Residential fridge storage

[fairway2002]

Hello

New rig has Residential fridge. First ride I had two bottles broken. Any PROVEN solutions?

Pics would be great

Thanks

[Passin_Thru]

Agree with crasster. I had a bottle of Olive Oil break. Have to change carpet and took forever to get it off Linoleum.

[dkreuzen]

A residential fridge needs to be packed like any RV fridge so nothing can move around. I have had shelf/drawer supports break from overloading so beware of that.

[chuckftboy]

The only real issue I have with my res. fridge was the door flying open when the wife didn't latch it. In her defense, we had just pulled out of Camping World and was turning left before she had a chance to latch it. Anyway, I no longer buy orange juice in hard plastic containers
I now use several spring loaded rods to secure heavy items. My Dometic had an auto door lock that locked when I turned on the ignition and I sure miss that feature.

[DSDP_Don]

We still bring soda, especialy 7Up for my VO. We use two of those soda stackers that let them roll forward. We have one plastic tray that holds all of the condiments. Other than that, we load like we would at home.

[crasster]

Organize the inside well. Take special care that glass is placed near some softer stuff if possible. Leftovers in zip lock bags are often good and soft. Also bags of nuts or finger foods to pack around them.

[Two_Jayhawks]

fairway2002 wrote:
Hello

New rig has Residential fridge. First ride I had two bottles broken. Any PROVEN solutions?

Pics would be great

Thanks

We lined one shelf in a continuous grid with these. All beverages and/or anything breakable is contained and can't dance around while we are moving. The bins that hold pop cans we stand the cans up rather than horizontal. Nothing has broke so far but if it does happen at least it will be contained.

[Trumpet_Player]

phillyg wrote:
I subscribed since I have a FW with residential fridge on order. I'm thinking small organizer (plastic) baskets might help with that type of problem. We'll see what other folks say.

We have a residential refrigerator and using plastic baskets as indicated is exactly what we do while we travel. Never had anything break, but prior to the use of the baskets, everything was pretty much a mess inside when we arrived and opening the doors for the first time was a real surprise. Once parked (if for more than a day) we remove the baskets for easier use.

Safe travels,

[Goldencrazy]

You must have been on some horrible roads. Things do need to be secured so they don't roll around but no problem for me and no different than other RV refrigerator.

[rk911]

fairway2002 wrote:
Hello

New rig has Residential fridge. First ride I had two bottles broken. Any PROVEN solutions?

Pics would be great

I used a sheet of the 'no-slide' fabric on each shelf and on top of a few shelves I placed a small plastic bin for holding small jars, etc. nothing moves, well not significantly. doors stay shut with the same type of closer used on kitchen drawers.

[We_Cant_Wait]

A lot has to go with how you load the shelf. Myself I make sure the shelf I'm using is Full and the heavy stuff is on the side of the fridge toward the front of the coach, stopping will cause more issues in the fridge then accelerating. At times I might have an empty shelf but once we get set up and rearrange the fridge then all shelves have stuff on them.

[MrWizard]

Res fridge for 6 yrs
never broke a thing, have forgotten to latch the doors, and have things fall out
maybe he left something were it rolled around and struck something else
not the best way to carry food stuffs

place up right, and if your shelves are not full, move stuff around to pack the shelf

better one full shelf than 3 , near empty,
things don't shift when nearly full, like they can when nearly empty

[ford_truck_guy]

fairway2002 wrote:
Hello

New rig has Residential fridge. First ride I had two bottles broken. Any PROVEN solutions?

Pics would be great

Thanks

Were the bottle broken inside the fridge ? Or did the door open and they fall out ? I can't say I heard that bottles break inside before ?

I have my first residential fridge In my current fifth wheel with zero issues.. We have had bottles in there, bowls of soup in there, you name it..

[phillyg]

I subscribed since I have a FW with residential fridge on order. I'm thinking small organizer (plastic) baskets might help with that type of problem. We'll see what other folks say.