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kelly94942
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May 14, 2013

Organizing outdoor storage

It's easy in a 5th wheel - so much room! But how do you best organize your outdoor storage in your TT? How do you prevent the middle from becoming a giant black hole? I know there are a million threads on this but a search isn't turning up anything I'm looking for.

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  • long items like fishing poles and tiki torches are hung on the side walls. Items that are for towing and blocking and what-not are on the left side (driver side if hooked up). Other items are stored in the compartment in order of setup. Things like my cords and hoses are right by the door. The chairs and awning lights and nice to haves are in farther. Everything smaller than a lawn chair is put into a crate/box by category as mentioned already. That way as I set up I grab the next box of stuff, deal with its contents and move to the next box. For essentials only I have to deal with only 2 crates.
  • We store stuff in those plastic totes w/lids. They're easy to pull out so there is no black hole in the middle of the see-through outside cubbies. Everything is in reach. Since we tow with a large van, we store stuff in the van. Since we only bring what we need and don't allow things to accumulate, we have plenty of storage space.
  • Lucky for me my TV is a full size 3/4 ton van, so I use it kind of like a garage. It's at the age where car seats and what not won't install, so the family travels in the Toyota Sienna while I tow the TT.

    The BBQ, outside table, lawn chairs, tents, you name it.

    The van has space for pretty much all the gear, especially if I remove the middle row captains chairs.
  • downtheroad wrote:
    I put the stuff that I don't really need in the first place in the middle..
    The stuff I forgot I even had...the extra kitchen sinks and the set of 8 pink flamingo lawn ornaments.


    I've been wondering where to store my flamingos!!!! ;)
  • I put the stuff that I don't really need in the first place in the middle..
    The stuff I forgot I even had...the extra kitchen sinks and the set of 8 pink flamingo lawn ornaments.