Sink covers on or off
What do you do with your sink covers during travel? Leave them on or remove and store?
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We keep them off and stored below the sink in the space provided for them. Similar for our stove top covers. Actually, we rarely use our sink covers. We'll pull one out if we do need a bit more counter space, but our rig has a somewhat usable area for a counter.
Our counter is "Corian", but it's so thin that it can be damaged if not properly cared for. The stove and sink covers are also Corian. The manufacturer has a space under the sink with a strap to secure them when in motion.
We learned our lesson the hard way. One time we left the stove top covers in place and hitting a pothole with just the right speed and lay of the road and sway of the rig, the front stove cover slid off and hit the floor, breaking off a piece of the molded edge. It was mostly fixed and unnoticeable now, but we learned and now store them below.
What we weren't able to fix was the little "dent" it put in the hardwood floor in front of the stove.
Here in the Northeast, there ARE no smooth roads! LOL :)
I suspect those who have DP's with air-ride suspensions aren't subject to the same forces as a normal sprung chassis. We're not in that group, so we store them. :)
~Rick
Our counter is "Corian", but it's so thin that it can be damaged if not properly cared for. The stove and sink covers are also Corian. The manufacturer has a space under the sink with a strap to secure them when in motion.
We learned our lesson the hard way. One time we left the stove top covers in place and hitting a pothole with just the right speed and lay of the road and sway of the rig, the front stove cover slid off and hit the floor, breaking off a piece of the molded edge. It was mostly fixed and unnoticeable now, but we learned and now store them below.
What we weren't able to fix was the little "dent" it put in the hardwood floor in front of the stove.
Here in the Northeast, there ARE no smooth roads! LOL :)
I suspect those who have DP's with air-ride suspensions aren't subject to the same forces as a normal sprung chassis. We're not in that group, so we store them. :)
~Rick
