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09-26-2019, 10:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Port Hardy, British Columbia
Trailer: 2019 5 TA
Posts: 121
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Dishes storage
Any ideas where and how to store/ organize plates bowls and glasses/ mugs so they are not a jumble after road travel.
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09-26-2019, 11:07 AM
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Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trailer: 2017 5.0 TA Sold
Posts: 73
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I put non slip runners in the cabinets (cut up yoga mats work) and use bins I bought at Ikea to hold stuff in place. Unless the road is particularly rough so far it works.
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09-26-2019, 11:19 AM
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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Custom sized cabinet storage dividers for upper and lower cabinets can be found on my web page. Uppers look like this:
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09-26-2019, 11:59 AM
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Member
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Sidney, British Columbia
Trailer: 2018 Escape 19, previously 2006 17B
Posts: 37
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Good question. We have used cut up yoga mats for years under the dishes in the upper cupboard over the sink. We then stack the large/small plates and bowls with non skid shelf liner cut into small squares. We have also put yoga mat under the pots and pans in the lower cabinet space
We have done many off-road miles with an Escape 17 and 19 over 12 years and our plate set remains unbroken.
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2015 Nissan Frontier Pro-X short box
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09-26-2019, 12:30 PM
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#5
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Friendswood, Texas
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19' (sold), Escape 5.0 as of August 2019 (sold)
Posts: 664
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We bought these several years ago and with a shelf mat underneath they work great.
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09-26-2019, 12:37 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,373
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While I keep one Melmac dish & tray as well as one real wine glass (wrapped in paper towels) in an upper cabinet, they are for special occasions. Most of the time I eat on paper plates & drink out of plastic cups. Spending the winter dry camping in the desert, doing all possible to limit water use, paper & plastic helps.
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09-26-2019, 02:25 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Bozeman, Montana
Trailer: 2019 Escape 19
Posts: 41
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Having spent 330 nights in our Escape 15B over 8.5 seasons, before stepping up to an E19 this year, storage space was at a premium. We kept (and still use) a plastic deviled egg holder (with a lid) from Walmart to keep Corelle plates, and an assortment of paper plates, as our plate "container" Plastic two piece wine glass (from REI) were kept in a drawer until we stepped up, now in a small cloth door hanging storage organizer. Bowls (Corelle and paper) are kept in a fitted plastic bag, next to the plate container and the insulated mugs and coffee filters and filter holders are kept in a plastic tray. Everything is super organized.
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09-26-2019, 04:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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mine are not organized im going to try some of the above suggestions!
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09-27-2019, 12:50 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Ponoka, Alberta
Trailer: 2016 19 classic "outta sight", jeep rubicon unlimited
Posts: 1,645
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Dishes in the bottom cabinet. Straight up, in a perfect fitting box with the front top half cut out.
Cutlery also in bottom cabinet. Bought a bamboo cutlery holder that perfectly fits there.
Coffee mugs and glasses in plastic containers in cabinet under sink.
Coffee pot in bottom cabinet, as well as a “nest” of pans.
We like to keep heavy stuff packed close to the floor.
Only light stuff goes into the upper cabinets.
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09-27-2019, 09:31 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Naugatuck, Connecticut
Trailer: 2017 50 TA, 2016 F150, 2.7 Ecoboost
Posts: 1,056
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I added some pull outs that work really well. Our glass mugs have survived unscathed for 10k miles now. Very easy access also. After installing the dish drawer I saw a lot of unused space above so I did a silverware drawer above. My wife came home with a plastic tray that fit the drawer and we now have even more space under the tray.
Did something similar to the pantry cabinet for our pots and pans. That slide out not only holds our pots and pans securely, there is quite a bit of storage space under it for cutting boards, waffle iron, etc.
The space above the sink is used for food, spices, cereal, coffee. Heavier canned foods we carry low in cabinets near the floor. This might not work for everyone but so far neither of us has a problem bending over to get stuff down there and I like carrying heavier stuff lower for weight distribution.
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09-27-2019, 05:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Trailer: 1979 Boler B1700
Posts: 14,935
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Quote:
Originally Posted by yardsale
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Do what? It looks like something went wrong in the attempt to attach an image.
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09-27-2019, 05:39 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Houston, Texas
Trailer: "SOJOURNER" a 2019 17B
Posts: 486
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Originally Posted by yardsale
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I'm not seeing the jpg. either. Don't know why, but I have to save photos from this forum to my computer using "save as" before I can transfer them elsewhere.
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Life is a journey, not a destination. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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09-27-2019, 05:42 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Port Townsend, Washington
Trailer: 2010 17B “MATT”, then 2017 19 “Lilly”
Posts: 1,584
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Dishes storage
We do simple with our dishes and just stack them in the cabinet over the sink and stove. We bought Corelle years ago for its reputation for being extremely durable and have not been disappointed. We’ve bounced the dishes just as you see them down some extremely rough...trails...roads isn’t even an appropriate word...Jeep trails would be more apt, but have never had anything break, amazingly. Don’t know how many miles we’ve done this way but it’s considerable. I would never do it this way with normal dishes, however. Corelle is tough. And we got all of our camping set for about a buck apiece from Goodwill. That way every family member got to pick out their own personal plate and bowl. Did the same for silverware. Fun.
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09-27-2019, 05:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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I've considered dividers and sliding trays, but they all seem to take considerable space on their own. We just fill the cabinet. Plates are Corelle and glasses are acrylic. Paper plates help fill the gaps.
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09-27-2019, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: London, Ontario
Trailer: 2020 Escape 19
Posts: 1,120
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tractors1
Custom sized cabinet storage dividers for upper and lower cabinets can be found on my web page. Uppers look like this:
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I do like this idea but would fabricate something out of stainless steel as my new trailer will have a stainless steel theme to match the sink, stove top and range hood.
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09-27-2019, 07:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2013 19 Escape
Posts: 7,204
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sclifrickson
We do simple with our dishes and just stack them in the cabinet over the sink and stove. We bought Corelle years ago for its reputation for being extremely durable and have not been disappointed. We’ve bounced the dishes just as you see them down some extremely rough...trails...roads isn’t even an appropriate word...Jeep trails would be more apt, but have never had anything break, amazingly. Don’t know how many miles we’ve done this way but it’s considerable. I would never do it this way with normal dishes, however. Corelle is tough. And we got all of our camping set for about a buck apiece from Goodwill. That way every family member got to pick out their own personal plate and bowl. Did the same for silverware. Fun.
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Corelle are excellent . Survived the kids when they were growing up at home . Pat
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09-27-2019, 08:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Travis County, Texas
Trailer: 2015 Esc 21. Formerly, Casita LD (16 & 17)
Posts: 803
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The trick is to stuff the cabinet so things can't move (much). My plates and bowls are in two stacks in the cabinet above the galley sink. Paper plates go on top of an assortment of Corelle and melamine plates, and a rubbermaid box of luncheon napkins on top of those. To the left of the plates & napkins are serving saver things that I don't need to use very often. To the right of the stack of plates & napkins, is the stack of bowls (of varying sizes). For travel, I stow my tabletop paper towel holder between the stacks of dishes, which helps firm things up. The back part of that cabinet (above the stove) holds a row of acrylic mugs, and a dishpan that corrals plastic cups (Mardi-gras freebies), and other smallish items. It's easy to remove the dishpan to access the acrylic champagne flutes and a tortilla warmer that take up the end of the over the stove part of that cabinet.
I probably carry more dishes than I need to, but part of the point is to keep the cabinet full...
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09-27-2019, 08:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Trailer: 2014 17b/ 2012 Chevy Colorado
Posts: 736
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brightday
I'm not seeing the jpg. either. Don't know why, but I have to save photos from this forum to my computer using "save as" before I can transfer them elsewhere.
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I'll try again tomorrow. Or you can try to find a relevant thread I posted entitled "17b Mods 1" posted 6/12/17.
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09-27-2019, 08:20 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,050
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Doug2000
I do like this idea but would fabricate something out of stainless steel as my new trailer will have a stainless steel theme to match the sink, stove top and range hood.
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Hummm, why? Not being snarky, but I don't usually leave the cupboard doors open. I thought a theme was things you normally see, not things hidden...
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