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bentleysontour

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Well just completed our first voyage in a brand new van, and broke down on the way back, can you beleive it ? ..........

Anyway when packing the stuff in the garage , i looked at it and thought to myself this is diabolical , there has to be a better way of packing a garage. Does anyone have any pics of things that they have made or installed to make life easier ?.What about in the van itself. ? Any ideas of how to store, or stack anything to make use of the valuable space we dont have ? lol.

The van actually came with those bungey type of cords that you are able to strap things into the back wall of the van, but all i could get in there were two chairs.And we have three.

Any ideas are more than welcome, I'm prepared to make alternations for a more organised life ......Thanks guys. If you have any pics of your creations that would be easier for me to understand..
 
A lightweight solution is to buy some of those plastic stacking storage boxes, leave as is or cut the part of the front out for ease of access.
 
i today bought some plastic click lid quite tall storage containers out of a £ shop - figuring i could use the same space to store three times the normal stuff and less floor space taken up - i will use them for porridge, coffee bags, etc etc
 
runnach said:
This is our garage, storage compartments are along inner garage wall of Mo-Ho. This allow segregation of various equipment/tools taken along with us on trips out. Made out of ply.

Hope this helps?
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I`am definitely carrying too much crap.
 
runnach said:
This is our garage, storage compartments are along inner garage wall of Mo-Ho. This allow segregation of various equipment/tools taken along with us on trips out. Made out of ply.

Hope this helps?
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I think it looks brilliant. , your garage looks very similar to mine...Ive got that stainless steel stuff on the floor too.Thats given me a whole host of ideas thank you
 
bentleysontour said:
Well just completed our first voyage in a brand new van, and broke down on the way back, can you beleive it ? ..........

Anyway when packing the stuff in the garage , i looked at it and thought to myself this is diabolical , there has to be a better way of packing a garage. Does anyone have any pics of things that they have made or installed to make life easier ?.What about in the van itself. ? Any ideas of how to store, or stack anything to make use of the valuable space we dont have ? lol.

The van actually came with those bungey type of cords that you are able to strap things into the back wall of the van, but all i could get in there were two chairs.And we have three.

Any ideas are more than welcome, I'm prepared to make alternations for a more organised life ......Thanks guys. If you have any pics of your creations that would be easier for me to understand..
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Same Carthago garage space as yours, after years of trying various nets, sliding racks etc., we settled on the "Really Useful" range of stacking boxes. There are available from some of the large DIY stores, Office World, Rymans etc, often with discount offers. Check out everything you want take with you and sort into obvious collections, e.g. we keep a collapsible bucket, water connections, short length of hose in one, another has the BBQ and bits, another for shoes,one for the spare toilet cassette, one for stuff we only use when abroad and so on. We find it's easy just to pick which boxes we will need for the trip and leave the rest stacked in the house garage. Also they don't move around in the garage, they stay stacked ( unless you drive like Vettel :banana:) You can also use them to hold your chairs and table in place.
Dave
 
Val54 said:
Same Carthago garage space as yours, after years of trying various nets, sliding racks etc., we settled on the "Really Useful" range of stacking boxes. There are available from some of the large DIY stores, Office World, Rymans etc, often with discount offers. Check out everything you want take with you and sort into obvious collections, e.g. we keep a collapsible bucket, water connections, short length of hose in one, another has the BBQ and bits, another for shoes,one for the spare toilet cassette, one for stuff we only use when abroad and so on. We find it's easy just to pick which boxes we will need for the trip and leave the rest stacked in the house garage. Also they don't move around in the garage, they stay stacked ( unless you drive like Vettel :banana:) You can also use them to hold your chairs and table in place.
Dave
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Sounds brilliant, you dont have a pic do you of it all loaded?
 
The easiest by far is make friends with the local green grocer and co erce them in to keeping the plastic stack mushroom trays ..!!!they do sling them no deposits etc A useful size to hold your bits and bats secure small enough you can configure in the garage until the cows come home ...For me a Useful box is temporary accommodation for one of my slithery pals.

Chnana
 
channa said:
The easiest by far is make friends with the local green grocer and co erce them in to keeping the plastic stack mushroom trays ..!!!they do sling them no deposits etc A useful size to hold your bits and bats secure small enough you can configure in the garage until the cows come home ...For me a Useful box is temporary accommodation for one of my slithery pals.

Chnana
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Do you mean this sort of thing Andy;

Mushroom Tray (400x300x080mm) - Plastic Boxes 4 Sale
 
17 Best images about RV & Camper Space Saving Ideas on Pinterest | Campers, Bedside storage and Vehicle storage

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None of the ideas which I have any space for lol
 
delicagirl said:
i have loads of these in the van... they weigh next to nothing and you can stack them high and they are free if you ask market stalls and veg shops if they would let you have some.....Yes I'm going to get loads thanks


btw - why did your van breakdown ?
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We dont know sweetheart. We left the campsite, pulled in at Morrisons refuelled and when we went to start the engine the battery was as dead as a dodo....The chap at Morrisions was great, he helped us move the van off the forecourt, we had to wait ten minutes till he finished work, and he jump started us. First thing I bought last night off Amazon when i got home was a set of jump leads lol!
 
bentleysontour said:
You see I'm totally clueless!
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no you are not clueless .... buying a MH is a huuuuuge new learning curve and you have done it in a record-breaking time!!

if you insured it with AIB (WC fave broker) you get a discount cos you are a member here... but they also sell recovery policies at cost - so they are much cheaper than other suppliers...

(I assume that your engine and leisure batteries are linked?) if the engine battery was dead... did you leave anything switched on when you were off Electric hook up which could have drained the battery?
 
Most of our garage space is taken up with a fiamma garage double bike rack so space is at a premium.I have fitted a Fiamma garage tidy thingy which fixes onto the inside of the garage door.Useful for various bits and bobs.

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delicagirl said:
no you are not clueless .... buying a MH is a huuuuuge new learning curve and you have done it in a record-breaking time!!

if you insured it with AIB (WC fave broker) you get a discount cos you are a member here... but they also sell recovery policies at cost - so they are much cheaper than other suppliers...

(I assume that your engine and leisure batteries are linked?) if the engine battery was dead... did you leave anything switched on when you were off Electric hook up which could have drained the battery?
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OMG, I think we had the warm air heating on, but i was under the impression that if you were driving along, the battery would charge due to the engine running. So if you are driving then should you not have anything on in the van at all? Heaven forbid, i can't beleive how little I know.

AIB were a lot more expensive for me, possible because i have speeding offences lol. I went with Comfort, and they were less than half the price . And to be honest i didnt like the way that AIB do not send a quote via email.....Bad for business me thinks! The van comes with Breakdown cover with Fiat and they use the RAC in the Uk, its free and i think i get it for 2 years. We did ring them while we were waiting for the Morrisons man to finish his shift and they were about to send someone, but he got it going for us. it was touch and go because its was my sons first day as an Officer joining the Navy and we had to drop him off at a railway station, and we just made it....Phew .......Talk about what else could go wrong on your first trip out, it never stopped raining, took hours to put the awning up, spilt the cassette , there only one way we can go now and that is up haha!
 
bentleysontour said:
OMG, I think we had the warm air heating on, but i was under the impression that if you were driving along, the battery would charge due to the engine running. So if you are driving then should you not have anything on in the van at all? Heaven forbid, i can't beleive how little I know.

AIB were a lot more expensive for me, possible because i have speeding offences lol. I went with Comfort, and they were less than half the price . And to be honest i didnt like the way that AIB do not send a quote via email.....Bad for business me thinks! The van comes with Breakdown cover with Fiat and they use the RAC in the Uk, its free and i think i get it for 2 years. We did ring them while we were waiting for the Morrisons man to finish his shift and they were about to send someone, but he got it going for us. it was touch and go because its was my sons first day as an Officer joining the Navy and we had to drop him off at a railway station, and we just made it....Phew .......Talk about what else could go wrong on your first trip out, it never stopped raining, took hours to put the awning up, spilt the cassette , there only one way we can go now and that is up haha!
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i think the tecchie guys on here are better able to explain than me on this one bentley .... one will be along shortly ....

i never knew why i had bought a van in the late summer of 2014 - all the knobs/switches/buttons/dials etc were all beautifully labelled in either German or Japanese !! and there was no manual available - still not found one... so imagine the learning curve in that !!! Even reading a manual for anything my brain goes "What the hell does that mean " !!!!
 
Just got my van couple of months ago van has a huge garage but is easy filled if stuff just left lying on floor so I had a look around and bought the fiamma storidge system and six boxes it has worked out a treat I get two fold up bikes and a full size mountain bike alongside with room to spare good thing about this system is easy installation and if needed I could take it out easily and have not damaged the structure of vanIMG_0802.jpgIMG_0801.jpgIMG_0803.jpgIMG_0806.jpgIMG_0804.jpg
Sorry photos are a bit dull will try and get better ones later
 
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