Bunk rooms....for storage?

MookieKat...if you do this please show pics.

We have a double bunk in the back corner of our TT. We have loads of room for clothes and food etc. However...hubby thinks it would be great to remove the bunks and add fishing rod holders, hooks for jackets, boots etc. Light storage.

I have heard that the interior fixtures, closets, beds etc. partly support the wall panel structure. I would love to know if this is true

We have a bunk room and seldom use it as a bunk room. We bought it because I knew that we could not live in it during the spring thru fall for weeks at a time without more storage. I wanted it. My husband would have had no idea until he tried to put his clothes away that there was not enough room.
The bunk room has two closets in plus a wardrobe with two shelves, two drawers and extra short closet space. We put boxes on the bunks that hold other things.
If grandchildren are staying with us the boxes go into the rear of the truck.

Hmmmm....did not know about disrupting the balance....good thing I asked!

Not going full time but I do have a guitar and rebounder. We will be on the road 4-6 weeks at a time. Also a cat traveling with us...thought it might be a good place for the cat and litter box but now we have found a floorplan that we love that does not have the bunkhouse.

It has an island and most of the things that we love. But storage is still a problem for guitar. I cannot keep it out in heat or cold so it needs to stay with us.

I too believe you would disrupt the whole balance of the trailer.
I guess you are going full timing, and need to carry all you have. Otherwise. I can't imagine carrying more clothes than I can fit in the closets in our bunkhouse. As it is. I carry all the summer clothes I have, and some winter stuff, just in case.

Unless you get a 5th Wheel, you could still store things in an SUV.

A Van one would more than likely be even better , especially a Cargo Van.

One could also also add a Cap to a pickup & have storage in it.

As for turning a bunkhouse area into a Closet. I assume it would depend on the bunkhouse arrangement as to how feasible it would be.

But if you are going with a 5th Wheel, it would be a good option. Our son had a bunkhouse in a separate room. It would have been easy to use it as a Closet. The two bunks on one side could have been used to hang shirts & skirts, just by adding a couple of rods (& just take out the cushions/mattresses. For longer things a rod between the two sides between the bunks & the build in chest of drawers could have been used.

We had a bunk house TT about 10 years ago (no kids). My wife stored a couple of guitars on the top bunk and the 2 dogs slept on the bottom bunk.
Worked out great for us at the time. If you are creative and handy you could convert the bunk area into a decent storage space...just don't overload it for balance and weight reasons.