Drawer latches

A method we found to work was "child proof latches" for home use.
Catches
They arent expensive and they do work, but can be a nuisance when you want in.

For cabinet doors that are a pair swinging to the left and right with handles in the middle, I use a mini-bunge cord (about 12-inches) to secure the handles together. (These are handy for other things such as securing items in the refrigerator, so I keep a supply on hand.)

For a cabinet door that is not one of a pair, I use a simple screen-door latch. Not elegant, but it is effective.

I have had no problem with drawers and have no suggestion there.

(My wife & I just finished our thanksgiving lunch of mushroom-tartlet appetizers, sweet-potato soup, baked oysters, and a medium-dry sherry. Not your usual thanksgiving fare, but we enjoyed it, just the two of us.)

Thanks for a couple of good ideas/

Contact Colaw RV Salvage in Carthage Missouri. They are beyond huge with inventory. Excellent chance you might find what you need as an exact match.

On one of our trailers my wife came up with the idea of using velcro.
It worked great on the drawers.
No reason why it wouldn't work good on cabinet doors also

Guy

Best return for your money is to ask a cabinet maker and possibly have him put proper hardware on the drawers. Ours have magnetic closure and secure latches and ball bearing rails, I was told. I never had need to inspect them and we never had a failure. Probably someone in the RVing community with experience can give type and mfg etc for the hardware but...

Childproof latches for drawers. Get extras because on occasion you will forget they are on and will break them. Worked for us for years. No problem with cabinet doors.

Or buy some quality latches and replace everything. Ours are going on 21 years old and none have ever come open when traveling. Neither have any drawers.

Previous owners used velcro, bungies, even duck tape to secure drawers and doors while in transit, pretty unsightly not to speak of the wear on the finish of the wood cabinetry. After purchase we replaced a few latches from our drawers and cabinet doors that had failed, they were readily available on Amazon and Ebay. Bought a pack of them and now have a couple of spares, very easy to remove and install.

For drawers, the easy fix is to add a little block of wood or piece of stiff metal UNDER the drawer provided your drawer has enough up/down slop..

Here is a pix of my drawers..



In my case, I used a piece of aluminum which I bent to create a small ramp on one side. Push the drawer in and the metal ramp contacts the bottom of cabinet and pushes drawer up slightly. Once past the metal the drawer drops down and the metal now holds the drawer in.

To open drawer, you simply pull up slightly while pulling the drawer out. Pulling up allows the metal piece to go past the bottom of cabinet front.

This works like a charm and was modeled after my Dads old 1960s TC which used similar idea.

For your cabinet doors, go with some REAL catches, I would highly recommend using Double roller catches.. These babies WILL hold even under the worst possible road conditions and will take considerable amount of pull to open them.



You most likely will need to add a bit of blocking at the door edge but they will hold far better than magnetic catches.

The only downside to these is they do have that little metal clasp that you can scrape a hand or arm on but at least my doors don't fly open..

Those can be found at Home Depot/Lowes or Amazon..