Luggage storage woes - HELP!!!!

x2 on the storage boxes with stuff in orange bags, with the tarp mentinoed below as a final cover.
or just go buy a proper cover for your ute from wrecker.. would be much easier faster and useful

just watch that they can be brittle, especially after one day in the sun, and so treat them carefully - no dropping, watch what you put on them, etc.

Barry, I'd hate to be the one who packs it up each day after the family have all rummaged through for their clothes.

Fab, we used to travel between properties each weekend through all kinds of weather and found the storage boxes really good. Easy to take inside if you are staying in cabins (not clear from your post if you are taking a camper trailer or staying in on-site vans/cabins). They will crack if they get a hard knock, so they won't last for ever, but for a cheap price especially if you can get them on special, it is not much of an outlay.

I used the same method (Barry C) going around AU - works well

Ah Motherhen very easy to pack,,, throw all your gear in (heavy gear on the bottom helps) and pull tarp over. Dead easy don't "really need to pack".

I was just offerring an unsophisticatate approach,, boxes do work and we use em also.

Cheerio Baz

Also have the cheepie boxes, yes they do crack but if you are only putting cloths and light stuff in should be no issue. If you stack one on top of the other put the heavier one on the bottom and cut a bit of 3 mm ply and place on the lid of the bottom one as this helps transfer the weight off the four corners.

I also use them for my cooking gear(light pots) and plates bowls etc etc. So far i have used the same boxes for several years without breakages. Even survived 7000klm round trip to the Cape.

Don't bother putting recovery gear or heavy tools in them as they will crack in the bottom. For that i use one of the black boxes from super cheap about 900mm long and is packed full of spares, including a couple of shockies and they seem very tuff.

Using the seal as stated above also works a treat :)

Brian