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backin15
Groupie Joined: 26 Feb 2017 Location: Burnsville,MN Online Status: Offline Posts: 65 |
Topic: 179 front storage containers Posted: 07 Jun 2017 at 6:43pm |
As we prepare for picking up our 179, I am wondering what size storage totes fit well in the storage area, especially the very front area?
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 07 Jun 2017 at 7:08pm |
Interesting and part of the fun of planning. I did a layout like in the military of everything I wanted to carry. I have a 178, so I have the complete area under the dinette and the rear pass through. I decided what needed a covered tote and what just needed a tote, what didn't. Lot of personal detail. The only covered tote I have is kitchen supplies under drivers side dinette. I raise the cushion to access. I have a tote with water stuff and one with sewer stuff, one with maintenance things and a grill, not in a tote. My advice is lay it out all you want to carry, not stuff you move in and out, and then figure out how to fit into your Pod. Happy trails.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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Subzilla
Senior Member Joined: 23 Jan 2017 Location: Concord, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 302 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2017 at 7:59am |
Ditto to what Mike said in his last sentence. I have the 179 and have 4 of the rectangle plastic containers (can't remember dimensions) plus a smaller one. The smaller container has my sewer elbow and connector. One container has my clean water stuff (fresh water supply hose, filter, connectors). One has my electrical stuff (power cord, circuit analyzer, spare extension cord). One has another garden hose and connectors. One has misc. dirty stuff (floor mats, rope...). I have a few other items laying around the boxes. I also keep 2 folding soccer chairs in there. I have a separate box for leveling blocks, wheel chocks, cordless drill for stabilizer jacks.....keep this in the truck bed. It's the first thing I pull out when arriving at camp. I've rearranged and repacked and replaced containers multiple times trying to maximize space.....and will probably do it a few more times to make me happy. Keep in mind, too, the size of the storage area opening. Can't go too tall with the box. I plan to enlarge the storage are a bit by pushing the left wall toward the shower. It is unused space. When you get your 179, pull up the bed and you'll see what I'm talking about. Always tinkering with the Pod.
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Mark
Concord, NC 2017 RP 179 "Podzilla" 2011 Silverado 1500 4X4 |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2017 at 9:40am |
You may be able to move the wall toward the shower a bit, but there are some wires in there. I built a floor and now use that area for a storage area inside. That may be a better alternative than trying to enlarge the storage underneath. If you really want to enlarge that storage, moving the partitions for what would be a dinette footwell can gain you more space. I just moved the finished panel forward on it and put a non-finished piece of thin plywood in its place. I left room for the furnace to have adequate air circulation. That is a second inside storage space that has been very useful. You can see some of these mods in my mods link.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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backin15
Groupie Joined: 26 Feb 2017 Location: Burnsville,MN Online Status: Offline Posts: 65 |
Posted: 08 Jun 2017 at 9:38pm |
I was thinking of moving the walls in the storage area to make the "hole" under the bed smaller and gain more outside storage. I am on page 5 of your mods, StephanH - amazing!
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patrick_dube
Newbie Joined: 10 Jul 2016 Location: Québec Online Status: Offline Posts: 33 |
Posted: 11 Jun 2017 at 8:36pm |
I did shorten the interior hole under the bed to make more room in the storage... Night and day. Now everything is easily accessible in the storage.
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Patrick Dubé,
2017 RP-179 owner towed by a 2015 Cadillac SRX Premium |
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Whoababe
Newbie Joined: 14 Feb 2017 Location: Alabama Online Status: Offline Posts: 26 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 10:50am |
In our 179 we have a storage bin with drawers for all the small things, a tool bag and two totes. One tote for our water hookup (hose, elbow, regulator, filter), and the other tote for our electric hookup (power cord, surge protector, locking chain for surge protector).
When we get to the campsite it is easy to pull those two totes out and hand them over to hubby's side of the camper (hook-up's side) and I work on getting the chairs, Rdome and dog playpen set up. Behind the totes we store our outdoor rug, and a small tarp that we use under our dogs pen. Works for us.
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 11:43am |
I like the drawer unit. I may end up doing something like that also. Thanks.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 12:00pm |
On a 179 your heater is located under your bed. Any storage blocking the exhaust could be a big problem. We put items under the bed then when we setup we remove them if we are going to use the heater.
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2017.5 RPod 179
2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2017 at 1:28pm |
Whoababe nice work!!
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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