a problem with a door or drawer opening.
rhagfo
Explorer III
May 22, 2017
Johndanielscpa wrote:
Ours is a rear kitchen model. It is equipped with shocks. We don't have any issues.

Best advice ever!!
We only had one bad incident with our rear kitchen, basically we hit a speed bump at about 40 to 45 mph! We hit a road buckle on 101 just south of Seaside after some local flooding.
No extra Rough Road sign than the one that is always there, but the buckle was new and big, I swore the tires on the 5er left the road. The TV had just been fitted with a full set of Bilstein 5100's, not lifted. Right after that shocks went on the 5er, Lippert kit, the shocks lasted about three years. Just put on a fresh set of Monroe's.
With the shocks the 5er just flows down the road.

Oh, the speed bump took out all the refer door shelf's, which were loaded with beer and soda.
To those that say trailers don't need shocks, Well for us it makes a big difference.
FSJPat
Explorer
May 22, 2017
Just towed my rear kitchen Bighorn cross country and the only problem was we lost a couple of glasses that were thin (wine glasses), but nothing else. Just make sure you are stowed for sea and you'll be fine.
JIMNLIN
Explorer III
May 22, 2017
We ran our 1st 27'RK with a super slide for 65k-70k miles and nothing broke.

The 32' RK with two slides in sig has around 125k-130k miles and nothing broke inside even after a very rough road trip in UT/CO on US-160/US-491 shook a AC vent/duct loose and cracked the black tank valve fitting and lost one hub cover.
Both units had shocks.

Now our 1st 5th wheel trailer was a '84 7600 gvwr 26' rear bath with no shocks and 4k axles/15" load D bias ply tires (before radial trailer tires). Things were a mess after a short trip in both rear cabinets even though the doors stayed closed.

The wife says if I sell her rear kitchen rv she is through camping.
The_Texan
Explorer
May 22, 2017
camperforlife wrote:
We had a 26' KZ with standard suspension rear kitchen and no problems. I now have a 35' Cougar rear kitchen with the MORryde suspension and no problems. Those who seem to think it is a big issue never owned one. Enjoy your new trailer.

You got that right :)
camperforlife
Explorer
May 22, 2017
We had a 26' KZ with standard suspension rear kitchen and no problems. I now have a 35' Cougar rear kitchen with the MORryde suspension and no problems. Those who seem to think it is a big issue never owned one. Enjoy your new trailer.
jffnkrn
Explorer
May 19, 2017
We have had three TT with rear kitchens, really never had an issue other than a couple times on the road wit ha roller coaster asphalt, got whipped around a bit, but overall, no big deal to have it. Like the others said, pack, repack and pack again. You will figure it out and if you like the floor plan, go, enjoy and have fun! ! ! Good Luck & Be Safe ! ! !
NMDriver
Explorer
May 19, 2017
If you have a slide that covers cabinet doors; check the doors before opening the slide. We have a long cabinet that is behind the slide in the rear kitchen and about half the time would be open after a bumpy ride. A short bungee fixes that problem but I still check the slide sides each time before opening the slide.
Tony_B
Explorer
May 19, 2017
Thanks for all the replies. Too dark to see if I have shocks. If not, I'll just deal with it. This thread was not written in a panic, just wondered if it was a problem and what people did about it. i been on some pretty rough water in my boats and never had a problem. so I guess i wont here either.
bikendan
Explorer
May 19, 2017
We just took a 7 week trip in our new rear kitchen TT and had no issues or problema with anything "flying out of control".