Storing your campin gear in the shed/garage

Keeping the rats and mice from chewing stuff is a hassle.

Truckster,

I keep mine in the Trimcast/Spacecase plastic boxes as they are now permanately packed ready to go. They fit nicely in the trailer and stack well as they interlock with each other.

I have different colour ones to identify which is which.

They all have a list inside them to say what is in them and it makes it easy when we get home to repack them, by just going off the list and replacing what is missing.

It cost a pretty penny but I feel it was well worth it.

Cheers Kev

Truckster,
All my camping gear is stored in those plastic tubs with the lids on. Also got a couple of big duffle bags from Army Surplus as well.They just have been resorted after the last trip and are ready to be picked up in a jiffy for the next trek.
Works for me.
Glenn.

I use a combination of plastic tubs and boxes of various sizes.

The majority are packed into the 60l tubs with lids from cheapo places , and few smaller 20l tubs , and few plastic boxes and a large 100l Plastic Tool Box from Supercheap.

Stack together pretty well , take a decent knock, but are cheap enough to replace if needed.

G'day,

I have a big, old, heavy duty, 3 door timber cupboard. It has plenty of shelves and drawers and holds all my gear. Got an enormous garage. Very tidy and the gear is protected.

Leave it all in the truck, then you only need tucker and clothes to hit the road.
We don't use the truck around town, keep an old car for that so the truck can be left packed ready to go.
It actually works out cheaper in the long run, the rego on the car is less than the servicing, tyres and maintenance on the 4wd, it uses less fuel too as well as being better suited to being left in carparks where the light fingered brigade loiter.
You can also tackle the bigger maintenance jobs on the 4wd without having to keep it mobile.

Trucky, the answer is simple, go away more more often and that way you don't need to put the camping gear away and your always ready to go at the drop of a hat. Just grab a spare pair of jocks and a packet of pies and away you go.

I have a completely separate set of kit for going bush; most of it lives in largish plastic boxes, I even have a permanently packed bag with 5 days worth of clothes and towels etc.

The advantage of this system is that I can pack the vehicle in about one hour for a bush trip lasting a couple of weeks or more and just buy some fresh meat and veg to take with me (dried/tinned food already packed). Works well for me and because I use a check off list I can't remember the last time I forgot anything.

I store the food boxes in the house (keeps them a bit cooler) and all the other stuff in the garage.

Mike Harding

Built another shed Bruce after the spare room couldn't cope any more. Put a packed Karavan in part of it and still isn't big enough. Ya garden shed won't be big enough.

trucky is a wiiiiiiimp...trucky is a wiiiiiiiimp
who cares about spiders and things in ya camping gear

Under your bed mate. You know it will be safe and 'spider' free there.

Can't vouch for the 'damp' thing though.

4 x Nylex plastic tubs for the back of the Cruiser (a perfect fit next to the Engel) and the big, clear plastic tubs from Bunnings for general camping gear storage.

I pick and choose what I want depending on where I'm going and when. I can easily see the contents on the shelves without removing them eg: cooking, lighting, bedding etc and I find this method makes for a quick getaway - (you can never be too safe....you know - just in case the bugs in my teeth give away my location to the Martians)

Works for me. I've used this setup of Nylex tubs through thousands of km's of mud and dust, sometimes in the back of an open trailer with satisfactory results. Crude but effective. Like me. Well, sort of anyway.......

Having just moved house and having to lessen the amount of gear kept in the garage (gone from 9m x 9m to 7.5 x 6m) I have a couple of old woooden wardrobes that were surplus in the new place.

I have managed to put all the gear into these easily and then I know that all the camping gear is in one cupboard.

I wonder how they get all the bedding and tents/swags into a small space case?

Are these space cases like the DR Who Tardis thats is bigger on the inside than what they are on the outside? :))

Cheers

Truckster
inside in cupboards is couple of plastic sabco drawers which slide out holding plates /cutlery etc. another one to two other small tubs with basic cooking ingredients sort of ready to go. doona/sleeping bags/towels etc in plastic bag/cover inside house ready to go
garage holds tent and other stuff-(tent not packed against walls or in corners.
other stuff like stove,hotplate tarps on shelf in garage.
every trip i take different stuff depending on length/conditions but only need to rearrange stuff to suit.
basically could get stuff together in 30 mins to cover trip from overnight to two weeks plus(depending on food supplies)
works for me
cheers
fozzy

Ive got a fair size shed but most of mine is on a frame suspended from the roof, the rest goes on brownbuilt shelves.
Cheers

Gidday Truckster,I had the same problem and eventually bought 2 300litre and 1 160litre tool boxes from Super cheap.In these I store 4 sleeping bags,4 folding chairs,4 selfinflating mattresses,2 2man dome tents and assorted tarps and anything else that mice like to eat.In the160litre all cooking gear and cultery plus plastic storage containers and gas stove and hill billy oven etc.
Not as efficient as being ready just to throw in the troopy however I don't always take the wife and kids.Boxes are stacked on top of each and can all be locked.

Terry

All of our gear lives in the camper trailer which lives in the 3 car shed until we wheel it out for another weekend away. We only need to pack clothes, food and beer and we're goooone!!

Cheers

Brian

Truckster, spiders and mice are one thing, but the heat inside some sheds will kill a lot of materials over a few years. I have very little camping gear in the shed now because thats where I used to keep it and lost a lot thru damp/mould in winter and cracking/going brittle in summer.

An old wardrobe on the coolest wall of the garage now holds all. We also have seats that double as storage boxes in the games room for the less used items.

A comprehensive list is a good idea, which includes little jobs needing to be done in the week leading up to take off.......fill up gas bottles, yada yada yada.....stuck to wardrobe door.

I have an Insulated, and lined, sectioned off area in my shed, and its vermon proof too ( when I remember to shut the door ) and especailly when I tip that mothball crystals about as well ( camphor ?? )

It's a shelved area as well.... but this is a large shed

Think the way to do it, is do not to throw everything into the shed, then go back 2 years later and find everything is stuffed,,

I use our shed, as and its surrounds, as an entertainment area as well, so I am on my best behavior to keep it clean, or I get yelled at ! ( hehehehehe )

And besides we love camping, so we intensionally look after everything too

Cheers
Bucky