| Author | Message | ||
| S Davidson (Sdh3)
Registered Member Username: Sdh3 Post Number: 6 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 69.19.14.31 Rating: N/A |
I'm planning ahead with hopes of traveling soon on our bus...finally! I would like input on keeping things IN your cabinets and refrigerator while driving...latches, braces? How do you keep things from sliding and banging around in there? Thank you | ||
| R.J.(Bob) Evans (Bobofthenorth)
Registered Member Username: Bobofthenorth Post Number: 111 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 142.165.179.213 Rating: N/A |
I found these - they are the absolute best for holding things closed securely. http://www.allegiscorp.com/DisplayPartAction.do?partId=21775&groupId=557&groupElementId=2& displayTemplate=/jsp/displayDetailTemp_15.jsp&cat=Single-Point+Slam+Latches | ||
| Douglas Wotring (Tekebird)
Registered Member Username: Tekebird Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 69.136.90.146 Rating: N/A |
Drive like your being paid to haul around a load of people and nothing will shift. I just did a 35 day political campaign lease and had 3 quarters stacked on the dash the whole time.....never moved | ||
| Michael Sheldon (Msheldon)
Registered Member Username: Msheldon Post Number: 17 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 68.230.115.166 Rating: N/A |
Well, driving smoothly *is* the biggest part of it. However, there are times you aren't given a choice. When someone cuts in front then slams on the brakes, you may end up slamming the brakes on, swerving, or more likely, both. From my time in the Navy: *Everything* should be secured at all times. If it's not in your hand, it should be tied down or stowed away. A couple weeks ago, I had to do a panic stop. A piece of cargo in my trailer was not secured as well as it should have. It was tied down, just not well enough. It "launched" forward, putting a very nice dent in the bathroom door. It really would stink if it had been someone's head. Some things that help: Cabinets: There's a mesh, rubberized shelf paper for cabinets. It works great, *nothing* slides on it. If you have large cabinets, consider putting partitions inside them to limit movement. Secure cabinet doors shut during travel. I have a couple of bungees I stretch across the doors as added insurance. Another possibility might be to put child-locks on the doors to keep them from popping all the way open. Furniture: I'm not fond of furniture that isn't bolted down, but sometimes it's the most convenient. I would consider mounting hidden rings in places where you can anchor bungees to secure them. | ||
| sylverstone (Sylverstone_pd4501864)
Registered Member Username: Sylverstone_pd4501864 Post Number: 213 Registered: 7-2005 Posted From: 216.173.223.253 Rating: N/A |
when i was a kid, jeff and i used to do everything together. we used to climb trees, build forts, ride our bikes all over town. we discovered cars together, we discovered girls together. one friday night he got hit head on, passenger front corner. totaled the supercharged, nitrous injected midnight metallic blue '72 nova him and i had spent several hundred hours working on. he wasn't speeding. the guy that did the accident investigation said that if the car had been stock, with stock seat belts, he would have been fine. the roll cage held. the competition seat belts did their job. i wish i had been the one that put the 6x9 speaker boxes in on the back package shelf. because i wouldn't have skimped on the fasteners. a .25 cent part would have prevented same said speaker box from caving in the back of his skull. don't screw with this stuff guys. bolt it down, tie it down, put it away, and don't skimp on the straps. i hate losing friends. -dd | ||
| dilip & zoe sinha (Vintagehounds)
Registered Member Username: Vintagehounds Post Number: 8 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 71.197.127.97 Rating: N/A |
Dont forget refrig and microwave doors. unless you can shoot yourself a Bud by stomping on the brakes!! | ||
| Bob greenwood (Bob_greenwood)
Registered Member Username: Bob_greenwood Post Number: 295 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 4.90.28.235 Rating: N/A |
always leave one drop of super glue on every toilet seat | ||
| H3-40 (Ace)
Registered Member Username: Ace Post Number: 324 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 75.200.70.168 Rating: N/A |
I keep my refridgerator door and top freezer door closed while travelling by using clevice pins thru the handles They are hidden and this locks the two doors together. I use another clevice pin in the top of the fridge to hold BOTH doors closed. Where the holes are for chainging from left or right door, I made a flat bracket with a hole init that matches a hole in the top of the freezer door. With this pin IN, no door will open as long as the other pin between the two handles is in. If the top pin is out and the other one in, then they both open together! Very simple and cost nothing! We never had the fridge door open while travelling and we don't use bungy straps for it! Ace | ||
| R.J.(Bob) Evans (Bobofthenorth)
Registered Member Username: Bobofthenorth Post Number: 112 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 142.165.179.227 Rating: N/A |
It doesn't work on every floorplan but, if the fridge hinges are to the rear of the bus then the fridge door will naturally stay closed. We use no-scoot to keep small items (magazines, notepads, etc) from sliding off smooth surfaces. As has been pointed out already, everything of any size needs to be stowed securely. And no matter how carefully you drive emergency actions and tight corners will send drawers flying open unless they are somehow latched. | ||
| Michael Sheldon (Msheldon)
Registered Member Username: Msheldon Post Number: 19 Registered: 10-2006 Posted From: 68.230.115.166 Rating: N/A |
Interesting about the fridge issue, I hadn't hreally thought about it. The Dometic unit in my trailer has a latch on the handle that automatically engages when the door is closed. You'd have to rip the door off the thing to open it without pressing the catch, and that can't happen from the inside. Guess that's something to consider when I look at appliances for building out a bus. | ||
| David Hartley (Drdave)
Registered Member Username: Drdave Post Number: 699 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 67.78.176.54 Rating: N/A |
I use a LOT of the strong bungee cords for things like small cabinets, doors and most anything that you can get a bungee around. It's an art and the only time now that stuff slides around is if I forgot to lash it down somewhere. I have had to make a few panic stops, ( All Rears Smoking! ) and for the medium to small stuff the bungees work great as long as you have something solid to anchor them to... On that note.. I just got back from a rally, I accidentally picked a parking spot that caused a tilt to the right more than I had thought. I opened the fridge door and it swung all the way back 180 degrees.... Hmmmmm... Got my green bungee (spare) and hooked it to the wire basket inside the door and the other end to the wire shelf which is locked in. Now the door can't get away from you when opened under off-level or moving situations and almost self closes too.... Just a thought..... | ||
| H3-40 (Ace)
Registered Member Username: Ace Post Number: 325 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 75.201.249.171 Rating: N/A |
Gee Dave that must have some tilt!  Ace | ||
| David Hartley (Drdave)
Registered Member Username: Drdave Post Number: 700 Registered: 5-2005 Posted From: 67.78.176.54 Rating: N/A |
It's the way things go for me. I picked the spot out of probab;y 300 available. It was fun, I almost had to bungee a frypan to the stove because it kept sliding off the burner. I couldn't find any holes to park the left front tire in. | ||
| Richard Bowyer (Drivingmisslazy)
Registered Member Username: Drivingmisslazy Post Number: 1722 Registered: 1-2001 Posted From: 75.108.82.163 Rating: N/A |
Sounds like ACE at the first roundup that Jack had in Arcadia. LOL Richard | ||
| H3-40 (Ace)
Registered Member Username: Ace Post Number: 326 Registered: 10-2004 Posted From: 75.201.249.171 Rating: N/A |
Yea I was thinking the same thing. The only good out of that was the water in the shower drained good. Ace |