What I Want to Do Today... but Not Sure How?
Hi Guys, when I picked up my 1995 Lance 4000 I thought I had some good ideas on how to keep stuff from dancing while on the road. Most of my ideas failed and this has become a real quandary! What...
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I would not even attempt to keep things on the counter while in motion. My kitchen gear gets stowed in cupboards or it travels in the sink.
You don't want stuff to get a run at a door. I keep most of my stuff (cupboards or frig) in baskets or small boxes. You don't even have to buy those, and they make it easier to pull out the front stuff to get to what is in the back. For containers, use items you might otherwise put into recycling: a cut-down Kleenex or cereal box makes a great drawer organizer, a cut-down gallon jug can become a small basket, etc. If you want to spend money on organizers, Welmart or Camping World has many choices.
Ways to keep doors shut: be sure that available latches are engaged and supplement those latches if necessary. I have used blue masking tape to hold the frig shut. Other possibilities: add a second set of latches to each door or try some sort of child-safe latch or earthquake strap (get these at W-M or Home Depot or some such place).
How do I know this? Because at one time or another every cupboard in my RV has done a self-eject and put its contents on the floor. Sigh.
One idea I've heard about the shallow long spaces is to use some sort of stuff sack or duffel and attach a cord that you can use to pull it out.
Experiment a bit. The first place you try for storage may not be the One, so try another. I find that needs change with time of year or nature of activity as I rotate equipment from garage to RV (winter its a portable heater, summer its a fan, etc).
You don't want stuff to get a run at a door. I keep most of my stuff (cupboards or frig) in baskets or small boxes. You don't even have to buy those, and they make it easier to pull out the front stuff to get to what is in the back. For containers, use items you might otherwise put into recycling: a cut-down Kleenex or cereal box makes a great drawer organizer, a cut-down gallon jug can become a small basket, etc. If you want to spend money on organizers, Welmart or Camping World has many choices.
Ways to keep doors shut: be sure that available latches are engaged and supplement those latches if necessary. I have used blue masking tape to hold the frig shut. Other possibilities: add a second set of latches to each door or try some sort of child-safe latch or earthquake strap (get these at W-M or Home Depot or some such place).
How do I know this? Because at one time or another every cupboard in my RV has done a self-eject and put its contents on the floor. Sigh.
One idea I've heard about the shallow long spaces is to use some sort of stuff sack or duffel and attach a cord that you can use to pull it out.
Experiment a bit. The first place you try for storage may not be the One, so try another. I find that needs change with time of year or nature of activity as I rotate equipment from garage to RV (winter its a portable heater, summer its a fan, etc).
